Damian Lee Movies
A young German officer and the daughter of a Rabbi find their blooming relationship threatened by the onset of World War II in director Damian Lee's emotional war romance. The setting is German occupied Poland, and Europe is finally feeling the full devastation of Hitler's might. German Officer Oskar and his Jewish girlfriend Rachel are deeply in love, but tragically torn apart by the violent village massacres that spread like a plague across the land. Convinced that she will never be reunited with her true love, expectant mother Rachel reluctantly marries respectable Jewish man Bernard, who longs to earn her love by raising her child as his own. Later, when Rachel and Oskar unexpectedly cross paths amidst the violence of the Russian front line, a sudden tragedy prompts one man to make the ultimate sacrifice. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Daryl Hannah, Roy Scheider, (more)
Damian Harris directs this sleazy erotic thriller about lipstick lesbians, naked corpses, and S&M covens, starring Julian Sands. Catherine Palmer (Ellen Barkin) is a hard-driving homicide cop who drinks like a fish and curses like a sailor, investigating a series of murders which leave the (inevitably female) victims bound, naked, and eyelid-less. Tall drink of water Vickie Kittrie (Peta Wilson), who was last seen with the latest victim, eventually admits involvement with a tribalistic S&M society. Palmer dutifully accompanies Kittrie on one such outing, featuring pouting models in designer corsets and lots of heavy breathing. When the serious girl-on-girl action kicks off though, Palmer makes a beeline for the door, only to be seduced by Kittrie against her kitchen sink (a la Fatal Attraction). Meanwhile, lead suspect psychologist Dr. Boussard (Sands) continues to snivel and cross-dress as the bodies start piling up. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Stephen Baldwin, Ellen Barkin, (more)
A group of renegades who hold the fate of the world in their hands meet their match in an army of one in this action thriller. Matt Hendricks (Dolph Lundgren) is a Special Forces officer with the United States Marines whose significant other, Dr. Lynda Christian (Meilani Paul), is a scientist specializing in virus research. Lynda, on a high security assignment with the government, is travelling from Russia to the United States via a U.S. Navy submarine; she and Matt have had a serious argument, and in hopes of patching things up, Matt arranges to come back to America on the same sub. However, their romantic problems soon take a back seat to more pressing concerns. Lynda is helping to escort a cache of Agent Red back to the States; Agent Red is a powerful biological weapon, with no known antidote, that could kill the population of a major city in a matter of hours. Word of the deadly cargo has leaked out to a group of fanatical Russian terrorists, who have ambushed the sub and stolen the powerful virus. The terrorists have threatened to release Agent Red in New York and Moscow via the sub's missile system if their demands aren't met, and Matt becomes the world's last defense against destruction as he takes on the invaders. Agent Red was also released under the title Captured. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dolph Lundgren, Meilani Paul, (more)
In this suspense thriller, Dolph Lundgren stars as Matt, a one-time cop who learns that his brother has died under mysterious circumstances. Convinced that foul play was involved, Matt begins looking into the case, only to discover that his brother was sunk deep into a disturbing netherworld of violence and perverse sexuality. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dolph Lundgren, Danielle Brett, (more)
- 1999
- R
In this romantic comedy-drama, Samantha (Tia Carrere) and Jack (David Charvet) are two neighbors who don't get along. What they don't know, however, is that they've also been falling in love with each other while exchanging notes in an internet dating service's chat room. Meet Prince Charming was the feature debut for producer/director Brett Parker. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- David Charvet, Tia Carrere, (more)
- 1998
For 10 years, FBI agent Jason Enola has been obsessed with capturing a particularly clever serial killer who surrounds his victims with a series of notes, the only clues to his identity. For the past four years, the killer hadn't murdered anyone, but then the killings start up again, and Enola and his partner Brad Abraham resume their investigation. This time, they find assistance from psychiatrist Alyce Robertson after the murderer begins calling her. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, (more)
- 1996
- R
In this fast-paced actioner, Michael Dudikoff plays a bounty hunter whose latest quest for a bail jumper lands him in the middle of war between rival Russian mafia gangs. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael Dudikoff, Billy Dee Williams, (more)
