Brad Turner Movies
A made for TV movie that provides a bridge between the sixth and seventh seasons of the hit FOX action series 24, 24: Redemption features series star Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer. As the program opens, Bauer spends his time doing missionary work in Africa, laying low while the United States government attempts to capture him. His work leads him into contact with an evil warlord who maintains a loyal army by constantly brainwashing children into joining him. Bauer risks his freedom in order to stop the warlord. Redemption co-stars Oscar winner Jon Voight, Gil Bellows, and Robert Carlyle. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kiefer Sutherland, Cherry Jones, (more)
- 2005
At the Araz home, Dina (Shohreh Aghdashloo) is putting on a show, being nice to Debbie (Leighton Meester), while secretly ordering Behrooz (Jonathan Ahdout) to murder the girl. He tries to get Debbie to leave, but it's too late. Jack (Kiefer Sutherland) is posing as an armed robber in order to delay Kalil (Anil Kumar) long enough for Chloe (Mary Lynn Rajskub) to get him the satellite imagery Jack needs to keep tailing the terrorist. Jack takes several people hostage in the convenience store, taking all of their cell phones and wallets, and before long, the police arrive. Chloe's being hampered by Driscoll (Alberta Watson), who suspects that she's in contact with Jack, and assigns Sarah (Lana Parrilla) to spy on her. Chloe in turn persuades Edgar (Louis Lombardi) to take over the satellite work she's doing for Jack. Driscoll has her own personal problems to deal with, as she learns that her schizophrenic daughter, Maya (Angela Goethals), has been acting up, and her neighbor has called the police. Driscoll intervenes, again with Sarah's help, and has Maya brought to CTU. Eventually, Chloe and Edgar get the satellite coverage, and Jack takes Kalil out of the store at gunpoint, using the terrorist's car to make his escape, and then letting Kalil go while he's being monitored via satellite from CTU. Driscoll is now aware of Jack's activities, and tells Jack that she's going to pick Kalil up, but then CTU intercepts a phone call from Kalil to Omar (Tony Plana) indicating that Jack was right about Kalil's destination. Meanwhile, Heller (William Devane) and Audrey (Kim Raver) make a daring attempt to escape. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
- 2005
Jack (Kiefer Sutherland) calls into CTU, and lets Driscoll (Alberta Watson) know that Ronnie's been killed, and that he's currently trailing Kalil (Anil Kumar), the terrorist who kidnapped Andrew (Lukas Haas). Driscoll asks Jack for his location, because she wants to pick Kalil up immediately, but Jack thinks the terrorist will lead him right to the compound where Heller (William Devane) and Audrey (Kim Raver) are being held. He refuses to tell Driscoll where he is, so she decides that capturing Jack is now CTU's top priority. Office politics are charged at the CTU office, and things only get more paranoid when Driscoll brings in Marianne Taylor (Aisha Tyler), over the objections of her second-in-command, Curtis (Roger R. Cross). Curtis has had (intimate) dealings with the ambitious Marianne in the past, and doesn't trust her. She immediately begins questioning Edgar (Louis Lombardi) about the day's events. Jack convinces Chloe (Mary Lynn Rajskub) to surreptitiously help him track Andrew's kidnapper. While Jack follows the suspicious terrorist, Chloe works on stealing satellite imagery of the area so he can follow from a safer distance. As Jack watches, Kalil pulls off the road and meets up with two thugs, who proceed to beat the helpless Andrew, demanding to know who he told about what he found on the Internet. Kalil drives off, leaving Andrew to be killed. Jack wants to follow him, but decides he can't leave Andrew to die. After saving Andrew's life, he rushes to catch up with Kalil. Kalil goes into a convenience store, giving Chloe a few more minutes to get Jack the satellite coverage, but she needs more time, and Jack is forced to take desperate action. Meanwhile, at the Araz home, Behrooz (Jonathan Ahdout) is horrified to learn that Dina (Shohreh Aghdashloo) has invited Debbie (Leighton Meester) over "to talk." ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
- 2005
