221. Love & Pop
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hideaki Anno
Actors: Tadanobu Asano, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Kirari, Hirono Kudo, Yukie Nakama, Asumi Miwa
222. The Woodlanders
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Phil Agland
Actors: Emily Woof, Rufus Sewell, Cal Macaninch, Tony Haygarth, Jodhi May, Polly Walker
Plot: Based on Thomas Hardy's novel, this is a story of love and happiness forsaken for the well-being of the others.
223. Destiny ( Al-massir )
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Youssef Chahine
Actors: Nour El-Sherif, Laila Eloui, Mahmoud Hemida, Safia El Emari, Mohamed Mounir, Khaled Nabawy
Plot: The story set in the 12th century Andalusia, about legendary Arab philosopher Averroes.
224. City of Glass ( Boli zhi cheng )
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Romance/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alex Law
Actors: Qi Shu, Daniel Wu, Leon Lai, Audrey Mak, Nicola Cheung, Eason Chan
Plot: City of Glass follows two romances: one in the past and one in the present. The present one is between Wooly Suzie (Nicola Cheung) and David (Daniel Wu), who first meet at the police station following the deaths of their parents in a car wreck. The kicker: the two were not married, and were carrying on an affair. As played by Leon Lai and Shu Qi, the two parents were star-crossed lovers in their youth who drifted as politics and distance drove a wedge in their burgeoning romance. Yet their love was apparently a stronger power because years later it drew them back together. Meanwhile, the present holds conflicts for Suzie and David. Unable to get along at first, they bond as both discover the little details they have in common.
225. Sue
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Amos Kollek
Actors: Anna Levine, Matthew Powers, Tahnee Welch, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ventimiglia
226. Six Days, Seven Nights
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ivan Reitman
Actors: Harrison Ford, Anne Heche, David Schwimmer, Jacqueline Obradors, Temuera Morrison, Allison Janney
Plot: An ambitious New York woman is on a tropical vacation with her boyfriend when she's called away on assignment. The only flight leaving is piloted by a gruff man eager to make a quick buck. When they both end up crash-landed on a deserted island, sparks fly as the mismatched pair try to survive and seek rescue.
227. 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
228. 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.
229. 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.
230. 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
