Nicola Walker Movies
Two outsiders witness an onslaught of bloody Rwandan genocide in this fact-based drama from director Michael Caton-Jones (Scandal). In 1994, Joe Connor (Hugh Dancy) is a British schoolteacher who has volunteered to spend a year at the Ecole Technique Officielle, a school in the Rwandan capital of Kigali. Connor's arrival in Rwanda occurs after the nation's Civil War between the Tutsis and the Hutus has dissipated (c. August 1993). Yet despite the official end of this well-publicized struggle, political negotiations between the two groups have reached a stalemate, and the Hutus begin systematic preparation for a mass-genocide of the Tutsi people (who have assumed political power via the establishment of the RPF). Connor has already seen signs of the coming conflict in the abuse meted out to Marie (Clare-Hope Ashitey), a Tutsi student who was one of his star pupils, as well as the bitter hatred expressed by Francois (David Gyasi), a Hutu janitor at the school. As the genocide erupts, with extreme Hutu factions slaughtering Tutsis by the thousands, the Ecole Technique becomes a base of operations for Belgian peacekeeping forces from the United Nations. Most extended visitors from the West (especially America and Europe) flee Rwanda as the fighting broke out, but Connor decides to stay, and in fact strikes up a friendship with Father Christopher (John Hurt), a Catholic priest who has come to the nation as a missionary. As Father Christopher serves mass and strives to offer solace to the Tutsis and moderate Hutus caught in the fighting, he and Connor use the school as a safe haven for Tutsi refugees; however, after five days of genocidal killing, the U.N. troops move out, leaving little hope for the people they were supposed to protect. Beyond the Gates was produced by David Belton, who helped write the film's story; Belton was a correspondent with the BBC who was assigned to Rwanda when the fighting broke out. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, (more)
Directed by Jonathan Frakes and based on the '60s British television series of the same name, Thunderbirds chronicles the intergalactic exploits of the Tracy family. Set in 2010, the world looks toward the mysterious Tracy Island when mere international security is not enough; the remote South Pacific island not only houses former astronaut and lifelong entrepreneur Jeff Tracy (Bill Paxton) and his five sons, but also serves as headquarters for the top-secret International Rescue organization. The unthinkable happens, however, when an insidious criminal mastermind known only as "The Hood" (Ben Kingsley) manages to get past the island's innumerable security measures and attempts to take over International Rescue. His goal: stealing the organization's five most advanced rescue vehicles, each of which was designed to accomplish a specific task, and using them for his own agenda. With Jeff and his four eldest sons deployed on a mission, there's only one person with any hope of stopping the takeover -- Jeff's youngest son, Alan (Brady Corbet), who vows to save his family and keep the Thunderbirds alive. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bill Paxton, Anthony Edwards, (more)
Charming but streetwise Detective Inspector Dave Creegan (Robson Green) is back on the case in this collection of three episodes from the British television series Touching Evil. Along with his partner, D.I. Susan Taylor (Nicola Walker), Creegan gets a long, hard look at the underside of life in London as he investigates a kidnapper and serial killer with a taste for young women, a Bosnian relief worker who may also be a multiple murderer, and a black market adoption ring that sells children. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robson Green, Nicola Walker, (more)
- 1997
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When three London hospital patients are administered a drug which none were prescribed and subsequently die, it's up to Organized Serial Crime Unit detective inspectors Dave Creegan (Robson Green) and Susan Taylor (Nicola Walker) to crack the case and ensure that the guilty party pays for his or her crimes in this installment of the popular police detective series Touching Evil. In addition to discovering that all three victims had a bare patch of skin on which the words "Let me go" were written, detectives Creegan and Taylor are troubled to find that each had also been treated by noted euthanasia proponent Dr. Elizabeth Walker (Kika Markham). Deeply shaken as a result of his own near-death experience after being shot in the head, Detective Creegan launches an intense investigation into the murders that reveals all three victims had previously been declared clinically dead before being resuscitated and brought back from the "other side." Convinced that the killer has also suffered a near-death experience at one point in time, Detective Creegan sets a carefully crafted trap only to discover that he may have inadvertently set himself up to become the killer's latest victim. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robson Green, Nicola Walker, (more)
