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Movies on M-Net Action this September, 2008:


Blue Thunder
Monday 1 September at 21:00

1983. Directed by John Badham. Starring Roy Schneider and Warren Oats.

A thriller about Los Angeles police pilot Frank Murphy. Hand-picked by his boss to test an experimental attack helicopter called Blue Thunder, Murphy is amazed by its ability to see through walls, record a whisper or level a city block.

When he uses the craft's high-tech equipment to record a meeting in which Blue Thunder's secret destiny is revealed to be the ultimate weapon in illegal domestic surveillance and crowd control, Murphy is targeted for elimination.


Body Double
Monday 8 September at 21:00

1984. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Craig Wasson and Melanie Griffith.
 
Jake Scully, an unemployed actor, is asked to house-sit a luxurious hillside apartment. As a bonus, the home offers Jake a telescopic peek into the bedroom of Gloria Revelle, who teases her neighbours with an arousing striptease every night.

When Jake discovers that another man is also spying on Gloria, he begins an obsessive surveillance of her. Soon a grisly murder leads him into the world of X-rated film where he meets sexy porn queen, Holly Body, who is a key to the crime.

Mean Machine
Monday 15 September at 21:00

2002. Directed by Barry Skolnick. Starring Vinnie Jones and Vas Blackwood.

Ex-soccer star Danny Meehan was sitting on top of the world until a sports-fixing scam landed him in jail. When the prison's warden asks Danny to coach the guards' soccer team, Danny counters with another idea: a match between the guards and the convicts.

For the inmates, it's the dream of a lifetime: a dirty-no-holds-barred chance to face the malicious guards. But first, Danny must turn a group of murderers, thieves and madmen into something unthinkable: a team.


Universal Soldier: The Return
Monday 22 September at 21:00

1999. Directed by Mic Rodgers. Starring Jean Claude Van Damme and Michael Jai White.

Luc Deveraux is the only survivor of the original, ill-fated Universal Soldier project. He has come out of retirement to be the technical advisor on a special government program preparing a new, stronger breed of soldier that is more sophisticated, intelligent and agile.

All goes well with the program until the soldiers’ supercomputer, Seth, develops a mind all of its own and sets in motion a plan that includes killing Deveraux and kidnapping his daughter.

With the aide of Erin, a tough reporter in search of her big story, and his partner Maggie, Deveraux once again is forced to combat the most lethal army ever developed as he races against the clock to save his daughter and keep his family together.


Jason X
Monday 29 September at 21:00

2001. Directed by James Isaac. Starring David Cronenberg and Chuck Campbell.

400 years into the future, Earth is desolate. Alien explorers have arrived on Earth and look for signs of life. They go below the planet's surface and discover a series of tunnels that lead to an underground facility. There they discover two people cryogenically frozen. One is female and the other is just a hulking mass. They open them up and are unprepared for the evil they will release. Look out, Jason is back.


Disturbing Behaviour
Wednesday 3 September at 21:00

1998. Directed by David Nutter. Starring Katie Holmes and James Marsden.

After the suicide of his older brother, Steve Clark is uprooted by his parents and moved to the sunny enclave of Cradle Bay, where the teenage success rate soars above the norm.

No drunk driving accidents, no drug overdoses, no passionate suicides. Here the teens are busy with wholesome activities like bake sales, community service and making grades but there's something unnatural about all that perfection.

Resisting the lure of the "Blue Ribbons", the town's picture-perfect teens, Steve connects with outcasts Gavin and Rachel, who are equally suspicious of their peers' disturbing behavior.

Certain that Cradle Bay's overnight personality makeovers are being orchestrated by a sinister force, Gavin must do whatever is necessary to prove his hypothesis to Rachel and Steve before it's too late.


Ninth Gate
Wednesday 10 September at 21:00

1999. Directed by Roman Palanski. Starring Johnny Depp and Lena Olin.

Dean Corso is highly skilled at his work, a position which requires dexterity, cultural expertise, nerves of steel and few scruples. Known for locating rare books for wealthy collectors, Corso is hired by eminent book-lover and scholar of demonology, Boris Balkan.

Corso's mission is to find the last two volumes of legendary manual of satanic invocation "The Ninth Gates of the Shadow Kingdom," compare them Balkan's first volume, supposedly the only one of its kind and ascertain the authenticity of the series. Corso accepts the challenge.

From New York to Toledo, Paris to Cintra, he immerses himself in a labyrinth full of pitfalls and temptations, disturbing encounters, violence and mysterious deaths. Protected by an angelic creature and guided by a force more powerful than himself, Corso solves the mysteries of the dreaded Book and discovers the real purpose of his mission.


Levity
Wednesday 17 September at 21:00

2003. Directed by Ed Solomon. Starring Billy Bob Thornton and Morgan Freeman.

Manuel Jordan is about to leave the prison that has been his home for the last 22 years. He is clearly a changed man, but his time behind bars hasn't calmed his restless soul.

Drawn to the neighborhood where he committed the crime that haunts him, he finds a place in a community centre where he can come to terms with his past, his future, and perhaps himself.

Seeking reconciliation, he works with an enigmatic pastor and manages to establish a tenuous relationship with the sister of his victim. As fate would have it, Jordan sees this as one last chance at redemption.


Bloodsport
Wednesday 24 September at 21:00

1988. Directed by Newt Arnold. Starring Jean Claude and Donald Gibb.

An American commando goes to Hong Kong to take part in the Kumite, a clandestine martial arts competition.


Runaway Train
Saturday 6 September at 21:00

1986. Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. Starring Eric Roberts and Jon Voigt.

Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a train with no brakes - and nobody driving.


Jackass - The Movie
Saturday 13 September at 21:00

2002. Directed by Jeff Tremaine. Starring Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera.

All the jackasses you love from the MTV series are back performing stunts no one would let them pull on television.


American Psycho
Saturday 20 September at 21:00

2000. Directed by Mary Harron. Starring Christian Bale and Reese Whitherspoon.

With all the accoutrements of a young “master of the universe,” from designer wardrobe to designer pharmaceuticals, wealthy Manhattan alpha male Patrick Bateman is seemingly perfect. He desperately wants to fit in, yet the more he tries to be like every other Wall Street wunderkind, the more faceless he becomes, and the less control he has over the terrible urges that, ironically, make him feel like an individual.


The Replacement Killers
Saturday 27 September at 21:00

1998. Directed by Antoine Faque. Starring Miro Sorvino and Michael Rooker.

The Replacement Killers centres on professional killer John Lee, who in exchange for his family's safety, takes a job with powerful underworld figure Mr. Wei.

He wants Lee to settle a vendetta against a police detective but the assignment is so vile that Lee would rather brave Wei's vengeance than go through with it. With the aid of document forger Meg Coburn who in helping him becomes an unwitting target herself-Lee races against time to outrun and outsmart Wei's army of killers, who are assigned to kill him and finish his declined assignment.

He also must struggle to prevent a tragic murder that strikes far too close to home.

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