There's a showdown at the hospital. Navi (Nestor Serrano) is holding Behrooz (Jonathan Ahdout) hostage. He's afraid to kill him because he thinks Dina (Shohreh Aghdashloo) will tell the authorities everything if he does. Meanwhile, Dina warns Jack (Kiefer Sutherland) that if he doesn't save Behrooz, she'll do nothing to help him find the override. Eventually it all ends with Behrooz in custody, at which point Dina admits that she doesn't actually know where the override is. She gives them an address where the family got their assignments, and Jack and Tony (Carlos Bernard) go to investigate. They find an underground bunker with some plans involving the kidnapping and the override. Sarah (Lana Parrilla), having worked out a deal for Driscoll (Alberta Watson) to compensate her for being wrongfully accused and tortured, notices that the CFO of the company that owns the building is none other than Paul Raines (James Frain), Audrey's (Kim Raver) husband. Jack asks Audrey to call Paul and find out where he is, so that Jack can pick him up for questioning. When Audrey learns that Paul is about to leave town, she agrees to meet with him to discuss getting back together. Meanwhile, Marianne (Aisha Tyler) tells Curtis (Roger R. Cross) that she can access a file in Powell's office with information that might lead them to the override. Curtis suspects that a trap awaits, but he agrees to take her there. Tony heads back CTU, where Driscoll agrees to temporarily reinstate him. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
- 2005
Curtis (Roger R. Cross) and Driscoll (Alberta Watson) could both be in trouble over the whole Marianne (Aisha Tyler) debacle. They agree to cover each other with Division. Powell is dead, Marianne is unconscious, and the nuclear power plant at San Gabriel Island is on the verge of going critical. Edgar (Louis Lombardi) is concerned about his wheelchair-bound mother, who lives nearby and has no way to evacuate. While Behrooz (Jonathan Ahdout) goes to the local hospital, where his uncle, Naseem (Michael Benyaer), is a doctor, to try to get his mother some pain medication, Edgar is able to locate a cell phone that Powell called before he was shot, and that's how Jack and Tony are able to find Dina (Shohreh Aghdashloo), who is hiding out in a hotel room. Knowing Dina's weak spot, Jack tells Dina that Behrooz will get a full pardon and government protection if she leads them to the override device. She agrees, and calls Behrooz at the hospital to tell him to wait there for her and the CTU team. But Naseem, suspicious about Behrooz's request for meds, calls Navi (Nestor Serrano), who tells the doctor that Behrooz is on drugs, and to keep him at the hospital until Navi arrives. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
This direct-to-cable sequel in the Species film series follows the next legacy of the sexually frustrated alien species as the daughter of Eve (Natasha Henstridge) is born into an uncaring human world. Newcomer Sunny Mabrey plays Sara, the first genetically perfect specimen of her species, who is kidnapped upon birth by a professor who has his own selfish reasoning to keep her alive. Hounded by the army and other human-alien DNA hybrids bent on breeding, the hunt is on for the professor and Sara to create another perfect offspring any way they can. Premiering on the Sci-Fi channel in November of 2004, the erotic sci-fi thriller came to DVD a month later in a director's cut supervised by the director, Brad Turner, a TV veteran whose show credits include Andromeda, Stargate SG-1, and the '90s revamp of Outer Limits. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
- 2004
Adama assigns Starbuck to interrogate a Cylon prisoner (Callum Keith Rennie) who claims to have planted a nuclear warhead somewhere within the fleet, leading to an intense battle of wits and wills; an uncertain Boomer asks Baltar to test his Cylon detection device on her; and Number Six schemes to keep Helo on Caprica. ~ Michael Chant, All Movie Guide
- 2004
Not long after Palmer (Dennis Haysbert) finishes dealing with the Anne fiasco, one of his major contributors, Alan Milliken (Albert Hall) calls and asks for a meeting. Alan tells the president that Wayne (D.B. Woodside) had an affair with his wife, Julia (Gina Torres), while he was recovering from a stroke. Alan orders Palmer to fire Wayne and warns him that there will be serious consequences if he doesn't. At CTU, Kim (Elisha Cuthbert) notices a couple of apparent oversights on Tony's (Carlos Bernard) part, and suggests to Michelle (Reiko Aylesworth) that he has not recovered sufficiently from his gunshot wound, and should be relieved of command. Down in Mexico, Chase (James Badge Dale) is being tortured, and Jack (Kiefer Sutherland) enlists Claudia's (Vanessa Ferlito) help, promising to get her, her little brother, and her father out if she'll get him a cell phone (his transponder was broken during his brief struggle with Chase) and help Chase escape. Jack gets an unpleasant surprise when Amador (Greg Ellis) shows up and announces that there's another buyer competing for the virus, and the Salazars will have to bid for it. The situation grows more complicated when Jack learns that the other buyer has sent an all-too-familiar representative to their makeshift auction. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
- 2002
