Jon Gries
#1
The Last Survivors
Synopsis:
In the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts violently clearing out survivors, Kendal, a 17-year-old teenager, fights the baron's henchman to keep a well open.
Starring:
Barbara Crampton,
Booboo Stewart,
Haley Lu Richardson
#2
Taken 2
Synopsis:
In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
Starring:
Liam Neeson,
D. B. Sweeney,
Luke Grimes
Plot:
kidnapping,
revenge,
funeral,
handcuffed to a pipe,
sequel,
police corruption,
cut,
hood,
istanbul turkey,
danger
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#3
Taken
Synopsis:
While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution. Working against the clock, her ex-spy father must pull out all the stops to save her. But with his best years possibly behind him, the job may be more than he can handle.
Starring:
Liam Neeson,
Katie Cassidy,
Olivier Rabourdin
#4
Napoleon Dynamite
Synopsis:
A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.
Starring:
Diedrich Bader,
Efren Ramirez,
Jon Gries
Plot:
salesman,
family relationships,
small town,
teenager,
disney,
belching,
32 year old,
friend,
high school,
idaho
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#5
The Rundown
Synopsis:
When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifact, his father sends in Beck, who becomes Travis's rival for the affections of Mariana, a mysterious Brazilian woman. With his steely disposition, Beck is a man of few words -- but it takes him all the discipline he can muster to work with Travis to nab a tyrant who's after the same treasure.
Starring:
Seann William Scott,
Ewen Bremner,
Dwayne Johnson
Plot:
jungle,
bounty hunter,
brazil,
gold mine,
buddy,
tough guy,
surprise ending,
punch into the camera,
strip mine,
exploitation
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#6
Men in Black
Synopsis:
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent Kay and new recruit Agent Jay find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.
Starring:
Tommy Lee Jones,
Will Smith,
Vincent D'Onofrio
Plot:
alien,
pantyhose,
superhero,
flying saucer,
laser gun,
wisecrack humor,
marvel comics,
male alien,
canine,
man's best friend
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