2008 Movies : Thriller

With Nicolas Cage • Jason Shuman • Steve Baldocchi • Chris Heebink • James Wearing Smith • Charlie Young • Oxide Pang Chun • Danny Pan • Norm Golightly • William Sherak • Initial's Graham King • Jason Richman

The life of an anonymous assassin takes an unexpected turn when he travels to Thailand to complete a series of contract killings. Joe (Nicolas Cage), a remorseless hitman, is in Bangkok to execute four enemies of a ruthless crime boss named Surat. He hires Kong (Shahkrit Yamnarm), a street punk and pickpocket, to run errands for him with the intention of covering his tracks by killing him at the end of the assignment. Strangely, Joe, the ultimate lone wolf, instead finds himself mentoring the young man while simultaneously being drawn into a tentative romance with a local shop girl. As he falls further under the sway of Bangkok's intoxicating beauty, Joe begins to question his isolated existence and let down his guard... just as Surat decides it's time to clean house.

With Seann William Scott • Tod Harrison Williams • Gretchen Mol

Paralyzed by learning disabilities, recovering alcoholic Jeff Nichols (Scott) is trying his darndest to figure who he is and how he's supposed to live his life... and nothing seems to be working.

With Katheryn Winnick • Jessica Lucas • John Simpson • Keir O'Donnell • Laura Breckenridge • Tad Hilgenbrinck • Mike Macari • Neal Edelstein • Jake Wade Wall

A traumatized woman is questioned by a policeman and a psychiatrist about three stories that involve her and two of her female friends from childhood.

With Brad Pitt • George Clooney • John Malkovich • Joel Coen • Ethan Coen • Tilda Swinton

A dark spy-comedy from Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen. CIA agent Osborne Cox decides to pen his memoirs and is fired from the agency. The disc containing the memoirs inadvertently gets left in a ladies locker room at a gym, where Linda and co-worker Chad, hatch a plan to sell its contents to the highest bidder.

With Samuel L. Jackson • Will Smith • Patrick Wilson • Kerry Washington • James Lassiter • Neil LaBute • Joe Pichirallo • John Cameron • Regine Nehy • Jaishon Fisher • David Loughery • Howard Korder • Jeff Graup

In "Lakeview Terrace", a young couple (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington) has just moved into their California dream home when they become the target of their next-door neighbor, who disapproves of their interracial relationship. A stern, single father, this tightly wound LAPD officer (Samuel L. Jackson) has appointed himself the watchdog of the neighborhood. His nightly foot patrols and overly watchful eyes bring comfort to some, but he becomes increasingly harassing to the newlyweds. These persistent intrusions into their lives ultimately turn tragic when the couple decides to fight back.

With Michelle Monaghan • Shia LaBeouf • Billy Bob Thornton • Alex Kurtzman • Steven Spielberg • Rosario Dawson • Anthony Mackie • Michael Chiklis • Anthony Azizi • Robert Orci • Patrick Crowley • D.J. Caruso • John Glenn • Travis Adam Wright • Daniel McDermott • Hillary Seitz • Edward L. McDonnell • Dariusz Wolski

"Eagle Eye" is a race-against-time thriller starring Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Anthony Mackie and Billy Bob Thornton. Jerry Shaw (LaBeouf) and Rachel Holloman (Monaghan) are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations – using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move. As the situation escalates, these two ordinary people become the country's most wanted fugitives, who must work together to discover what is really happening – and more importantly, why.

With Joseph Gordon-Levitt • John Leguizamo • Kerry Washington • John Turturro • Omar Benson Miller • Spike Lee • Michael Ealy • Derek Luke • Roberto Cicutto • Laz Alonso • Valentina Cervi • Matteo Sciabordi • Luigi Musini • James McBride

Four soldiers from the army's Negro 92nd Division find themselves separated from their unit and behind enemy lines. Risking their lives for a country in which they are treated with less respect than the enemy they are fighting, they discover humanity in the small Tuscan village of St. Anna di Stazzema.