231. Six Days, Seven Nights
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ivan Reitman
Actors: Harrison Ford, Anne Heche, David Schwimmer, Jacqueline Obradors, Temuera Morrison, Allison Janney
Plot: An ambitious New York woman is on a tropical vacation with her boyfriend when she's called away on assignment. The only flight leaving is piloted by a gruff man eager to make a quick buck. When they both end up crash-landed on a deserted island, sparks fly as the mismatched pair try to survive and seek rescue.
232. The Gingerbread Man
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey Jr., Daryl Hannah, Tom Berenger, Famke Janssen
233. Legionnaire
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter MacDonald
Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Steven Berkoff, Nicholas Farrell, Jim Carter, Ana Sofrenovic
Plot: Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive.
When he wins the fight he attempts to flee to America with the mobster's
girlfriend Katrina. This plan fails and he seeks escape by joining the
foreign legion. As part of the legion he tangles with abusive lieutenant
Steinkampf and bonds with legionnaires Luther, Mackintosh and Rosetti.
The mobster discover his whereabouts and enrolls two hitmen to finish
him off. With their fort under siege and enemies within, Lefevre finds
that second chances are difficult to come by in the Legion.
234. Drive
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steve Wang
Actors: Mark Dacascos, Kadeem Hardison, John Pyper-Ferguson, Brittany Murphy, Tracey Walter, James Shigeta
Plot: An experimental enhanced super-soldier escapes from the mob and is tracked from Hong Kong to Los Angeles. Along the way he hooks up with a wise-cracking barfly and a ditzy motel worker.
235. Mighty Joe Young
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ron Underwood
Actors: Bill Paxton, Charlize Theron, Rade Serbedzija, Regina King
Plot: This remake adventure follows Gregg O'Hara's quest to capture a two-ton African gorilla and transport him to a California reserve far from poachers.
236. Phantasm IV: Oblivion
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Don Coscarelli
Actors: A. Michael Baldwin, Reggie Bannister, Bill Thornbury, Heidi Marnhout, Bob Ivy, Angus Scrimm
237. Hard Rain
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
Director: Mikael Salomon
Actors: Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, Edward Asner, Michael A. Goorjian
Plot: During a major flood in a small Indiana town, an armored truck driver manages to thwart a robbery by hiding the money. When he reports to the local sheriff, it turns out he wants the money too.
238. Knock Off
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hark Tsui
Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rob Schneider, Lela Rochon, Paul Sorvino, Carman Lee, Wyman Wong
239. Doctor Dolittle
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Betty Thomas
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt, Peter Boyle, Richard Schiff, Kristen Wilson
Plot: A man who could speak to animals as a child suddenly finds his ability back after nearly hitting a dog one night. The word that gets out, and soon his veterinarian's office is flooded with animals of every stripe looking for advice. With his practice about to go under, and questions raised about his sanity, Dr. Dolittle will have to put his talents to use in order to save his job and family life.
240. Kite
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yasuomi Umetsu
Actors: Charlie Watson, Shane Callahan, Chuck Denson Jr., Dave Underwood, Scott Bailey, Bob Edwards
Plot: Sawa is a young woman, an orphan and outcast, is also an assassin hired out her controllers Akai and Kanie, that she carries out with brutal efficiency. Yet the nature of her relationship to the two men is as abusive and repellant as the hits she is assigned, but a chance meeting with another orphan on a multi-hit may give her the strength she needs to finally break away.
