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M-Net Action highlights: June 2012
Please note: This line-up is subject to change.
MONDAY PREMIERES
KILLING ROOMMonday 04 JUNE 2012 at 20:30 CAST: Nick Cannon and Clea DuVall. DIRECTOR: Jonathan Liebesman. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2009.
It's post 9/11 and four individuals have signed on for a human research study as a way of making quick money. However none of them know what it is they are being tested for. At first all seems relatively normal. Eventually they are faced with death.
SOUTHIE (16VL)Monday 11 JUNE 2012 at 20:30 CAST: Donnie Wahlberg and Rose McGowan. DIRECTOR: John Shea. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1998
A man’s return to the rough Irish neighbourhood of South Boston, where to survive he must rely on his own strength, a cop, and his Mafia friends.
TUESDAY PREMIERES
DEAD AGAIN Tuesday 05 JUNE 2012 at 20:30 CAST: Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson. DIRECTOR: Kenneth Branagh. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1991. (13VL)
Set in 1940s, an exploration of romance between two star-crossed lovers and the doomed passion they shared in their last lifetime. Mike comes to the aid of mute, amnesia-victim Grace and falls in love with her.
INVINCIBLE Tuesday 12 JUNE 2012 at 20:30 CAST: Jouko Ahola and Tim Roth. DIRECTOR: Werner Herzog. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2001. (PG13V)
A martial artist has devoted his life to defending the Earth from the Shadowmen, a race of immortals who want to abolish humanity. Os being the martial artist has to train some students to become as powerful as he is if they are to defend the Earth from the Shadowmen.
WEDNESDAY PREMIERES
SUMMER OF SAM Wednesday 06 JUNE 2012 at 20:30 CAST: John Leguizamo and Adrien Brody. DIRECTOR: Spike Lee. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1999. (16VSNL)
In 1977, a serial killer (Son of Sam) held New York City in terror as he went on a killing spree, periodically writing letters to New York's media in which he took full responsibility for the murders and made clear that he intended to kill again.
DEEP RISING Wednesday 13 JUNE 2012 at 20:30 CAST: Treat Williams and Famke Janssen. DIRECTOR: Stephen Sommers. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1998. (16VL)
When a band of ruthless hijackers invade the world's most luxurious cruise ship, they're shocked to discover the passengers have mysteriously vanished! Something terrifying is lurking just out of sight: a deadly force from the unexplored depths of the ocean that begins to snatch the horrified intruders one by one.
THE SENTINEL Wednesday 20 JUNE 2012 at 20:30 CAST: Michael Douglas and Kiefer Sutherland. DIRECTOR: Clark Johnson. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2006. (13V)
A fugitive Secret Service agent must clear himself of charges of murdering a colleague and save the president from an assassination plot.
CRACKERS Wednesday 27 JUNE 2012 at 20:30 CAST: Donald Sutherland and Jack Warden. DIRECTOR: Louis Malle. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1984. (13)
A crowd of eccentric San Francisco neighbours decide to turn to a life of crime, the result is that they commit more bungles than burglaries.
THURSDAY PREMIERES
LEGEND OF THE MUMMY Thursday 07 JUNE 2012 at 20:30 CAST: Lou Gossett Jr and Amy Locane. DIRECTOR: Jeffrey Obrow. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1998. (13VSNL)
A tale of an ancient Queen with her awakening spirit and relentless obsession to live. Unspeakable acts of terror begin the night that Egyptologist Abel Trelawny's body is found lying next to his most prized possession, the ancient mummy of Queen Tera, with his right arm savagely torn in seven strange cuts.
SINKING OF THE LACONIA (TWO PART MINI SERIES) Thursday 14 JUNE 2012 at 20:30 CAST: Andrew Buchan and Ken Duken. DIRECTOR: Uwe Janson. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2010. (13VL)
Two-part drama based on the true story of the Allied ship Laconia, sunk in WWII by a German U-Boat, which then surfaced against orders to rescue the civilian crew.
SINKING OF THE LACONIA II (TWO PART MINI SERIES) Thursday 21 JUNE 2012 at 20:30 CAST: Andrew Buchan and Ken Duken. DIRECTOR: Uwe Janson. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2010. (13VL)
Part two of a two-part drama. U-boat commander Werner Hartenstein has torpedoed the Laconia and mounted an extraordinary rescue operation. U-156's deck is crowded with Allied survivors fished out of the South Atlantic. But in the fog of war confusion reigns and U-156 is spotted by an American bomber which moves in to attack.
SATURDAY PREMIERES
TWISTER Saturday 02 JUNE 2012 at 20:00CAST: Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton. DIRECTOR: Jan de Bont. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1996. (PG)
Two teams of scientists are tracking the awesome power of tornadoes as their own stormy lives, ambitions and personal relationships converge. The unfunded scientists chase tornadoes to measure the intensities and to try to learn how to tame them.
JURASSIC PARK Saturday 09 JUNE 2012 at 20:00CAST: Sam Neill and Laura Dern. DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1993. (PG13V)
A tycoon unveils a new theme park where visitors can witness dinosaurs’ cloned using advanced DNA technology. But when an employee tampers with the security system, the dinosaurs escape, forcing the visitors to fight for their survival
THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARKSaturday 16 JUNE 2012 at 20:00CAST: Jeff Goldblum and Julianne Moore. DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1997. (PG13V)
Mercenaries and scientists pursue genetically engineered dinosaurs inhabiting a Costa Rican island.
JURASSIC PARK III Saturday 23 JUNE 2012 at 20:00CAST: Sam Neill and William Macy. DIRECTOR: Joe Johnston. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2001. (13V)
Eight years after the InGen incident, Dr. Alan Grant accepts the offer of wealthy businessman Paul Kirby. What Dr. Grant didn't know is that Kirby just needs a dinosaur expert to help him and his wife find their 14-year-old son Eric, who crashed on the island while paragliding. What he did suspect, but never wanted to witness, is that the Velociraptors have evolved into a communicating species and are more dangerous than ever.
HANNIBAL Saturday 30 JUNE 2012 at 20:00 CAST: Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore. DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2001. (18VL)
FBI agent Clarice Starling tries to locate cannibalistic Dr. Lecter before a disfigured victim exacts his revenge.
SUNDAY PREMIERES
SNEAKERS Sunday 03 JUNE 2012 at 20:00 CAST: Robert Redford and Dan Aykroyd. DIRECTOR: Phil Alden Robinson. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1992. (PG)
An ex '60s-radical computer hacker and his company are tapped for a shady black-box job.
THE CHAMBER Sunday 10 JUNE 2012 at 20:00 CAST: Chris O'Donnell and Gene Hackman. DIRECTOR: James Foley. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1996. (16VL)
Dark secrets drive a lawyer to defend his Klansman grandfather on death row in Mississippi.
THE GAME Sunday 17 JUNE 2012 at 20:00CAST: Michael Douglas and Deborah Kara Unger. DIRECTOR: David Fincher. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1997
A billionare philanthropist receives a gift from his brother. It’s a game in which the rules remain a mystery. After receiving numerous clues and life-saving keys, he realizes that someone has made him the target of a detailed scam, completely draining his bank account in the process.
BIRD ON A WIRE Sunday 24 JUNE 2012 at 20:00CAST: Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn. DIRECTOR: John Badham. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1990. (13V)
When a dastardly crook is released from prison, he goes after the witness who put him there. A hilarious action-comedy packed tight with suspenseful set pieces, Bird on a Wire is the most fun you'll ever have going on the lam!
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