2009 Movies : Thriller

With Nikita Mikhalkov • Vladimir Moiseyenko • Aleksandr Novototsky

One juror on a murder trial manages to convince his fellow colleagues that the case is not as clear cut as it might have seemed in the courtroom.

With Michael Bay • Dennis Quaid • Peter Stormare • Lou Taylor Pucci • Eric Balfour • Patrick Fugit • Andrew Form • Dave Callaham • Clifton Collins Jr. • Ziyi Zhang • Chelcie Ross • Jonas Åkerlund • Bradley Fuller

Aidan Breslin (Quaid) is a bitter detective emotionally distanced from his two young sons following the untimely death of his devoted wife. While investigating a series of murders of rare violence, he discovers a terrifying link between himself and the suspects in a chain of murders that seem to be based on the Biblical prophecies concerning the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death.

With Peyton List • Mark Williams • Allan Jones • Mark Donadio • Edward Anderson • Todd Lemley • Michael A. Pierce

A late night airport shuttle ride home descends into darkness.

With Roselyn Sanchez • Jeremy Alter • Anton Pardoe

A tortured man returns to the city he swore he would never return to, in order to save the woman he has always loved yet can never have.

With Dwayne Johnson • AnnaSophia Robb • Ciaran Hinds • Carla Gugino • Alexander Ludwig • Andy Fickman • Mark Bomback • Mario Iscovich • Lloyd Taylor • Tom Everett Scott • Christopher Marquette • Andrew Gunn • Matt Lopez

"Race to Witch Mountain" is a thrilling action-adventure about a hard luck Las Vegas cab driver Jack Bruno, whose life is thrown into chaos when apparent "runaway" teenagers Sara and Seth jump into his taxi. He soon realizes his two fares are children with exceptional paranormal powers whom he must protect as they elude a collection of ruthless enemies.

With Cary Joji Fukunaga • Paulina Gaitan • Edgar Flores • Karl Braun • Diana García • Tenoch Huerta Mejía

"Sin Nombre" is an epic dramatic thriller written and directed by Student Academy Award winner Cary Joji Fukunaga in his feature debut. The filmmaker’s firsthand experiences with Central American immigrants seeking the promise of the U.S. form the basis of the Spanish-language movie.

"Sin Nombre" tells the story of Sayra (Paulina Gaitan), a teenager living in Honduras, and hungering for a brighter future. A reunion with her long-estranged father gives Sayra her only real option – emigrating with her father and her uncle into Mexico and then the United States, where her father now has a new family.

Meanwhile, Casper, a.k.a. Willy (Edgar Flores), is a teenager living in Tapachula, Mexico, and facing an uncertain future. A member of the Mara Salvatrucha gang brotherhood, he has just brought to the Mara a new recruit, 12-year-old Smiley (Kristyan Ferrer), who undergoes a rough initiation.

While Smiley quickly takes to gang life, Casper tries to protect his relationship with girlfriend Martha Marlene (Diana García), keeping their love a secret from the Mara. But when Martha encounters Tapachula’s Mara leader Lil’ Mago (Tenoch Huerta Mejía), she is brutally taken from Casper forever.

Sayra and her relatives manage to cross over into Mexico. There, they join other immigrants waiting at the Tapachula train yards. When a States-bound freight train arrives one night, they successfully rush to board – riding atop it, rather than in the cars – as does Lil’ Mago, who has commandeered Casper and Smiley along to rob immigrants.

When day breaks, Lil’ Mago makes his move and Casper in turn makes a fateful decision. Casper must now navigate the psychological gauntlet of his violent existence and the physical one of the unforgiving Mara, but Sayra bravely allies herself with him as the train journeys through the Mexican countryside towards the hope of new lives.