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24.12.10 # Thriller Movies # 14 CommentsOne For The Money
Starring: Katherine Heigl, John Leguizamo, Debbie Reynolds, Daniel Sunjata, Jason O’Mara
Director: Julie Anne Robinson (The Last Song)
Release Date: 8 July 2011 Pushed to next year
Not a prequel to Two For The Money, this is based on the first of a series of novels that began in ’95 about an newly-divorced woman (Heigl) who lands a job at her cousin’s bail-bond business. Her first assignment puts her on the trail of a wanted local cop from her romantic past, and as the plot twists and turns she’s soon in training to be a full time bounty hunter. There have been 15 novels in this series, and the first spent 75 weeks on the best seller list, but given the track record of female P.I.s at the box office, expect this to be the last movie. Can’t say I’m especially looking forward to seeing Heigl in this role.
The Debt
Release Date: 31 August 2011
Starring: Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson, Ciarán Hinds
Director: John Madden
Contagion
Starring: Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Jude Law, Gwenyth Paltrow
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Release Date: 9 September 2011
Think Bird Flu: The Movie. Action-thriller about a deadly disease and the international team of doctors contracted by the Center for Disease Control to deal with the spread. It’s also about how information spreads virally in the internet age. Contagion is a global story, filming in 10 countries, described as ‘procedural’ yet ‘breakneck tense’. With Steven Soderbergh directing, a script by the writer of The Bourne Ultimatum, and a cast this strong, we’re confident it’ll be more along the lines of 1971′s brainy The Andromeda Strain than Dustin Hoffman’s Outbreak. Also Gwyneth Paltrow’s character is the first to contract the horrible disease, so that’ll be fun to watch.
Straw Dogs
Release Date: 16 September 2011
Starring: James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgård, James Woods
Director: Rod Lurie
Brutal slow-build thriller about an LA screenwriter (Marsden) who moves with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, leading to a deadly confrontation. Peckinpah’s ’71 original was about an American settling in rural England and has one of the great Dustin Hoffman performances, it’s a terrifically dark movie all round. James Marsden is a good actor and with an experienced director of political drama on board, this has half a chance of being 10% as layered as the first version.
Drive
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Ron Perlman
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Release Date: 16 September 2011
An adaptation of James Sallis’ novel centered on a Hollywood stunt driver (Ryan Gosling) moonlighting as a getaway driver for thieves. When a bank heist goes wrong, he ends up on the run with a contract on his head and an ex-con’s girlfriend (Mulligan) in his car. The director showed considerable promise with Bronson, shot in a Kubrickian style, and here he has a bigger budget to play with. Add the strong cast into the mix and it could turn into something interesting.
Abduction
Starring: Taylor Lautner, Sigourney Weaver, Maria Bello, Alfred Molina
Director: John Singleton
Release Date: 23 September 2011
A teenager (Taylor Lautner) discovers his parents aren’t really his when he sees his baby picture on a missing person’s website. Soon the police, government agents and shadowy figures start to pursue him, and his quest for the truth erupts into a full-blown “Bourne”-like man-on-the-run thriller. This is from the director of Four Brothers and 2 Fast 2 Furious, and they’ve built an impressive supporting cast, with Danny Glover, Michael Nyqvist, and Jason Isaacs to add to the names above. Still, will anybody outside of the Twilight fanbase want to see it? Has Taylor Lautner been cast for his acting ability? Abs-olutely not.
The Double
Starring: Richard Gere, Topher Grace, Odette Annable, Stephen Moyer
Director: Michael Brandt
Release Date: 23 September 2011
Cannot wait for WRECKED. High hopes for Drive and Contagion because of the directors attached, though the premises are a bit tried and true for my tastes.
Dragon Tattoo is one of the worst novels I’ve ever had the misfortune to struggle through, so even with Fincher attached I’m dubious.
The best thriller movies of 2011 will be -
Drive, Contagion and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
hi there, im really awaiting of ‘unknown’ and ‘wrecked’, a few months ago i saw your list with top horror of 2010, downloaded and watched a few godd titles there, bye bye;]
Cool man, thanks for reading. I wanna see those too. Downloading movies is illegal though…
Na is
hhat man…. downloading them isnt illigal… but uploading them is .. well here in holland t
i am dying to see sanctum
looks AHMAHZAING
I’ve just seen the trailer for Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It looks pretty intense. Looks like they’ve really upped their game for for a full on mystery/action/thriller. Trailer is definitely a contender for the “Best trailers list”. Love the tag line “Feel-bad movie of Christmas”.
Suddenly this film has become one of my most anticipated movies for 2011!
Thanks for the heads up. Have you seen the original Thom?
I’ve read the first book but heard the movie was average. Also the lead actress in the movie looks way to old to play the “Girl” so that put me off a bit too. I’m usually all for the original vs. the Hollywood remake but this version seems like it has a better team (& budget) behind it.
The trailer obviously wasn’t ready for prime-time yet as it seems to be taken down from most websites already!
I’ve seen the original movie, but not read the book. The movie plays like a fairly average Ashley Judd detective thriller except all the female characters have been beaten or r*ped at some point. It’s decent, but in no way deserving of the enormous hype. The mystery in it is no better than average.
Richard Roxburgh in sanctum is awesome
Great movie
Wrecked?? Wie maakt deze site…please, kijk die film en we praten verder!?, wat n KUTfilm is dat, echt THE WORST MOVIE EVERRRRRRR!!
This list was very helpful. Cheers. Sanctum is tonight’s movie!
Thanks Imran. Hope you enjoy it. Remember I don’t fully recommend it! It’s really a film for the big screen in 3D.
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