Mickey Rourke
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In the seedy underground dueling culture of South America, two opponents wearing Kevlar vests face each other, draw and shoot. John (Ryan Kwanten, "True Blood"), a talented young competitor, seeks the ultimate duel with the champion while Colt (Freida Pinto, "Slumdog Millionaire") seeks revenge for the death of her brother. Mickey Rourke ("The Wrestler," "Sin City") also stars.
2) Homeboy
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Mickey Rourke stars as Johnny Walker, a washed-up boxer looking for the big fight of his life. Christopher Walken stars as high stakes promoter Wesley Pendergrass.
3) Passion Play
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The last thing Nate Pool wanted to do was betray sinister gangster Happy Shannon. But it may be the last thing he does unless he can deliver Lily, a beautiful and mysterious carnival sideshow attraction.
4) Man of God
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Exiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without cause. Man of God depicts the life of Saint Nektarios of Aegina.
5) The Courier
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This action feature uses the classic motif of a courier trying in vain to deliver a package to an elusive mobster while other thugs try to kill him. While the courier has never failed an assignment, this time he's up against an army of corrupt cops.
6) Weaponized
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Detective Mitch Walker (Johnny Messner) doubts veteran Jack Simon's (Timothy Woodward Jr.) guilt in a recent machine gun attack on innocent civilians. When Walker receives a phone call in the middle of the night from Clarence Peterson, (Mickey Rourke) luring him to a park the next day if 'he wants the truth,' Walker sees no choice but to investigate. When he receives a vial of blue liquid and a flash drive from Peterson, Walker doesn't realize he's...
7) Ashby
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Awkward Ed Wallis (Nat Wolff) moves to a new town with his single mom (Sarah Silverman) and needs help fitting in. Brainier than his peers, Ed figures playing high school football might be good way to make more friends, but his only new friend Eloise (Emma Roberts) thinks it's odd. When Ed gets an assignment to write an essay about someone from an older generation, he introduces himself to his neighbor Ashby Holt (Mickey Rourke) and the two embark...
8) Angel Heart
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The time is the 1950s: seedy Brooklyn private eye Harry Angel is hired by shady Louis Cyphre to locate a pop singer who reneged on a debt. Harry ventures into Harlem, the first step of a Heart of Darkness-inspired odyssey.
9) Shades
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A Belgian serial killer escapes from jail the same time a filmmaker is preparing a movie about his life. A maverick director, a ruthless producer, a rebellious movie star, and a convicted serial killer are all trying to survive the most deadliest place on earth - a movie set. Featuring Micky Rourke in this high intensity film-within-a-film.
10) Nightmare Cinema
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In this twisted horror anthology, five strangers are drawn to an abandoned theater and forced to watch their deepest and darkest fears play out before them. Lurking in the shadows is the Projectionist, who preys upon their souls with his collection of disturbing films. As each reel spins its sinister tale, the characters find frightening parallels to their own lives.
11) Johnny Handsome
Pub. Date
c1989
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 in.
Description
A man, born severely deformed, makes his living as a small-time criminal. During a robbery he and his best friend are double-crossed by their partners and he ends up in prison. There he meets a sympathetic surgeon who gives him a new face. When he is released he sets in motion a plan to get revenge on the couple who double-crossed him.
12) Iron Man 2
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Now that the world knows billionaire inventor Tony Stark is the armored super hero Iron Man, his life has suddenly become even more intense. Everyone wants in on the Iron Man technology, whether for power or profit, but for Ivan Vanko, it's revenge. With Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, Stark must once again suit up and face his most dangerous enemy yet.
13) Sin City
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Welcome to Sin City, the town that beckons to the tough, the corrupt, and the brokenhearted. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still try to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
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1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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The saga of El Mariachi continues when a corrupt CIA agent forces him out of hiding to help sabotage an assassination attempt on the president of Mexico by an evil cartel kingpin. El Mariachi has his own reason for helping - he is doing it for revenge.
15) Man on fire
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Hard-drinking, burnt-out CIA operative John Creasy (Washington) has given up on life -- until his friend Rayburn ... gets him a job as bodyguard to nine-year-old Pita Ramos... Bit by bit, Creasy begins to reclaim his soul, but when Pita is kidnapped, Creasy's fiery rage is released and he will stop at nothing to save her"--Container.
16) The expendables
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Expendables are a tight-knit team of skilled combat vets turned mercenaries. Hired by a powerful covert operator, the team jets off to a small South American country to overthrow a ruthless dictator. Once there, they find themselves caught in a deadly web of deceit and betrayal. Using every weapon at their disposal, they set out to save the innocent and punish the guilty in this blistering action-packed thriller.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As a ruthless gang overruns a small mining town, they murder their own leader, Guerrero Hernandez, in a cold-blooded power grab. Sentenced to eternity in hell, Guerrero finds himself confronted by Satan himself, offering a daring proposition: deliver the six souls of his former gang and he will escape damnation.
18) The Rainmaker
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A rookie lawyer in over his head on a high-profile case hires a feisty paralawyer who specializes in flunking the bar. Their chances of winning are slim to none, until they uncover a trail of corruption.
19) The wrestler
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Back in the late '80s, Randy 'The Ram' Robinson was a headlining professional wrestler. Now, decades past his prime, he barely gets by working small wrestling shows in VFW halls and as a part-time grocery store employee. He faces health problems that may end his wrestling career and is attempting to come to terms with his life outside the ring. He wants to reconcile with the daughter he abandoned in childhood and begins a relationship with a stripper....