Captain Kelvin Parkhurst (Jason Gedrick), a highly decorated military hero, volunteers for a mysterious mission. To make certain he is up to the task, Parkhurst is obliged to undergo a series of hellish endurance tests. The basic plot line is flexible enough to incorporate excerpts from such previous Outer Limits episodes as "Nightmare," "Hearts and Mind," "The Human Operators," "In the Blood," "Monster," "The Voyage Home," "Tempests," and "Worlds Within." Originally telecast on January 18, 2002, "Human Trials" was the final episode of The Outer Limits' seventh season. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2002
John de Lancie returns as Beka Valentine's (Lisa Ryder) redoubtable uncle Sid Barry, originally introduced in the first-season episode "he Pearls That Were His Eyes". Somewhat incredibly, the larcenous Sid is a candidate for an important political post in the New Commonwealth. Things take a sinister turn when Sid is murdered by a jealous opponent--or is he? Incidentally, the title of this episode translates as "Who Benefits". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2001
In this fanciful twist on Thelma & Louise, an experimental lab develops a beautiful female android called Mona Lisa (Laura Harris). Programmed to be a spy and assassin for the government, Mona Lisa escapes the lab, desperately searching for someone -- anyone -- whom she can regard as a friend. She finds an unexpected ally in Teddy (Rachel Ticotin), a hard-boiled woman who has spent her life steering clear of emotional involvement. Will the authorities catch up with Mona before she and Teddy can forge a lasting friendship -- or before Mona reverts to her built-in homicidal nature? "Mona Lisa" first aired on April 20, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2001
Biogenetics expert Zach Griffiths (Peter Outerbridge) grieves over the fact that his beloved wife Nora (Sherilyn Fenn) is in a deep, irreversible coma, the result of a botched experiment. Risking arrest for performing an illegal procedure, the desperate Griffiths creates a clone of Nora. Zach's "new" wife seems to be perfection itself...except for one very tiny but very fatal flaw in her system. "Replica" originally aired on April 27, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
The Canadian TV movie The Wandering Soul Murder was based on the novel by Gail Bowen. Though the book took place in Saskatchewan, the film's action occurs in Toronto, where a shadowy serial killer is systematically murdering prostitutes. University professor, single mother, ex-cop, and erstwhile private detective Joanne Kilbourn (Wendy Crewson) is drawn into the case when one of the hookers is killed just outside the shop owned by Joanne's daughter. Things become even more personal when the fiancée of Joanne's son kills herself, apparently ashamed of her own past. For TV purposes, the seamier elements of the novel were cleaned up, though the film was still fairly explicit. Originally presented January 2, 2001 as part of the off-and-on CTV network series Criminal Instincts (aka The Joanne Kilbourn Mysteries), The Wandering Soul Murder was seen in the United States courtesy of the Lifetime cable channel on January 7, 2002. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Wendy Crewson
- 2001
Hunt (Kevin Sorbo) acts as mediator between two opposing Nietzchean prides, the Sabra and the Jaguar, who have arranged a truce marriage. When he agrees to deliver the bride, Elssbett Mossadim (Kimberly Huie), to the ceremony, Hunt faces the wrath of the Drago-Kazov pride, who had hoped to keep the Sabras and Jaguars separated for "divide and conquer" purposes. But more trouble is in the offing: Elssbett reveals herself to be a political assassin, bound and determined to plunge the two prides into a civil war. "The Honey Offering" originally aired on April 23, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
A woman coming to terms with her husband's death discovers his killer has run afoul of a violent crime in this detective drama. Joanne Kilbourn (Wendy Crewson) is a former police detective who left the force to teach criminology after the unsolved murder of her husband, Ian (Edward Jaunz). The investigation into Ian's death gets taken off the back burner when a suspect is arrested, Kevin Tarpley (Christopher Bolton); while Kevin claims to be innocent, he knows enough about the case to have raised the suspicions of police. Just when Joanne thinks her husband's killer may finally be brought to justice, Kevin is killed by a gunman as he's brought to the police station. After a strange visit by Kevin's wife Maureen (Kari Matchett), Joanne begins looking into Kevin's life and death, and discovers not all of her late husband's friends are willing to help her with her private investigation. Criminal Instincts: A Colder Kind of Death also stars Victor Garber, Teri Garr, and Robin Dunne. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Wendy Crewson, Robin Dunne, (more)
- 2001
