8 Movies Starring Carl Weathers

Rocky

Rocky

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1976-12-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (320993 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaSport

Fullplot:

Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer trying to make the big time, working as a debt collector for a pittance. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to set up an exhibition match between Creed and a struggling boxer, touting the fight as a chance for a "nobody" to become a "somebody". The match is supposed to be easily won by Creed, but someone forgot to tell Rocky, who sees this as his only shot at the big time.

Rocky II

Rocky II

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1979-06-15

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (117237 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaSport

Fullplot:

Rocky Balboa is enjoying life. He's got a lovely wife, Adrian, had a successful fight with Apollo Creed and is able to enjoy the wealth coming off the draw. Unfortunately, Rocky becomes embarrassed when failing to complete and advert and ends up working in a meat packing company. He believe that he will no longer have a career as a boxer. Apollo wants to rematch with Rocky to prove all his critics wrong that he can beat Rocky. Can Rocky once again have a successful fight?

Rocky III

Rocky III

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-05-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (103812 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaSport

Fullplot:

Three years and 10 successful title defenses after beating Apollo Creed, with whom he has become great friends, a now wealthy Rocky Balboa is considering retirement. Fame and complacency soon cause Balboa to lose his title to Clubber Lang, who inadvertently causes the death of Rocky's trainer Mickey. Rocky sinks into a depression, and Apollo decides to train Rocky for a rematch against Lang so Rocky can try to win the title back.

Rocky IV

Rocky IV

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-11-27

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (114985 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaSport

Fullplot:

Rocky Balboa, heavyweight champion of the world, is the trainer for Apollo Creed in an exhibition match against Ivan Drago, a "superman" boxer from the Soviet Union. When Apollo is killed in the ring by the brutal Drago, Balboa blames himself and promises to avenge his friend's death in the ring.

Predator

Predator

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-06-12

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (268595 Reviews)

Director:

John McTiernan

Fullplot:

A team of special force ops, led by a tough but fair soldier, Major "Dutch" Schaefer, are ordered in to assist CIA man, George Dillon, on a rescue mission for potential survivors of a Helicopter downed over remote South American jungle. Not long after they land, Dutch and his team discover that they have been sent in under false pretenses. This deception turns out to be the least of their worries though, when they find themselves being methodically hunted by something not of this world.

Action Jackson

Action Jackson

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-02-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.1 (7050 Reviews)

Director:

Craig R. Baxley

Fullplot:

Jericho "Action" Jackson is a Detroit police sergeant who was demoted from lieutenant for almost tearing the arm off of sexually violent sociopath Sean Dellaplane, whose father is Peter Dellaplane, a major car manufacturer. But Dellaplane himself is violent as well. Dellaplane kills his wife Patrice by shooting her. And then he plants her body in Jackson's apartment, framing Jackson. Dellaplane won't miss Patrice very much, because he has a drug-addicted mistress named Sydney Ash. He keeps Sydney hooked with a free supply of heroin. Jackson suspects Dellaplane of masterminding a murder spree against local officials from the auto workers' union. Dellaplane's mission is to gain a political power base and choose the next president of the United States. Because of what happened to Dellaplane's son Sean, Dellaplane has taken a particular dislike to Jackson. Jackson gets Sydney's help in going after Dellaplane.

The Comebacks

The Comebacks

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-10-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

84 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.1 (9698 Reviews)

Director:

Tom Brady

Genres:

ComedySport

Cast:

Writer:

Ed Yeager (screenplay)

Joey Gutierrez (screenplay)

John Aboud (story)

Michael Colton (story)

Adam Jay Epstein (story)

Andrew Jacobson (story)

Fullplot:

Lambeau Fields lives a middle-class lifestyle in America along with his wife, Barb, and a gorgeous daughter, Michelle, who he has brought up as a son. Lambeau is a failure and has virtually given up on his career as a football coach. Then his friend, Freddie Wiseman, encourages him to re-enter this field, and he does so by re-locating to Plainfolk in Texas and joins the Heartland State University. It is here he will meet some of the most pathetic players, and quite disillusioned he goes about to find new-comers. He finds a kicker in Jasminder Featherfoot, provided of course, he keeps her involvement secret from the rest of her family. Then he finds Lance Truman, whose drag queen dad has brought him up more like a tom-girl. With these additions and others Lambeau sets forth to include his team in the next Super...Er...Toilet Bowl 2 series, and it is here that he will find that Lance fumbles a lot; Barb is not quite faithful as she seems; he will soon be in jail for Indecent Exposure; Michelle has a black boyfriend; and Freddie has a hidden agenda.

Toy Story of Terror

Toy Story of Terror

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-10-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

22 min

Rated:

TV-G

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (7342 Reviews)

Director:

Angus MacLane

Cast:

Writer:

Angus MacLane

Andrew Stanton (characters)

John Lasseter (characters)

Fullplot:

The toys go on a road trip, when an unexpected event leads them to a roadside motel, after one of the toys goes missing, the others find themselves caught up in a mysterious, monstrous, and terrifying sequence of events that must be solved before they all suffer the same fate

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