Mike Arrani - Review
Gattaca (1997)
Gattaca
★ 8.6 1103 ratings
other title: 千钧一发 / 变种异煞(港) …
Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.
Stalker (1979)
Сталкер
★ 8.9 463 ratings
安德烈·塔可夫斯基 actor: 亚历山大·凯伊达诺夫斯基 / 阿丽萨·弗雷因德利赫 …
other title: 潜行者 / Сталкер …
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.
Knight of Cups (2015)
Knight of Cups
★ 6.6 54 ratings
other title: 圣杯骑士 / 나이트 오브 컵스 …
Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in the decadent Hollywood excess that defines his existence. Women provide a distraction to his daily pain, and every encounter brings him closer to finding his place in the world.
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now
★ 8.8 625 ratings
other title: 现代启示录 / 当代启示录 …
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
After Earth (2013)
After Earth
★ 5.1 189 ratings
other title: 重返地球 / 地球过后(台) …
One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai's craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon. His whole life, Kitai has wanted nothing more than to be a soldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance.
Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner
★ 8.6 1781 ratings
雷德利·斯科特 actor: 哈里森·福特 / 鲁特格尔·哈尔 …
other title: 银翼杀手 / 公元2020 …
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
The Major (2013)
Майор WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 6.9 7 ratings
尤里·贝科夫 actor: 德尼斯·什韦多夫 / 伊琳娜·尼兹纳 …
other title: 警界黑幕 / Майор …
On a cold winter’s day Sergey Sobolev, a major at the local police office, is driving to the hospital where his wife is about to give birth to their child. High from happiness, he’s driving too fast and runs down a boy on a passage walk, who dies. Now the major has only two options: go to prison or conceal the crime. Sobolev decides to compromise with his conscience and calls on a colleague to help him out. But the case turns out to be messy and when Sobolev finally changes his mind and tries to make up for his deed, it’s already too late…
Clear History (2013)
Clear History WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 5.6 7 ratings
other title: 清除黑历史 / 妙咖复仇记(台) …
Nathan Flomm, in order to avoid the humiliation of having missed out on a hugely successful business, assumes a new identity on Martha's Vineyard. He plots revenge when his former business partner moves to the same town.
Dam Street (2005)
红颜 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 8.0 59 ratings
李玉 actor: 刘谊 / 黄梓城 …
other title: 红颜 / 紅顏
Yun is shunned when she becomes pregnant in school, and her mother gives the child up for adoption. When Yun tutors a boy 10 years later, her mother discovers he is Yun's son.
Watchmen (2009)
Watchmen
★ 8.6 935 ratings
other title: 守望者 / 保卫奇侠(港) …
In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
The Mystery of The Handwritten Quran (1990)
Тайна рукописного Корана TMDB
other title: Тайна рукописного Корана
In the mountains of Dagestan in the Russian Civil War era, some good and bad people are looking for a hidden treasure. The only problem is that the instructions on where to find it are encrypted in one handwritten copy of Quran, which ends up in the wrong hands.
Watched Feb. 12, 2017
Feb. 12, 2017 Review a review of - a review of The Mystery of The Handwritten Quran