David Fox and Lea Moreno star in this family adventure about a boy named Manling, who after getting lost in the jungle, was raised by animals and came to understand their ways and their languages. When men arrive to rob the jungle of its treasure, Manling must protect the home of those he holds dear. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
In this explosive action drama, Johnny Price (Don "The Dragon" Wilson) was once a high-ranking officer in the military and a decorated war hero, but after he was convicted of a crime he didn't commit, he was given a dishonorable discharge and has never been able to live down the disgrace. When a band of terrorists led by Bartel (Roddy Piper) seize Hoover Dam and threaten to blow it up if their demands are not met, Price is called in and given a shot at redemption as the only man who can fend off the invaders and prevent a disaster that could cost thousands of lives. Terminal Rush also features Michael Anderson, Jr., Brian Warren, and Kate Greenhouse. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Roddy Piper, (more)
- 1995
This unusual thriller concerns a man who has gone on a vacation with some friends. One night he meets a woman and impulsively decides to go home with her. He wakes up the next morning to discover something horrible has happened to him. A trip to the doctor confirms that someone removed one of his kidneys, and now the man needs to find out who did it, why it happened and who has his kindey now. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jeff Wincott, Michelle Johnson, (more)
- 1995
- R
In this martial arts film, the quiet, peaceful life of a college professor changes dramatically after young thugs stab his pregnant wife and she loses their baby. Later a villainous promoter of extreme fighting (a sporting event in which a bout ends only with the death of an opponent) illegally broadcasts these fights. He kidnaps the professor and gives him a choice, either fight to the death or see his wife, who is still alive, murdered. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jeff Wincott, Phil Jarrett, (more)
- 1994
- PG13
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Inasmuch as National Lampoon magazine was on its last legs in 1994, the title National Lampoon's Last Resort was all too prophetic. The film takes place at, yes, a summer resort, which is threatened with extinction by (in unison, please) Evil Land Developers. Can the Corey boys -- Haim and Feldman -- save the camp? You might get some incidental fun by predicting precisely when the first bathroom joke is about to occur (it doesn't take long). Unlike previous National Lampoon features, Last Resort went direct to video. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, (more)
- 1994
- R
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In this final film in the Death Wish series, Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) returns to New York City, where he attempts to resume a normal life by proposing to his girlfriend Olivia (Lesley-Anne Down), a fashion designer. However, Olivia runs afoul of her ex-husband Tommy O'Shea (Michael Thomas Parks), a ruthless gangster, and she's killed by his henchmen. If history has taught us anything, it's that Paul Kersey does not take the death of his loved ones lying down, and soon Paul is heavily armed and ready to take out O'Shea and his goons, while the police politely ask Kersey if he has revenge on his mind (a question not unlike asking if there was a Tuesday last week). ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Charles Bronson, Lesley-Anne Down, (more)
- 1994
- NR
Bonnie (Alicia Witt) and Hillary (Renee Humphrey) are two seemingly average California teenagers who have some very heavy emotional baggage to lug around. Bonnie was abandoned by her mother years ago, and Hillary was sexually assaulted by her father, who is now behind bars. Bonnie and Hillary have enough in common that they strike up a fast friendship and head out one day in search of "fun." However, by the end of the day, their pursuit of happiness has taken them from typically meanspirited teenage pranks, such as dropping pennies onto cars from an overpass, to an abrupt and shocking extreme -- the murder of an elderly woman who has done them no harm. Jane (Leslie Hope), a social worker assigned to work with Bonnie and Hillary, finds it all but impossible to get through to them and is dealing with her own precarious emotional state (which she treats with alcohol), while tabloid journalist John (William R. Moses) tries to wring a juicy, sensational story out of the girls' crime spree. Meanwhile, Bonnie and Hillary wonder out loud about their sudden "celebrity" and who will play them in the inevitable TV movie about their crimes. Alicia Witt and Renee Humphrey both won awards for their performances at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival, though the film didn't find a distributor until 1996, after the release of the thematically similar Heavenly Creatures. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alicia Witt, Renee Humphrey, (more)
