Tom Cruise
Publisher
Paramount Home Video Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Tom Cruise returns as intrepid Impossible Missions Force agent Ethan Hunt in this supercharged sequel directed flamboyantly by Hong Kong action specialist John Woo (The Killer). Summoned from his vacation while mountain climbing, Hunt accepts an assignment from his chief (played by Anthony Hopkins with his usual flair): apprehend rogue agent Dougray Scott before he auctions a stolen virus and its antidote to the highest bidder. After he summons agent...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.
"Cruise is an unhinged stickman, outrunning the devil, the aging process, time itself. He will outrun us all."--Time Magazine
"...an exercise in pure action-movie propulsion..."--Boston Globe
"...propelled by action scenes that transmit a little something about the characters while nudging the story forward..."--New York Times
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
With their elite organization shut down by the CIA, agent Ethan Hunt and his team must race against time to stop the Syndicate, a deadly network of rogue operatives turned traitors. To stop this global threat, Ethan must join forces with an elusive, disavowed agent whose loyalty is suspect as he faces his most impossible mission ever.
"***1/2. Highly recommended."--Video Librarian
"...offers action scenes both fast and furious..."--USA Today
"...a...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Based on Lee Child's bestselling novel Never Go Back, finds the itinerant problem-solver accused of murder, and learning that he may have a child he has never met.
"Critics were snotty in 2012 when Cruise first played Reacher, because the 5'7" actor is not the six-five, 250-pound bruiser of Lee Child's novels. Get over it. The admirably defiant star brings his own agility and quick wit to the role."--Rolling Stone
"Competent but routine suspense."--Boston...
8) Rainman
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
A young self-centered con-man learns how to love from the autistic savant brother he had intended to use.
10) The Firm
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
A brilliant and ambitious Harvard Law grad joins a small, prosperous law firm in Memphis, and is soon confronted by FBI agents with evidence of corruption and murder within the firm.
11) Knight and day
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Roy hides a battery in June's carry-on-case at the airport and finds himself protecting her because of it.
13) Valkyrie
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Based on the incredible true story of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and his ingenious assassination plot targeting Adolf Hitler, this engrossing thriller reenacts the daring operation to eliminate one of the most evil tyrants the world has ever known.
14) Top gun
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
At the elite Navy Fighter Weapons School, cocky, young pilots compete against one another in the air as well as on the ground.
15) Jack Reacher
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The investigation of the dangerous conspiracy of the arrest of an ex-military sniper who is accused of five murders.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
In 1983, Francis Ford Coppola's film of S.E. Hinton's novel struck a powerful chord with audiences. Coppola has revisited the film and reintegrated 22 minutes of character-enriching footage, including a new beginning and ending more true to the book.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
After more than 30 years of service as one of the navy's top aviators, Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. Training a detachment of graduates for a special assignment, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past and his deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who choose to fly it.