171. Man on Fire
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Marc Anthony, Radha Mitchell, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Giannini
Plot: In Mexico City, kidnapping is a way of life and wealthy families turn to professional bodyguards for help. Enter John Creasy, an ex CIA operative/assassin who has all but given up on life. Taking a job at the behest of an old friend, his rough exterior is slowly chipped away by a 9-year-old girl he is protecting. When he is wounded during her kidnapping, he vows to kill anyone involved.
172. Live Free or Die Hard
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Len Wiseman
Actors: Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Maggie Q, Justin Long, Jeffrey Wright, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Plot: John McClane (Willis) takes on internet terrorists that threaten to take down the US Government.
173. The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Judd Apatow
Actors: Steve Carrell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogan, Romany Malco, Elizabeth Banks
Plot: When a group of employees find out their 40-year old co-worker is still a
virgin, they band together to help him with this problem.
174. Departures ( Okuribito )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yojiro Takita
Actors: Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ryoko Hirosue, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Kimiko Yo, Takashi Sasano
175. Minority Report
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow, Jessica Capshaw, Neal McDonough, Steve Harris, Patrick Kilpatrick
Plot: In the future, the department of precrime arrest criminals before they
commit a crime. When the head of the department is accused of a future
crime, he sets out to prove his innocence.
176. Chaser, The ( Chugyeogja )
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hong-jin Na
Actors: Yun-seok Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Yeong-hie Seo, In-gi Jung, Hyo-ju Park
Plot: Joong-ho is a dirty detective-turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by a same client whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.
177. Adam's Apples ( Adams æbler )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Danish
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen
Actors: Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nicolas Bro, Paprika Steen, Ali Kazim, Ole Thestrup
178. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring ( Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ki-duk Kim
Actors: Yeong-su Oh, Ki-duk Kim, Young-min Kim, Jae-kyeong Seo, Yeo-jin Ha, Jung-young Kim
179. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance ( Boksuneun naui geot )
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chan-wook Park
Actors: Kang-ho Song, Ha-kyun Shin, Du-na Bae, Ji-Eun Lim, Bo-bae Han, Se-dong Kim
Plot: A man desperately wants to save his sister from dying of kidney failure - but he goes from being conned in a black market operation to kidnaping the daughter of a wealthy industrialist. As things go from bad to worse, anger and revenge take over.
180. Food, Inc.
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Kenner
Actors: Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Richard Lobb, Vince Edwards, Moe Parr, Troy Roush
Plot: Explores the way a handful of corporations control a vast amount of food Americans eat - and the danger of putting profits ahead of anything else.
