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Dark City
1997, Australia/US, 100 mins, colour. Dir: Alex Proyas.
Stars:Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Jennifer Connelly, Kiefer Sutherland, Ian Richardson, Colin Friels.
A work of great imagination clearly influenced by metropolis and Nosferatu. This sci-fi fantasy follows a group of aliens who perform tests on a city full of unsuspecting humans who, when questioned, can't remember the way out. Each day at midnight the aliens stop time and rearrange the city in accordance with their tests to find the key to the human soul, meaning some great special effects. We follow Murdock (Sewell) as he has no memories of what has gone before, but he slowly finds out about the aliens and that he has got similar powers to them. The only problem with the film is the fact that Murdock is not a particularly likeable character meaning we don't really care if he succeeds or fails.
Die Hard
1988, US, 112 mins, colour. Dir: John McTiernan.
Stars: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Alan Rickman.
Tough New York cop John McClane finds himself in a tight situation when an office building in Los Angeles is taken over by terrorists. Apart from himself, everyone else in the building - including his wife - is held at gunpoint while their captors spell out their demands. The F.B.I. are called in to survey the situation, but John McClane has other plans for the terrorists. An excellent movie that action fans will love.
The Dirty Dozen
1967, US, 150 mins, colour. Dir: Robert Aldrich.
Stars: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, Telley Savalas.
A rugged World War Two actioner about a team of GI murderers and thugs given the stark choice of the firing squad or a suicide mission to wipe out Hitler's top generals. If the mission is a success it will lead to their release from military custody with a clean slate. It's a typical vehicle from director Robert Aldrich, filled with frantic action sequences, and bucket-loads of explosive action and violence. The acting is uniformly good, with John Cassavetes and Lee Marvin especially deserving of a mention.
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