Super spies and assassins (32)

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The world's greatest spy returns in the movie event of the year, M:I-2. Top action director John Woo brings his own brand of excitement to the mission that finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) partnering up with the beautiful Nyah Hall (Thandie Newton) to stop renegade agent Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott) from releasing a new kind of terror on an unsuspecting world. But before the mission is complete, they'll traverse the globe and have to choose between everything they love and everything they believe in.

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True Lies
(M)
1994
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER is special agent Harry Tasker - although to his wife Helen (JAMIE LEE CURTIS), he's just a boring computer salesman. When Harry's two lives unexpectedly collide, both he and Helen find themselves in the clutches of international terrorists fighting to save not only their marriage, but their lives. Directed by James Cameron and crammed with incredible special effects, TRUE LIES is an exhilarating mix of non-stop action and romantic comedy.

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A sexy spy adventure-romance. John and Jane Smith are an ordinary suburban couple with an ordinary, lifeless suburban marriage. But each of them has a secret - they are actually both legendary assassins working for competing organisations. When the truth comes out, John and Jane end up in each other's cross hairs.

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A sexy spy adventure-romance. John and Jane Smith are an ordinary suburban couple with an ordinary, lifeless suburban marriage. But each of them has a secret - they are actually both legendary assassins working for competing organisations. When the truth comes out, John and Jane end up in each other's cross hairs.

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(M)
2002
A New Breed Of Secret Agent. In XXX, Vin Diesel plays Xander Cage, an extreme sports nut who stages high risk stunts and broadcasts them on the internet. His activities bring him to the attention of the National Security Agency, who blackmail him into service as a secret agent. Soon, Xander is despatched to Prague where he infiltrates an underground organisation named Anarchy 99. There he uncovers the group's fiendish plan for a doomsday scenario using a deadly biological weapon. He also finds the time to fit in some adrenaline-pumping stunts and to get up close and personal with bearded Eurobaddie Yorgi's (Marton Csokas) girlfriend Yelena (Asia Argento).

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xXx (Blu-ray)
(M)
2002
A New Breed Of Secret Agent. In XXX, Vin Diesel plays Xander Cage, an extreme sports nut who stages high risk stunts and broadcasts them on the internet. His activities bring him to the attention of the National Security Agency, who blackmail him into service as a secret agent. Soon, Xander is despatched to Prague where he infiltrates an underground organisation named Anarchy 99. There he uncovers the group's fiendish plan for a doomsday scenario using a deadly biological weapon. He also finds the time to fit in some adrenaline-pumping stunts and to get up close and personal with bearded Eurobaddie Yorgi's (Marton Csokas) girlfriend Yelena (Asia Argento).

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Ice Cube plays Darius Stone, the new recruit for NSA agent, Augustus Gibbon (Samuel L Jackson reprising the role he played in the first movie). After the success of his last renegade recruitment, Stone needs another outsider and Gibbon is his man – his new Triple X. The assignment is to track a dangerous splinter group led by someone at the centre of power – Secretary of Defence, George Deckert (Willem Dafoe) who - “in the country’s best interests” – conspires to overthrow the US government.

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Ice Cube plays Darius Stone, the new recruit for NSA agent, Augustus Gibbon (Samuel L Jackson reprising the role he played in the first movie). After the success of his last renegade recruitment, Stone needs another outsider and Gibbon is his man – his new Triple X. The assignment is to track a dangerous splinter group led by someone at the centre of power – Secretary of Defence, George Deckert (Willem Dafoe) who - “in the country’s best interests” – conspires to overthrow the US government.

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The Wrong Man
(MA15+)
2006
Wrong Time. Wrong Place. Wrong Number. A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses: The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman). Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley Tucci) as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat (Bruce Willis) and finds himself having to hatch his own ingenious plot to get them before they get him.

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Hitman
(MA15+)
2007
The “Hitman” known only as Agent 47 (Tim Olyphant) is a genetically-engineered assassin who works for a mysterious organization called The Agency. A ruthless killing machine and the best at what he does, 47 has been trailed for years by a relentless Interpol agent (Dougray Scott). 47’s latest assignment -- the assassination of a power-hungry Russian politician – embroils him in a far-reaching conspiracy. His assignment is further complicated when he is unexpectedly drawn to a beautiful prostitute, Nika, who becomes a “random equation” in 47’s precision-fueled work and life.

