[Submitted via press release]
M-NET HIGHLIGHTS: JULY 2012
Please note: This line-up is subject to change.
MONDAY PREMIERES
GOOD PEOPLE BAD THINGS 2 JULY 2012 at 20:30 CAST: Dean Redman and Nadine Wright. DIRECTOR: Patrick Phillips. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2008
Steve whilst distraught and drunk is in involved a fatal hit-and-run after discovering that his wife is cheating on him, however he doesn't know that someone saw him. The result is a thrilling take on fate and coincidence.
EXPECT NO MERCY 9 JULY 2012 at 20:30 CAST: Billy Blanks and Jalal Merhi. DIRECTOR: Zale Dalen. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1995
A government agent seeks to salvage a cohort from the creator of a virtual-reality training centre for assassins.
SPIRIT TRAP 16 JULY 2012 at 20:30 CAST: Billie Piper and Luke Mably. DIRECTOR: David Smith. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2005. (16VSL)
Four college students trapped in an abandoned mansion struggle to find an escape as a malevolent spirit taunts them from the other side and fantasy begins to blur with reality in this claustrophobic frightener that offers a terrifying view of life after death.
WEDNESDAY PREMIERES
THE SKELETON KEY 4 JULY 2012 at 20:30 CAST: Kate Hudson and Peter Sarsgaard. DIRECTOR: Iain Softley. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2005. (16V)
A woman takes a job as a hospice nurse for a couple who live in a New Orleans house with a troublesome history.
SINGLE WHITE FEMALE 11 JULY 2012 at 20:30 CAST: Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh. DIRECTOR: Barbet Schroeder. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1992. (16VSL)
A software designer shares her Manhattan apartment with a young woman who's dangerous.
SHOOT TO KILL 18 JULY 2012 at 20:30 CAST: Sidney Poitier and Tom Berenger. DIRECTOR: Roger Spottiswoode. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1988. (13VL)
A diamond thief goes to the Canadian border with Sarah, a trail guide, as his hostage, it's up to Warren Stantin and the much younger, John Knox to capture the criminal and bring the hostage back alive.
MURDER IN THE FIRST 25 JULY 2012 at 20:30
CAST: Christian Slater and Kevin Bacon. DIRECTOR: Marc Rocco. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1995. (16VL)
Based on a true story, a young lawyer argues inhumane treatment in the murder defence of a 1930s Alcatraz convict.
THURSDAY PREMIERES
QUIET FIRE 5 JULY 2012 at 20:30 CAST: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and Nadia Marie. DIRECTOR: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1991
A loner seeks revenge on a U.S. Senate candidate he blames for the murder of his best friend.
IN THE NAME OF THE KING 12 JULY 2012 at 20:30 CAST: Jason Statham and Ron Perlman. DIRECTOR: Uwe Boll. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2007. (16V)
An evil army rampages across what was a peaceful world, destroying everything in its path, looking to conquer the mighty Castle Ebb and vanquish the King himself.
KING OF THE WORLD 19 JULY 2012 at 20:30
CAST: Terrence Howard and Steve Harris. DIRECTOR: John Sacret Young. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2000
Cassius Clay fights Sonny Liston and changes his name to Muhammad Ali, eventually becoming a renowned heavyweight boxer.
SATURDAY PREMIERES
DAYLIGHT 7 JULY 2012 at 20:00
CAST: Sylvester Stallone and Amy Brenneman. DIRECTOR: Rob Cohen. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1996. (PG13V)
A truck containing dangerous chemicals explodes in the Holland Tunnel, and ex-EMS chief leads the rescue of New Yorkers trapped by an explosion in the Holland Tunnel.
THE FAN 14 JULY 2012 at 20:00CAST: Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes. DIRECTOR: Tony Scott. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1996. (16VL)
When The San Francisco Giants pay Centerfielder Bobby Rayburn $40 Million to Lead Their Team to the World Series, No one is happier or more supportive than #1 fan Gil Renard. As Rayburn becomes mired in the worst slump of his career, the obsessed Renard decides to stop at nothing to help his idol regain his former glory... Not Even Murder.
NOWHERE TO RUN 21 JULY 2012 at 20:00CAST: Jean-Claude Van Damme and Kieran Culkin DIRECTOR: Robert Harmon. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1993. (16VSL)
A bus convoy of prisoners is in a highway accident, deliberately caused by the partner of one of the prisoners. The partner is shot fatally and the escaped convict ends up on the property of a beautiful young widow who's being threatened into selling her land by a vicious wealthy developer.
THE BOURNE IDENTITY 28 JULY 2012 at 20:00
CAST: Franka Potente and Matt Damon. DIRECTOR: Doug Liman. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2002
A woman helps an amnesiac, who has a dangerous past, to dodge assassins as he tries to learn about himself.
SUNDAY PREMIERES
WALKING TALL 1 JULY 2012 at 20:00CAST: Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Scott. DIRECTOR: Kevin Bray. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2004. (13VL)
A former Special Forces soldier becomes sheriff and deputizes an old friend to help rid their town of thugs.
GONE BABY GONE 8 JULY 2012 at 20:00CAST: Morgan Freeman and Ed Harris. DIRECTOR: Ben Affleck. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2007. (16VL)
Two private investigators walk in dangerous ground as they scour the Boston underworld for a kidnapped child.
IMPOSTOR (13V) 15 JULY 2012 at 20:00CAST: Shane Brolly and Vincent D'Onofrio. DIRECTOR: Gary Fleder. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2002
The year is 2079. The earth has been at war with an alien force for over a decade. A federal agent relentlessly pursues a weapons’ designer suspected of being a deadly clone.
PAID IN FULL 22 JULY 2012 at 20:00
CAST: Mekhi Phifer and Wood Harris. DIRECTOR: Charles Stone III. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2002
Based on a true story a dry cleaner's delivery boy becomes one of the most powerful drug dealers in 1980s Harlem.
COLLATERAL 22 July 2011 at 20:00
CAST: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith. DIRECTOR: Michael Mann. YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2004. (16VL)
Max has lived a mundane life as a cab driver for twelve years, he finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer (Vincent) as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in LA.