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Jed Brophy Movies

2009  
R  
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Director Neill Blomkamp teams with producer Peter Jackson for this tale of extraterrestrial refugees stuck in contemporary South Africa. It's been 28 years since the aliens made first contact, but there was never any attack from the skies, nor any profound technological revelation capable of advancing our society. Instead, the aliens were treated as refugees. They were the last of their kind, and in order to accommodate them, the government of South Africa set up a makeshift home in District 9 as politicians and world leaders debated how to handle the situation. As the humans begin to grow wary of the unwelcome intruders, a private company called Multi-National United (MNU) is assigned the task of controlling the aliens. But MNU is less interested in the aliens' welfare than attempting to understand how their weaponry works. Should they manage to make that breakthrough, they will receive tremendous profits to fund their research. Unfortunately, the highly advanced weaponry requires alien DNA in order to be activated. When MNU field operative Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley) is exposed to biotechnology that causes his DNA to mutate, the tensions between the aliens and the humans intensifies. Wikus is the key to unlocking the alien's technology, and he quickly becomes the most wanted man on the planet. Ostracized and isolated, Wikus retreats to District 9 in a desperate bid to shake his dogged pursuers. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Starring:
Sharlto CopleyJason Cope, (more)
 
2000  
 
It is has been 25 years since Xena (Lucy Lawless), her daughter, Eve, and her companion, Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor), disappeared from the face of the earth. Since that time, the ladies' friend Joxer (Ted Raimi) has regaled his children and grandchildren with stories of Xena's adventures -- and of his own courage in the thick of battle. Now, an aged Joxer has come across the last scroll left behind by Gabrielle, detailing the final confrontation between Xena and the Olympian Gods, who were forsworn to kill Eve lest she fulfill the prophecy of their destruction. As Joxer reads the document, he realizes with startling suddenness that Xena and Gabrielle may not be dead -- as everyone (including himself) has assumed all these many years. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Lucy LawlessRenee O'Connor, (more)
 
1996  
 
As punishment for defying orders by sparing the life of Hercules (Kevin Sorbo), goddess of retribution Nemesis (Theresa Hill) is transformed into a mortal by the unforgiving Hera. To finish the job that Nemesis started, Hera creates a assassin called the Enforcer, who travels in the guise of a beautiful woman (played by Karen Shepard). Though stripped of her immortal powers, Nemesis vows to save Hercules from the Enforcer -- who has already sunk her well-manicured meat hooks into Hercules' impressionable friend, Iolaus (Michael Hurst). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Kevin SorboMichael Hurst, (more)