- 1994
In this action drama, trial lawyer John Ryan (Jeff Wincott) is a crusading trial lawyer who finds himself in severe financial straits after taking too many pro bono cases. Desperate to keep his firm afloat, John goes to a loan shark to raise money, but when he can't pay them off, he is forced into a world of illegal martial arts competition, where the stakes are high and the competition is deadly. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jeff Wincott
- 1992
Carol Kane plays the wife of a murdered Mafia bookkeeper in Baby on Board. With her baby in tow, Kane tracks the hitman to the airport, intending to shoot the man. A pickpocket causes the gun to discharge prematurely, and now it's Kane who is being pursued. She commandeers a cab driven by Judge Reinhold, and the chase is on. As light as a feather, Baby on Board gets plenty of laughs from the basic situation as well as the fevered rapport between Kane and Reinhold. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Judge Reinhold, Carol Kane, (more)
In this adolescent comedy, a group of ski instructors spend their time sliding on the slopes, drinking too much, and trying to beat a rival ski school during the annual spring festival. The movie was filmed on location at the Whistler Mountain ski resort in British Columbia, Canada. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dean Cameron, Tom Breznahan, (more)
- 1990
- R
Boxcar Blues is a well-intentioned "little" picture about a man's debt to himself. Paul Coufos plays a washed-up prizefighter, heading to New Orleans for what may be his last bout. His opponent, played by real-life boxer Jesse Ventura, takes sadistic glee in killing other fighters with his bare fists. En route to his date with destiny, Coufos meets several colorful lowlifes, each of whom forces the hasbeen pugilist to look deep into his own soul. Margaret Langrick costars as Coufos' sometimes girlfriend, while M. Emmet Walsh chews the scenery as a truck-driving evangelist. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1990
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This average Canadian sci-fi actioner concerns the exploits of an intergalactic policeman named Abraxas (Jesse "The Body" Ventura). The space cop comes to Earth to track a rogue alien, Secundus (Sven-Ole Thorsen), who is looking for a woman to bear his child -- a "Comator" with the power to destroy the universe. The sole point of interest may be the method of impregnation -- a single touch. The supporting players include Marjorie Bransfield and James Belushi, cast once again as a school principal. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Marjorie Bransfeld, Sven Ole Thorsen, (more)
- 1988
- R
Based on the novel by Dean R. Koontz, this film follows the escape of an intelligent dog from a top-secret government experiment and his meeting with young Travis (Corey Haim). The boy and the dog soon become fast friends, but problems crop up when the canine's "partner," a large, deadly, orange creature, comes looking for him. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Corey Haim, Barbara Williams, (more)
In this horror film sequel, a strange substance referred to as "Food of the Gods" is accidentally fed to some rats in a college science laboratory. The rats grow to an enormous size and escape to quench their thirst for blood on the local college kids. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Paul Coufos, Lisa Schrage, (more)
- 1987
- R
After spending eight years in an insane asylum, Roo (Vernon G. Wells) takes a job in a gym owned by Napoleon (Michael Copeman). Tormented by memories of shock treatments and inhumane conditions, he channels his pent-up aggression and becomes a bare-knuckled street fighter. He soon goes up against the champ Razor (Real Andrews). ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Vernon Wells, William Sanderson, (more)
- 1986
- R
Prolific actor-stuntman Conrad Palmisano directed this average action-thriller about the owner of an inner-city gym. Earl (Paul Coufos) happens to also be a skilled fighter, and when he is pressured by real-estate developers to close the gym, he fights in order to save it. Former Saturday Night Live regular Tony Rosato co-stars with Irene Cara, who sings a cover version of "She Works Hard for the Money," as well as portraying Earl's love interest, Simone. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Paul Coufos, Irene Cara, (more)
- 1986
- R
In this sci-fi/western film set two hundred years from now, a bank robber, Grange is captured and sentenced to the penal colony on the mining planet Proxima Centauri 3 where he meets bounty-hunter Walker, and the Colonel, a retired policeman from LA who was considered the best of his kind. Grange is a dangerous lunatic and Walker and the Colonel must team up to keep him from escaping. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Richard Farnsworth, Michael Paré, (more)
