Category Archives: Thriller
Take Back
Release 2021
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Director: Christian Sesma
Writers: Zach Zerries
Stars: Mickey Rourke, Michael Jai White, Gillian White, James Russo, Paul Sloan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11799110/
Zara (Gillian White) and Brian (Michael Jai White) are living the perfect small town life when a mysterious stranger from Zara's secret past kidnaps their daughter and now they must race to save her life.
The Toll
Release 2020
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Director: Michael Nader
Writer: Michael Nader
Stars: Jordan Hayes, Max Topplin, James McGowan, Rosemary Dunsmore, Jess Brown
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9202550/
A socially awkward driver and a weary passenger try to make it to their destination while being haunted by a supernatural threat.
Phobias
Release 2021
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Director: Camilla Belle, Maritte Lee Go, Joe Sill
Writers: Camilla Belle, Broderick Engelhard, Maritte Lee Go
Stars: Alexis Knapp, Lauren Miller Rogen, Charlotte McKinney, Hana Mae Lee, Leonardo Nam
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8129682/
Five dangerous patients, suffering from extreme phobias at a government testing facility, are put to the ultimate test under the supervision of a crazed doctor and his quest to weaponize fear.
Assault on VA-33
Release 2021
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Director: Christopher Ray
Writers: Scott Thomas Reynolds, Scott Thomas Reynolds
Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Michael Jai White, Mark Dacascos, Weston Cage Coppola, Abigail Hawk
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12064810/
Decorated veteran and PTSD sufferer, Jason Hill (Flanery) meets his wife, Jennifer, for lunch at the Veteran's Affairs hospital where she works. After Jennifer is called away for an emergency consultation with the head of US Military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, the hospital is taken hostage by heavily armed terrorists. Jason becomes the last line of defense and must battle the terrorists and his own PTSD induced demons to save his wife, the General, the hospital's staff and patients.
Way Down
Release 2021
Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Director: Jaume Balagueró
Writers: Rowan Athale, Michel Gaztambide, Borja Glez. Santaolalla
Stars: Famke Janssen, Freddie Highmore, Liam Cunningham, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Sam Riley
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9742794/
Thom, a genius engineering graduate is interested in the Bank of Spain's safe. The Bank building is more than 100 years old, with no building blueprints available and a security system that includes an underground river that will flood the safe room if their walls are breached. As soon as Thom learns that a legendary lost treasure is going to be held at the bank's safe for just 10 days, he devises, together with charismatic art dealer Walter "Cunningham" a detailed plan to breaking in. They will only have 105 minutes to do so, while the Bank's staff will be distracted, watching the 2010 Football World Cup final match , played by Spain's national soccer team and broadcast on a giant screen, coincidentally placed just in front of the Bank of Spain building.
The Winter Lake
Release 2020
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Phil Sheerin
Writers: David Turpin
Stars: Anson Boon, Charlie Murphy, Emma Mackey, Michael McElhatton, Mark McKenna
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9778348/
When Holly's dark secret is accidentally uncovered by her new emotionally unstable neighbor Tom, they are pulled into a violent confrontation with her father, who will do anything to keep the secret hidden.
Dreamcatcher
Release 2021
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Jacob Johnston
Writer: Jacob Johnston
Stars: Niki Koss, Travis Burns, Blaine Kern III
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9382172/
The film centers on two estranged sisters who, along with their friends, become entrenched in a 48 hour whirlwind of violence after a traumatic experience at an underground music festival.
Crisis
Release 2021
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Director: Nicholas Jarecki
Writer: Nicholas Jarecki
Stars: Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly, Greg Kinnear, Michelle Rodriguez
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9731682/
Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., an architect recovering from an OxyContin addiction tracks down the truth behind her...
The Devil Below
Release 2021
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Director: Bradley Parker
Writers: Stefan Jaworski, Eric Scherbarth
Stars: Will Patton, Adan Canto, Jonathan Sadowski, Alicia Sanz, Nathan Phillips
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7646322/
There is an abandoned place nestled deep in Appalachian country where underground coal mines have been ablaze for decades. When a team of researchers try to find out how the fires started, they soon discover something more startling than...
The Mauritanian
Release 2021
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Director: Kevin Macdonald
Writers: Michael Bronner, Michael Bronner, Rory Haines
Stars: Tahar Rahim, Jodie Foster, Benedict Cumberbatch, Shailene Woodley, Stevel Marc
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4761112/
Mohamedou Ould Salahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years.