Landfall (2017)
The Only Things More Dangerous Than Acts of Nature are the Acts of Men.
ジャンル : スリラー
上映時間 : 1時間 37分
演出 : Travis Bain
シノプシス
A young couple in tropical Australia is trapped in their home by three fugitives carrying a mysterious icebox containing unknown contents, and they must rely on their wits and cunning to survive as a severe tropical cyclone looms.
見知らぬ男性の携帯へ繋がったSOSの電話を唯一の命綱に繰り広げられるサスペンス・スリラー。監禁された女性に迫り来る危機と、彼女からの電話を受けた青年が救出へ向け奔走する姿を緊迫感溢れるタッチで描く。監督は「デッドコースター」のデヴィッド・R・エリス。主演は「L.A.コンフィデンシャル」「8 Mile」のキム・ベイシンガー。
夫と息子の3人で幸せな毎日を送っていた高校の生物教師ジェシカ。だがそんなある日、いつものように息子を学校へ送り届け帰宅した彼女を、突然侵入してきた数人の男たちが乱暴に連れ去ってゆく。そのまま、どこかの家の屋根裏に監禁されるジェシカ。リーダー格の男イーサンは部屋にあった電話をハンマーで叩き壊すと、彼女を残し立ち去るのだった。男たちの正体も誘拐の目的も分からないジェシカだったが、いずれ確実に殺されると悟った彼女は理系の知識を活かして壊された電話のコードを接触させ、外への連絡を試みる。やがてそれは、ライアンという青年のケータイに繋がるのだが…。
アメリカ連邦議会ではテロ対策のための「通信の保安とプライバシー法」案を巡って議論が交わされていた。この法案は、法執行機関による監視権限を拡大し、一般市民のプライバシーを大幅に侵害する恐れがあった。国家安全保障局(NSA)の高官トーマス・ブライアン・レイノルズは法案を可決させるべく、強硬な反対派の下院議員フィリップ・ハマースリーを、目撃者のいない湖畔で暗殺する。レイノルズの思惑通りハマースリーの死は心臓発作による事故死と見られた。
Stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman, who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive.
Two strangers - one white, one black - steal a car in western NSW and head for the coast. Jack is abrasive, cunning and disparaging about Aborigines. Gary doesn’t really care – he just wants to escape. En route, they pick up Gary’s Uncle Joe, a French hitchhiker and a young woman who’s running away. Their petty crimes escalate as they go, heading towards disaster.
During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who hopes to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the war. The trial does not progress as smoothly as expected by the General Staff, as the defence puts up a strong fight in the courtroom.
When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two, Stella the accountant, and Johnny Quid, a druggie rock-star, try to claim their slice.
Brett Sprague is a violent and psychopathic man, who is released on parole after serving a sentence for assault. As he returns to his family house and we watch him and his brothers, Stevie and Glenn, for the next 24 hours, it becomes clear this day will not end well.
The story of notorious Australian bank robber Brendan Abbott, who according to the myth, sent postcards to authorities hot on his trail while on the run across the country.
Curt Jurgens stars as a courageous Luftwaffe officer. Jurgens loves the service, even though he barely tolerates the Hitler regime. Sickened by wartime Nazi atrocities, Jurgens renounces his government, and is imprisoned and tortured as a result. Once released, the general takes pity on a downtrodden Jewish family. This isolated act of kindness is a point in his favor when Jurgens stands before Satan himself for his final judgment. The Devil's General was based on an immensely successful postwar play by German author Carl Zuckmeyer.
As a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chance meeting with charismatic lawyer Wyatt Bose leads to Jonathan's introduction to The List, an underground sex club. Jonathan begins an affair with a woman known only as S, who introduces Jonathan to a world of treachery and murder.
A Melbourne family is very happy living near the Melbourne airport. However, they are forced to leave their beloved home (by the Government and airport authorities) to make way for more runways. 'The Castle' is the story of how they fight to remain in their home.
A 19-year-old finds himself in debt to a local gangster when some gang loot disappears and sets him on the run from thugs. Meanwhile, two street kids start a shopping spree when they find the missing money.
交通事故で息子を失った心の痛手を癒すため、ヨットでクルージングの旅に出た夫婦。そこへボートで漂流していた若い男が近づいてきて、沈没した船の唯一の生存者だと語るが……。ニコール・キッドマン主演のスリリングな海洋サスペンス。
Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino which takes its toll on his relationships and the novel he is writing.
Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late eighties and early nineties.
From the biggest festival to the smallest church social, Kenny Smyth delivers porta-loos to them all. Kenny tackles every septic challenge that comes his way, culminating in a visit to the International Pumper and Cleaner Expo in Nashville Tennessee - or as Kenny affectionately calls it, "Poo HQ".
A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.
After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a rash of recent crimes, Commissioner Lohmann must determine how Mabuse is communicating with the criminals, despite conflicting reports on the doctor's whereabouts, and capture him for good.
In this luminous tale set in the former Yugoslavia, Perhan, an engaging young Romany with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime that threatens to destroy him and those he loves.
ローマで開催された欧州超心理学会で、超能力を持つヘルガが突然錯乱した。彼女は、かつて残忍な殺人を犯した人間が会場内にいると宣言する。その後、部屋に戻ったヘルガは何者かに惨殺される。偶然その瞬間を目撃したイギリス人のピアニスト、マークは、コートの男が逃げてゆく姿を目撃する。彼は女性記者のジェンナと事件の謎に挑むが、最後にたどり着いた真相は想像を絶するものだった。