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Last updated January 21, 2025
Outlander
2008 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsFleeing an interstellar war, Kainan crashes on the shores of Norway during the Iron Age. An extraterrestrial monstrosity called the Moorwen also survives the crash and begins cutting a bloody swath of destruction through the Norwegian countryside.
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Attack the Block
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen aliens attack a South London neighborhood, a teen gang pulls together to protect their turf by any means necessary. But extraterrestrials prove far more formidable than anyone they ever jumped on the streets.
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The Treasure Hunter
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsQiaofei is a relic expert with a gritty past. When his mentor's daughter is held hostage over a map with a deadly history, the rugged warrior whips into action. Chaos erupts as he swoops in to the rescue and scours the sands for legendary riches.
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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsCaptain Kirk (William Shatner) leads his crew on a mission to free kidnapped diplomats. Arriving at the planet Nimbus III, Kirk and crew come face-to-face with the captor: a smiling Vulcan named Sybok (Laurence Luckinbill) who's Mr. Spock's half-brother. Obsessively searching for God, Sybok hijacks the Enterprise and sets a course for the center of the galaxy. The film marks Shatner's directorial debut.
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Escape from L.A.
1996 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsKurt Russell reprises his role as antihero Snake Plissken. This time, a cataclysmic temblor hits Los Angeles, turning it into an island. The president (Cliff Robertson) views the quake as a sign from above, expels Los Angeles from the country and makes it a penal colony for those found guilty of moral crimes. When his daughter, part of a resistance movement, steals the control unit for a doomsday weapon, Snake again gets tapped to save the day.
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The Core
2003 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsThe Earth's inner core has stopped spinning, and scientist Josh Keyes must discover why -- before the world literally falls apart -- by burrowing into the planet's center in a vessel piloted by Maj. Beck Childs and Col. Robert Iverson.
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Paycheck
2003 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsPaid big money by high-tech firms for working on hush-hush projects, computer ace Michael Jennings then has his memory erased for security purposes -- which explains why he can't figure out the reason his most recent employer wants to kill him.
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War of the Worlds
2005 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsRay is a divorced dockworker whose children are staying with him when a fleet of spaceships appears. Forced to become the protective father he's never been, Ray scrambles to usher his kids to safety in this loose adaptation of H.G. Wells's novel.
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Three Inches
2011 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAfter a lightning strike gives him the ability to move objects a distance of three inches using only his mind, twentysomething loser Walter Spackman joins a secret team of other super-powered people to make the world a better place. Or so he thinks.
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Waterworld
1995 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsIn a futuristic world engulfed by water, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate.
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Bulletproof Monk
2003 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsA mysterious and immortal Tibetan kung fu master who has spent the last 60 years traveling around the world protecting the ancient Scroll of the Ultimate, mentors a selfish street kid in the ancient intricacies of kung fu.
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RoboCop 2
1990 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsThe gory sequel to 1987's sci-fi blockbuster brings back half-machine, half-human RoboCop to face his greatest challenge ever. This time, the cyborg law enforcer is out to rid Detroit of a deadly new designer drug.
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The Brothers Grimm
2005 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsDirector Terry Gilliam's tale of adventure centers on the Grimm brothers -- Jake and Will -- who travel from village to village posing as exterminators of magical creatures ... but they're really expert con artists.
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Doomsday
2008 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhen a deadly viral epidemic kills hundreds of thousands of people in Britain, the government quarantines the infected behind a walled city -- only to be confronted with a resurgence of the disease 30 years later.
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Universal Soldier: Regeneration
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhen a Chechen Islamic extremist threatens the world with another nuclear disaster centered in Chernobyl, Ukraine, futuristic supersoldier Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) leads a team to recapture the power plant and disarm the madman. But when the terrorist turns a clone of Deveraux's old sergeant (Dolph Lundgren) against him, the hero must first take out his old pal. John Hyams directs this installment in the Universal Soldier saga.
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City Under Siege
2010 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhen a group of unruly circus performers stumbles upon an old cache of weapons-grade chemicals, they morph into mutants who unleash a wave of mayhem across the city. But one mutant -- circus clown Sunny -- uses his new powers to stop the marauders.
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Grimm's Snow White
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsUnrelated to the big screen versions of the classic story, this low budget tale of an evil queen determined to dispose of her beautiful stepdaughter, Snow White, introduces reptilian creatures and other twists.
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Dawn of the Dragon Slayer
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsAfter Will's father is killed by a dragon, he embarks on an epic journey to seek vengeance against the vicious monster. But while undergoing intense training on how to slay the beast, he uncovers a mysterious family connection.
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Crawlspace
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhen a super-secret underground military facility in Australia is attacked, the government sends in an elite squadron to rescue the workers. The mission becomes even more complicated when the soldiers encounter a beautiful amnesiac in a crawlspace.
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Species
1995 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhen scientists discover alien DNA, they create the ultimate femme fatale: a hybrid woman named Sil with supermodel looks, deadly shape-shifting abilities and raging hormones. When Sil escapes, a team scrambles to find her before she can reproduce.
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Ghosts of Mars
2001 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsTwo centuries in the future, a squad of tough-as-nails cops are dispatched to a remote mining outpost on Mars to bring back a deadly criminal. When they get there, they have to fight off an army of miners who've been possessed by an unspeakable evil.
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Johnny Mnemonic
1995 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIn cyberpunk godfather William S. Gibson's story that's been adapted for the big screen, a courier is tasked with delivering a volatile data package stored in his brain. But when things go awry, he's stuck in a race against time to save his mind.
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Ultraviolet
2006 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsWhen a vampirelike disease begins infecting the human population -- giving the afflicted enhanced intelligence, fantastic stamina and lightning-fast speed -- the world quickly divides into those who have it and those who don't. Believing the infected to be a menace to society, the government seeks to wipe them out. But can one woman with the disease (Milla Jovovich) help save an infected child (Cameron Bright) from cruel and unusual punishment?
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Under the Mountain
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsTeenage twins Rachel (Sophie McBride) and Theo (Tom Cameron) discover the Wilberforces, ancient shape-shifting fiends that live under a ring of extinct volcanoes in Auckland, New Zealand. Now the siblings must revive their special shared powers to destroy the evil creatures. Mysterious Mr. Jones (Sam Neill) and the twins' older cousin Ricky (Leon Wadham) help out in this fantasy adventure directed by Jonathan King.
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American Warships
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsNot to be confused with the blockbuster Battleship, it's up to the "USS Iowa" to fend off an army of alien invaders who are out to destroy the planet in this low-budget sci-fi thriller.
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