171. Man on Fire
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Marc Anthony, Radha Mitchell, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Giannini
Plot: In Mexico City, kidnapping is a way of life and wealthy families turn to professional bodyguards for help. Enter John Creasy, an ex CIA operative/assassin who has all but given up on life. Taking a job at the behest of an old friend, his rough exterior is slowly chipped away by a 9-year-old girl he is protecting. When he is wounded during her kidnapping, he vows to kill anyone involved.
172. Chak De! India
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Family/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Shimit Amin
Actors: Sagarika Ghatge, Vidya Malvade, Chitrashi Rawat, Anaitha Nair, Tanya Abrol, Masochon V. Zimik
Plot: Ex-captain of the Men's Hockey team, Kabir Khan, comes to coach the Women's National Hockey Team. The girls in the team have their own agenda - they have forgotten what it's like to play the game for the love of it... and for the country. However, Khan, is determined to change it all - and his aim is nothing less than the World Championship. It is a coach's story of making his team overcome their differences and make them realize what it's like to be a part of Team India - victorious Team India.
173. Live Free or Die Hard
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Len Wiseman
Actors: Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Maggie Q, Justin Long, Jeffrey Wright, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Plot: John McClane (Willis) takes on internet terrorists that threaten to take down the US Government.
174. Departures ( Okuribito )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yojiro Takita
Actors: Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ryoko Hirosue, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Kimiko Yo, Takashi Sasano
175. Minority Report
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow, Jessica Capshaw, Neal McDonough, Steve Harris, Patrick Kilpatrick
Plot: In the future, the department of precrime arrest criminals before they
commit a crime. When the head of the department is accused of a future
crime, he sets out to prove his innocence.
176. Y Tu Mama Tambien ( And Your Mother Too )
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Actors: Diego Luna, Maria Aura, Gael García Bernal, Ana Lopez Mercado, Giselle Audirac, Maribel Verdu
Plot: Young friends make a road trip with an older attractive women where they share sex, booze, and life together.
177. Brokeback Mountain
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ang Lee
Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Scott Michael Campbell, Randy Quaid
Plot: Two broke farm hands get a job herding sheep in Montana during the 70's. They uncover their secret love for each other on Brokeback Mountain then later marrying women as they plan yearly secret trips to rekindle their relationship.
178. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring ( Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ki-duk Kim
Actors: Yeong-su Oh, Ki-duk Kim, Young-min Kim, Jae-kyeong Seo, Yeo-jin Ha, Jung-young Kim
179. Food, Inc.
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Kenner
Actors: Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Richard Lobb, Vince Edwards, Moe Parr, Troy Roush
Plot: Explores the way a handful of corporations control a vast amount of food Americans eat - and the danger of putting profits ahead of anything else.
180. Chaser, The ( Chugyeogja )
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hong-jin Na
Actors: Yun-seok Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Yeong-hie Seo, In-gi Jung, Hyo-ju Park
Plot: Joong-ho is a dirty detective-turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by a same client whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.
