231. 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
232. 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.
233. 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.
234. 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
235. 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.
236. 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
237. 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.
238. Lost in Space
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Actors: William Hurt, Mimi Rogers, Heather Graham, Lacey Chabert, Jack Johnson, Gary Oldman
Plot: In the future, Earth's natural resources are used up and it's up to a
scientist and his family to construct a hyper-gate at Alpha Prime but an
unwanted stowaway has plans of his own.
239. 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.
240. Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tom Ellery, Bradley Raymond
Actors: Irene Bedard, Jim Cummings, Donal Gibson, Linda Hunt, Judy Kuhn, David Ogden Stiers
Plot: Pocahontas, along with Meeko, Flit, and Percy, travel to England. There, a rumor surrounding the death of John Smith threatens to bring war, and Pocahontas works to prevent it.