The title character in this Outer Limits episode is a seductive female alien plant species, brought to earth by a meteor. Assuming human form, Violet (Judy Tylor) insinuates herself into the lives of a young couple, Chris (Jeremy London) and Mia (Rebecca Reichert). Before long, Violet has challenged all of the couple's preconceived notions of fidelity and commitment -- and has left a trail of dead bodies along the way. "Flower Child" was first telecast on July 21, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2001
A sanitarium for schizophrenics is plagued by a series of bizarre killings. It turns out the carnage is the handiwork of a restless, body-hopping spirit, the ghost of a man whom Dr. Rachel Harris (Dina Meyer) had been forced to kill during a botched military experiment four years earlier. But even with this knowledge, Rachel has no way of knowing into whose body the malevolent spirit will leap next -- nor what the deadly entity ultimately has in mind for her. "Free Spirit" originally aired on July 28, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2001
The Magog are up to no good at a Commonwealth conference held on behalf of a new ally. In his efforts to track down a missing Magog larvae deposit (among other pressing matters), Hunt (Kevin Sorbo) needs to find the All Systems Library, the source for all knowledge. While a sexy woman (Judy Tylor) with questionable motives offers to "help" Hunt, he receives genuine assistance from an unexpected Nietzchean source. James Marsters, best known as Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, guest stars as Sabra-Jaguar regent Charlemagne Bolivar. "Into the Labyrinth" initially aired on November 26, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2000
To lay the groundwork for the earth's colonization of the planet Trion, the UFS Mercury is sent on an exploratory research mission. En route, the Mercury receives a distress call from its sister ship Rhesos, which had previously bombed Trion to clear the planet of its existing life forms, which had been classified as non-intelligent. Boarding the Rhesos, the Mercury crew is shocked to discover that the vessel is completely deserted -- or is it? "Manifest Destiny" was originally telecast on February 11, 2000. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2000
Season Six of The Outer Limits was launched with this piquant peek into the future of cable television. The most popular show on the Judgment Channel is "Judgment Day," in which the families of murder victims are allowed to carry out the executions of the killers before an audience of millions. But as the grieving Allison Channing (Molly Ringwald) hunts down Declan McMahon (Ian Tracey), the two-bit crook accused of killing Allison's sister, Declan's brother Dooley (Vincent Gale) discovers that the producers of "Judgment Day" have been tampering with evidence to improve the show's ratings. "Judgment Day" (the episode, not the "series") first aired on January, 12 2000. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2000
A crystal skull, an alien artifact found in a Mayan pyramid, comes into the possession of Jackson (Michael Shanks)--who promplty vanishes from sight. Apparently the only hope for bringing Jackson back rests in the hands of his grandfather Nick (Jan Rubes), who, having been shunned by the scientific community after claiming to find the same crystal skull back in 1971, is currently in a mental institution. The plot thickens when Teal'c (Christopher Judge) becomes temporary cartetaker of the ubiquitous skull. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1999
In this holiday-themed comedy, Santa Claus decides the time has come for him to retire. However, the selection process for a replacement doesn't go quite as expected, and the new St. Nick turns out to be a young African-American man, who is as puzzled as anyone at how he got the job. Dabney Coleman stars, with Arnold Pinnock and Deanna Milligan heading up the supporting cast. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dabney Coleman, Deanna Milligan, (more)
- 1999
- PG
Two aliens land near Roswell, New Mexico and begin to implement their plan to destroy the Earth using stolen nuclear secrets. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1999
After over a decade of a viral epidemic nearly destroying all humankind, the world is ruled by the Code, which, to maintain law and order, forbids any outward display of emotion regarding those who died of the virus. Rogue doctor Nathan Seward (Joel Grey) is an illegal trafficker in Essence of Life, a drug which allows the user a brief emotional reunion with the loved ones who were lost in the epidemic. Assigned to track down Seward, Code agent Dan Kagan (Daniel Baldwin) ends up sampling the Essence of Life himself in order to be reunited with his late wife -- and soon becomes as "hooked" as any other junkie. "Essence of Life" first aired on July 23, 1999. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
