Caught Up
Theatrical Release Date: 01/30/1998
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Darin Scott
Actors: Bokeem Woodbine, Cynda Williams, Clifton Powell, Snoop Dogg, LL Cool J, Tony Todd
Deceiver
Theatrical Release Date: 01/30/1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jonas Pate, Josh Pate
Actors: Chris Penn, Ellen Burstyn, Tim Roth, Renée Zellweger, Michael Rooker, Rosanna Arquette
Deep Rising
Theatrical Release Date: 01/30/1998
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stephen Sommers
Actors: Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Anthony Heald, Djimon Hounsou, Kevin J. O'Connor, Wes Studi
Plot: A daring, ruthless group of hijackers board a luxury liner, hoping to clean out the passengers and make off with a rich bounty. But when the get to their destination, they find the ship deserted, and something much more dangerous than them has beat them to the punch.
Desperate Measures
Theatrical Release Date: 01/30/1998
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Actors: Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Brian Cox, Marcia Gay Harden, Erik King, Joseph Cross
Plot: San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a
compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one
catch: the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter McCabe
who sees a trip to the hospital as the perfect opportunity to get what
he wants most: freedom. With McCabe's escape, the entire hospital
becomes a battleground and Connor must pursue and, ironically, protect
the deadly fugitive who is his son's only hope for survival.
Fallen Angels ( Duo luo tian shi )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/30/1998
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kar Wai Wong
Actors: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung, Karen Mok, Fai-hung Chan
Plot: A killer out for his last hit finds himself disillusioned and while trying to find a surrogate relationship to keep his mind off an improper relationship with his current partner in crime. Wandering the sordid, surreal streets of Hong Kong - he aids a drifter searching for her mysterious ex-boyfriend and runs across a mute trying to get the world's attention in his own way.
Four Days in September ( O Que É Isso, Companheiro? )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/30/1998
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Portuguese
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bruno Barreto
Actors: Alan Arkin, Fernanda Torres, Pedro Cardoso, Luiz Fernando Guimarães, Cláudia Abreu, Nelson Dantas
Plot: An account of the 1969 kidnapping of the U.S. ambassador to Brazil, Charles Burke Elbrick, by left-wing revolutionaries.
Great Expectations
Theatrical Release Date: 01/30/1998
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft, Chris Cooper, Hank Azaria, Robert De Niro
Hamilton
Theatrical Release Date: 01/30/1998
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Harald Zwart
Actors: Peter Stormare, Lena Olin, Mark Hamill, Mats Långbacka, Terry Carter, Yevgeni Lazarev
It's in the Water
Theatrical Release Date: 01/30/1998
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kelli Herd
Actors: Keri Jo Chapman, Teresa Garrett, Derrick Sanders, Timothy Vahle, Barbara Lasater, Matthew Tompkins
Killing Time
Theatrical Release Date: 01/30/1998
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Actors: Craig Fairbrass, Nigel Leach, Kendra Torgan, Peter Harding, Neil Armstrong, Rick Warden
Oyster and the Wind, The ( A Ostra e o Vento )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/30/1998
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Portuguese
Genre: Fantasy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Walter Lima Jr.
Actors: Lima Duarte, Fernando Torres, Leandra Leal, Floriano Peixoto, Castrinho, Marcio Vito
Taste of Cherry ( Ta'm e guilass )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/30/1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Actors: Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi, Mir Hossein Noori, Ahmad Ansari
Plot: A man who plans to commit suicide the following day searches for someone who will promise to retrieve his body. But as he interacts with the people he meets on his quest, he begins to have second thoughts.
True Friends
Theatrical Release Date: 01/30/1998
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Quattrochi
Actors: James Quattrochi, Loreto Mauro, Rodrigo Botero, John Capodice, Eddie Jones, Dan Lauria
Zero Effect
Theatrical Release Date: 01/30/1998
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jake Kasdan
Actors: Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Ryan O'Neal, Kim Dickens, Angela Featherstone, Hugh Ross
Plot: Private detective Daryl Zero (Bill Pullman) and his partner Steve Arlo (Ben Stiller)were hired by blackmail victim Gregory Stark (Ryan O'Neal), Zero sets up a sting operation and soon focuses on his suspect, Gloria Sullivan (Kim Dickens), a woman he met at a health club.
Ark of the Desert, The ( arche du désert, L' )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/28/1998
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mohamed Chouikh
Actors: Hacen Abdou, Messaouda Adami, Myriam Aouffen, Athmane, Abdelkader Belmokadem, Ali Bensaïb
Christmas in August ( Palwolui Christmas )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/24/1998
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jin-ho Hur
Actors: Suk-kyu Han, Eun-ha Shim, Goo Shin, Ji-hye Oh, Han-wi Lee, Mi-seon Jeon
Dead Man's Curve ( Curve, The )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/24/1998
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dan Rosen
Actors: Matthew Lillard, Michael Vartan, Randall Batinkoff, Keri Russell, Tamara Craig Thomas, Anthony Griffith
Plot: Two college students, believing a campus policy that a friends death will give them automatic A's, plot to kill their room-mate and make it look like a suicide.
