Introduction Thirteen Lives (2022) is an astonishing tale of the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand. Directed by Academy Award-winner Ron Howard and written by William Nicholson, it features a stellar cast including Colin Farrell, Viggo Mortensen, Joel Edgerton, and Tom Bateman who brought to life on screen the daring rescue that took two […]
Synopsis The Dark Tower is an American neo-Western fantasy film released in 2017, directed by Nikolaj Arcel. The movie is a loose adaptation of Stephen King’s saga consisting of eight books. Unlike the novels which have multiple layers and are complex, the film adapts into a singular concise storyline which is 95 minutes long. Attempting
Released in 2006, Poseidon is an American disaster-action film which Wolfgang Petersen directed. He had previously directed maritime epics such as Das Boot and The Perfect Storm. This film serves as a contemporary adaptation of Poseidon Adventure, a novel by Paul Gallico which was made into a famous movie in ‘72. Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas,
Horizon Line combines romance, action, and disaster into one coherent picture that follows two lovers considered to be estranged as they navigate through their feelings while being trapped in a small airplane with no pilot. Directed by Mikael Marcimain and featuring Allison Williams along with Alexander Dreymon, the film was released in 2020. Horizon Line
7500, the feature debut of Patrick Vollrath, co-written with Senad Halilbašić, is a tense thriller set almost entirely inside an Airbus A319 cockpit. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Tobias Ellis, a first officer forced to navigate a brutal hijacking, and the film charts his step-by-step plunge into panic at 30,000 feet. After premiering at Locarno in
12.12: The Day, released in 2023 and styled in Korean as Seouls Spring, is a taut political thriller from director Kim Sung-su. The movie recreates the December 12, 1979, military coup that shook South Koreas young democracy and set the stage for years of authoritarian rule. Thanks to a stellar cast, sharp direction, and a
In a market cluttered with espionage thrillers, Unlocked promised to distinguish itself by pairing a tenacious female protagonist with a nerve-wracking plot about biological terror. Helmed by seasoned director Michael Apted and starring the resourceful Noomi Rapace, the picture is further bolstered by Michael Douglas, Orlando Bloom, Toni Collette and John Malkovich. Yet, despite that
Overview 97 Minutes is a tense, real-time thriller that plays out mostly on board a hijacked passenger jet. With fuel running low, the action drips with urgency as the story weighs terrorism, redemption, and hard moral choices. Directed by Timo Vuorensola and scripted by Pavan Grover, the film follows an undercover Interpol officer racing to
SiREN is a supernatural horror feature that builds on the short vignettes Amateurnight found in the V/H/S anthology. The plot centers on Jonah, a calm, soon-to-be married man whose bachelor outing spirals into terror when his groomsmen Mac, Rand, and Elliot urge him to go off-script. What begins as a typical celebration soon plunges into
🎬 Overview & Context The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil, a South Korean crime-thriller that landed in theaters in 2019, comes from director Lee Won-tae. Praised for its tight plot and morally grey players, the film follows an unlikely, desperate team-up between a worn crime boss and a rule-bending detective as they race through the
