Michael is a general manager of a large company, living in a small apartment in a rundown area of the city of the future. He can't get rid of the hatred for his boss Rudolf. The need to let off steam leads Michael to the office of the company 'New Life', implanting in their clients' memories fantasies that they can realize without the risk of experiencing the events in reality.
En un mundo de castillos falsos y roedores antropomórficos, comienza una batalla épica cuando la cordura de un padre desempleado se ve desafiada por un encuentro casual con dos niñas menores de edad de vacaciones.
32nd generation Chinese Shaolin Fighting Monk Li Bao Xin must immigrate to New York City to look after young Janie, his six-year-old niece. Struggling to make a new life, Li Bao will face challenges that test his character more than his physical strength. Through it all, his mind remains filled with the heroic stories of the Shaolin Temple, a great tradition that defines him, but also makes his assimilation to western culture more difficult. While in China he was a venerated master, in America he is nobody. To make a life for him and Janie, Li Bao must contend with a modern society, where his great fighting skills and heroic lineage have little meaning. He will have to decide which is more important, his dreams or his family.
El Almirante Haffaz Aladeen (Baron Cohen) es un dictador antioccidental, capaz de arriesgar su vida con tal de evitar el establecimiento de la democracia en Wadiya, un país norteafricano con recursos petrolíferos. Su más fiel consejero es su tío Tamir (Ben Kingsley), Jefe de la Policía Secreta, Jefe de Seguridad y Proveedor de Mujeres. Por desgracia para Aladeen y sus consejeros, Occidente ha empezado a inmiscuirse en los asuntos de Wadiya y las Naciones Unidas han sancionado repetidas veces al país en la última década. Sin embargo, tras sufrir un atentado que le cuesta la vida a uno de sus consejeros, Tamir convence a Aladeen para que vaya a Nueva York a solucionar la cuestión de las Naciones Unidas.
When a young resistance fighter witnesses atrocities towards the Jews, he's drawn into a web of espionage and clandestine activities. When he meets a young physics students and resistance journalist - Hans Poley - they embark on a hunt through underground tunnels, Gestapo hijacks and daring rescues.
Based on a true story, 'Under Jakob's Ladder' is a full-length feature film that takes place in the Soviet Union during 1938. Jakob, a former teacher who lost his job due to the new Communist system, can only stand by and watch as the world around him slowly disintegrates and fear and suspicion rule the day. Like most of the men in his village, he soon finds himself in a Soviet prison. But it is there that he discovers that the freedom he craves might actually be found within the walls of his cell.
