Movies directed by Roger Donaldson

Species (1995)

Saturday, June 7th, 2008
Genres: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Michael Madsen | Forest Whitaker | Natasha Henstridge | Ben Kingsley | Alfred Molina | Marg Helgenberger | Whip Hubley | Michelle Williams
Directors: Roger Donaldson
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In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye. Government agent Xavier Fitch assembles a team of scientists and mercenaries to locate and destroy Sil before she manages to find a mate and breed.

The Bank Job (2008)

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Jason Statham | Saffron Burrows | Stephen Campbell Moore | Daniel Mays | James Faulkner | Alki David | Michael Jibson | Richard Lintern | Don Gallagher | David Suchet | Peter Bowles | Andrew Brooke | Trevor Byfield | Peter De Jersey | Rufus Dean
Directors: Roger Donaldson
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Based on the true story of the 1971 Baker Street bank robbery which was prevented from being told for over thirty years because of a Government gagging order. The real story of how one of the biggest robberies in British history took place with no arrests ever made nor money ever recovered.

The Bounty (1984)

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | History
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Mel Gibson | Anthony Hopkins | Laurence Olivier | Edward Fox | Daniel Day-Lewis | Bernard Hill | Philip Davis | Liam Neeson | Wi Kuki Kaa | Tevaite Vernette | Philip Martin Brown | Simon Chandler | Malcolm Terris | Simon Adams | John Sessions
Directors: Roger Donaldson
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The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.

The World’s Fastest Indian (2005)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama | Sport
Countries: New Zealand | USA
Actors: Anthony Hopkins | Iain Rea | Tessa Mitchell | Aaron Murphy | Tim Shadbolt | Annie Whittle | Greg Johnson | Antony Starr | Kate Sullivan | Craig Hall | Jim Bowman | Alison Bruce | Phoebe Falconer | Charles Pierard | Barry Ryan
Directors: Roger Donaldson
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In `60s New Zealand, at the bottom of the world, Burt Munro takes a 1920 Indian motorcycle and, delightfully without resources other than his own obsession and a Kiwi #8 wire mentality, spends his retirement rebuilding the bike and following his dream to go to Speed Week at Salt Lake in Utah. Under funded, without the support of a team and against all the odds he not only makes it to Bonneville, he sets a world land spend record, not once, but again and again.

Dante’s Peak (1997)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Pierce Brosnan | Linda Hamilton | Charles Hallahan | Jamie Renée Smith | Jeremy Foley | Elizabeth Hoffman | Grant Heslov | Kirk Trutner | Arabella Field | Tzi Ma | Brian Reddy | Lee Garlington | Bill Bolender | Carole Androsky | Peter Jason
Directors: Roger Donaldson
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Volcanologist Harry Dalton and mayor Rachel Wando of Dante’s Peak try to convince the city council and the other volcanologists that the volcano right above Dante’s peak is indeed dangerous. People’s safety is being set against economical interests.

Thirteen Days (2000)

Friday, March 16th, 2007
Genres: Drama | History | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Kevin Costner | Bruce Greenwood | Steven Culp | Dylan Baker | Michael Fairman | Henry Strozier | Frank Wood | Kevin Conway | Tim Kelleher | Len Cariou | Bill Smitrovich | Dakin Matthews | Madison Mason | Christopher Lawford | Ed Lauter
Directors: Roger Donaldson
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In October, 1962, U-2 surveillance photos reveal that the Soviet Union is in the process of placing nuclear weapons in Cuba. These weapons have the capability of wiping out most of the Eastern and Southern United States in minutes if they become operational. President John F. Kennedy and his advisors must come up with a plan of action against the Soviets. Kennedy is determined to show that he is strong enough to stand up to the threat, and the Pentagon advises U.S. military strikes against Cuba—which could lead the way to another U.S. invasion of the island. However, Kennedy is reluctant to follow through, because a U.S. invasion could cause the Soviets to retaliate in Europe. A nuclear showdown appears to be almost inevitable. Can it be prevented?

The Recruit (2003)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Action | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Al Pacino | Colin Farrell | Bridget Moynahan | Gabriel Macht | Kenneth Mitchell | Mike Realba | Ron Lea | Karl Pruner | Domenico Fiore | Jeanie Calleja | Jessica Greco | Angelo Tsarouchas | Veronica Hurnick | Eugene Lipinski | Steve Lucescu
Directors: Roger Donaldson
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In an era when the country’s first line of defense, intelligence, is more important than ever, this story opens the CIA’s infamous closed doors and gives an insider’s view into the Agency: how trainees are recruited, how they are prepared for the spy game, and what they learn to survive. James Clayton might not have the attitude of a typical recruit, but he is one of the smartest graduating seniors in the country - and he’s just the person that Walter Burke wants in the Agency. James regards the CIA’s mission as an intriguing alternative to an ordinary life, but before he becomes an Ops Officer, James has to survive the Agency’s secret training ground, where green recruits are molded into seasoned veterans. As Burke teaches him the ropes and the rules of the game, James quickly rises through the ranks and falls for Layla, one of his fellow recruits. But just when James starts to question his role and his cat-and-mouse relationship with his mentor, Burke taps him for a special assignment to root out a mole. As the suspense builds toward a gripping climax, it soon becomes clear that the CIA’s old maxims are true: “trust no one” and “nothing is what it seems.”

Cocktail (1988)

Sunday, February 4th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Tom Cruise | Bryan Brown | Elisabeth Shue | Lisa Banes | Laurence Luckinbill | Kelly Lynch | Gina Gershon | Ron Dean | Robert Donley | Ellen Foley | Andrea Morse | Chris Owens | Justin Louis | John Graham | Richard Thorn
Directors: Roger Donaldson
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After leaving the Army, Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise) tries to get a marketing job in New York. But without a college degree, this was not possible. He then decides to start studying for a business degree at the local City College and gets a part time job as a bartender. He realizes that its not that easy, but when his new boss Douglas Coughlin (Brian Brown) teaches him the secrets of the bar trade and they become the most famous bartenders in town. Both Brian & Doug Coughlin want their own top class cocktail bars someday and Brian’s Cocktail Bar is to be called ‘Cocktails & Dreams’, and in order to get the necessary money to open it, Brian travels to Jamaica to work as a bartender at a resort Tiki Bar, and the pay is good. There he meets Jordan Mooney (Elisabeth Shue), a young and pretty, up and coming American artist on vacation with her girlfriend from New York, staying at the Island resort. Jordan and Brian spend some quality time together and fall in love. But when Brian takes a dare from his old buddy, Doug Coughlin to sleep with an older woman, who is also staying at the resort. Jordan, herself the daughter of wealthy parents back in New York, leaves the Island overnight, after seeing Brian and the older woman together after closing… Will Jordan ever forgive Brian and will they get back together???