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2007
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Hitman (Blu-ray)
(MA15+)
2007
The “Hitman” known only as Agent 47 (Tim Olyphant) is a genetically-engineered assassin who works for a mysterious organization called The Agency. A ruthless killing machine and the best at what he does, 47 has been trailed for years by a relentless Interpol agent (Dougray Scott). 47’s latest assignment -- the assassination of a power-hungry Russian politician – embroils him in a far-reaching conspiracy. His assignment is further complicated when he is unexpectedly drawn to a beautiful prostitute, Nika, who becomes a “random equation” in 47’s precision-fueled work and life.

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Goldeneye
(PG)
1995
PIERCE BROSNAN ignites the screen in his first adventure as the unstoppable James Bond. When a powerful satellite system falls into the hands of a former ally-turned-enemy, only 007 can save the world from an awesome space weapon that - in one short pulse - could destroy the earth!

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When the suave Agent 007 (Pierce Brosnan) is assigned to protect a beautiful oil heiress (Sophie Marceau), he is catapaulted into a passionate, adrenaline-charged adventure that pits him against one of his most deadly adversaries: Renard (Robert Carlyle), a ruthless anarchist whose total imperviousness to pain makes him a virtually unstoppable enemy. The unrelenting suspense, breathtaking action and sly wit never let up in this explosively entertaining thriller.
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Die Another Day
(M)
2002
Bond … James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) … takes on a North Korean leader who uses an experimental "facial mutation" device that allows him to assume different identities. The opening sequence features 007 heading toward his top secret mission via surfing monstrous waves. Madonna (who wrote and sings the theme song) plays a fencing instructor, and Michael Madsen and Halle Berry are U.S. secret agents who help Bond.

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A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now 007 (Pierce Brosnan) must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium!

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Shooter
(MA15+)
2007
Yesterday was about honor. Today is about justice. Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg) - an ace marksman living in self-exile in the Arkansas wilderness after causing the death of an innocent person - is persuaded by his former associates that they need his help to prevent an assassination and who is subsequently double-crossed and framed for the presidential assassination he was trying to prevent. He is forced to go on the run while trying to track down the real killer and discover the truth about who betrayed him.

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2007
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Shooter (Blu-ray)
(MA15+)
2007
Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg) - an ace marksman living in self-exile in the Arkansas wilderness after causing the death of an innocent person - is persuaded by his former associates that they need his help to prevent an assassination and who is subsequently double-crossed and framed for the presidential assassination he was trying to prevent. He is forced to go on the run while trying to track down the real killer and discover the truth about who betrayed him.

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Taken
(MA15+)
2008
A former government operative comes out of retirement and uses on his extensive training to rescue his estranged daughter from a slave trade operation.

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2008
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Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity, the first in his trio of international thrillers featuring master spy Jason Bourne, was a sensation when it was published in 1980. Now this potent novel gets an edgy 21st century spin from director Doug Liman (Swingers, Go) who delivers Ludlum?s high-stakes tale with grit, style and nerve. The story opens as an amnesiac (Damon) is rescued at sea by the crew of an Italian fishing boat. Nearly dead, he carries only the bullets in his back and the bank account number implanted in his hip. Although completely without identity or background, he does possess an array of extraordinary talents in fighting, linguistics and self-defence that speak of a dangerous...

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Academy Award winner Matt Damon is on the run again as Jason Bourne, the former CIA trained perfect assassin, in this smart and suspenseful action-thriller. 'Everything about this movie is great...' Suffering from amnesia, Bourne has left his violent past behind and is living a normal life with girlfriend Marie. But his plans for a peaceful life are crushed when he narrowly escapes an assassination attempt. Now hunted by an unknown enemy, Bourne proves to be neither an easy target nor a person whose skill, determination and resilience can be underestimated. Gritty and edgy, with knock out car chases, Bourne Supremacy is one of the most intelligent and breathless action-packed thrillers of...

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