Israel Ringel Movies

Eight incarcerated brawlers compete for their freedom in an underground fight to the death funded by a powerful underground gambling ring. The further Boyka (Scott Adkins) works his way up through the ranks, the more powerful his opponents become. Upon realizing that his mysterious benefactors have no intentions of letting the winner reap their reward, Boyka launches into a fierce battle to bring the crooked syndicate crumbling to the ground, and expose their inhumanity in the process. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

A corrupt Roman emperor attempts to appease the people of his kingdom by capturing the most ferocious creature in all the land and exploiting its legendary strength for the entertainment of the masses. The Roman Empire is at the peak of its power; the gladiators are stronger than ever, the women possess untold beauty, and a fearsome, one-eyed creature rules the forest, slaughtering anyone foolish enough to venture into his woodland domain. But corruption has reached the highest levels, and the nefarious Emperor Tiberius (Eric Roberts) can sense the bloodlust in the air. His solution to the societal malaise: Capture the Cyclops, and throw him in the arena to do battle with condemned slaves and the wrongly imprisoned General Marcus Romulus (Kevin Stapleton). Now, as the ultimate battle of man versus monster commences, the cleansing fires of Hell begin to blaze. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Ving Rhames, Nick Cannon, and Mena Suvari star in director Steve Miner (Friday the 13th Part II, Halloween: H20)'s remake of the apocalyptic gore-fest that originally concluded George A. Romero's zombie trilogy back in 1985. A small American town has been infected with a deadly virus, and the military is determined to contain the sickness by establishing quarantine. When the situation spirals out of control and the infected residents develop a taste for human flesh, the military and surviving residents must band together to battle an enemy whose goal is not simply to kill, but to consume as well. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

In this weak musical with derivative songs and routine acting, the Kuni and Muni Lemel twins are off to Egypt to bring an Israeli Torah to a Jewish community in Cairo in exchange for valuable antique coins. More important than the story of the film is the fact that this was the first time that an Israeli production crew shot scenes in Egypt. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

With a dated format that runs along like a vaudeville production, the numbers in this musical-variety show are barely strung together by the thin storyline of a group of soldiers coming to a village and engaging in romantic overtures with the local women. Performances are bracketed by dialogue as the "story" moves from one episode to the next. The main intent is to present the songs and routines on film that army performers used to do for their audiences. This type of light musical has no exact counterpart in the West but still entertained Israeli movie-goers in the early 1980s. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Kuni Lemel is the legendary "schlemiel" hero of Jewish shtetl fables. In this film, we meet the octogenarian Kuni in present-day Brooklyn. Our hero wants his grandsons to marry Jewish girls and return to Israel. To make certain that they'll acquiesce, he offers the boys a million dollars each. Will they be able to collect without sacrificing their own plans? The supporting cast includes Mandy Rice-Davies, whose 15 minutes of fame came about through her involvement in the British Profumo sex scandal of 1963. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi