7 Movies Starring Djimon Hounsou

Amistad

Amistad

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-12-25

Languages:

English, Mende, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

155 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (52487 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaHistory

Fullplot:

Amistad is the name of a slave ship traveling from Cuba to the U.S. in 1839. It is carrying a cargo of Africans who have been sold into slavery in Cuba, taken on board, and chained in the cargo hold of the ship. As the ship is crossing from Cuba to the U.S., Cinque, who was a tribal leader in Africa, leads a mutiny and takes over the ship. They continue to sail, hoping to find help when they land. Instead, when they reach the United States, they are imprisoned as runaway slaves. They don't speak a word of English, and it seems like they are doomed to die for killing their captors when an abolitionist lawyer decides to take their case, arguing that they were free citizens of another country and not slaves at all. The case finally gets to the Supreme Court, where John Quincy Adams makes an impassioned and eloquent plea for their release.

Ill Gotten Gains

Ill Gotten Gains

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-12-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.8 (63 Reviews)

Director:

Joel B. Marsden

Genres:

DramaHistory

Cast:

Writer:

Joel B. Marsden (story)

Joel B. Marsden

Peter Steinberg (story)

Fullplot:

WEST AFRICA 1869 - Slave trade is illegal. There is a revolt on a slave ship - twenty four men fight for their lives. Out-gunned, the revolt fails but a second uprising is planned.

Constantine

Constantine

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-02-18

Languages:

English, Filipino, Tagalog

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (216603 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jamie Delano (comic book "Hellblazer")

Garth Ennis (comic book "Hellblazer")

Kevin Brodbin (story)

Kevin Brodbin (screenplay)

Frank A. Cappello (screenplay)

Fullplot:

John Constantine is approached by Det. Angela Dodson who needs his help to prove that her twin sister Isabel's death was not a suicide. The dead woman was a devout Catholic and Angela refuses to accept she would have taken her own life. She's asked Constantine for help because he has a reputation for dealing with the mystical. In fact, he is a demon hunter whose sole purpose on Earth is to send demons back to the nether regions. John himself has been to Hell - as a young man he too committed suicide and now knows that he is destined to return there on his death - but hopes his good deeds may somehow find him a place in Heaven. As he looks into Isabel's death, he realises demons are trying to break through to the human world, and his battles lead him into a direct conflict with Satan.

The Island

The Island

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-07-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

136 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (249891 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Bay

Cast:

Writer:

Caspian Tredwell-Owen (screenplay)

Alex Kurtzman (screenplay)

Roberto Orci (screenplay)

Caspian Tredwell-Owen (story)

Fullplot:

Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly Utopian but contained facility in the year 2019. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to the "The Island" - reportedly the last uncontaminated spot on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie. He and all of the other inhabitants of the facility are actually human clones. Lincoln makes a daring escape with a beautiful fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta. Relentlessly pursued by the forces of the sinister institute that once housed them, Lincoln and Jordan engage in a race for their lives to literally meet their makers.

Blood Diamond

Blood Diamond

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-12-08

Languages:

English, Mende, Afrikaans

Countries:

Germany, USA

Runtime:

143 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(362854 Reviews)

Director:

Edward Zwick

Cast:

Writer:

Charles Leavitt (screenplay)

Charles Leavitt (story)

C. Gaby Mitchell (story)

Fullplot:

A story following Archer, a man tortured by his roots. With a strong survival instinct, he has made himself a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. Political unrest is rampant in Sierra Leone as people fight tooth for tooth. Upon meeting Solomon, and the beautiful Maddy, Archer's life changes forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him.

Push

Push

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-02-06

Languages:

English, Cantonese

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (85694 Reviews)

Director:

Paul McGuigan

Fullplot:

A group of young American ex-pats with telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities are hiding from a clandestine U.S. government agency. They must utilize their different talents and band together for a final job enabling them to escape the agency forever.

Special Forces

Special Forces

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-11-02

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (13872 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Stèphane Rybojad (adaptation)

Michael Cooper (adaptation)

Emmanuelle Collomp (collaboration)

Stèphane Rybojad

Fullplot:

In Afghanistan, French journalist Elsa and her colleague Amen are covering the story of Maina, a woman sold to a man when she was a child. Taliban leader Ahmed Zaief abducts Elsa and Amen and tries to force them to read a message to Western governments. The French president sends six Special Force to rescue Elsa who's hidden in a fortress in Pakistan. The team composed of Commander Kovax, Tic-Tac, Lucas, the sniper Elias, Victor and Marius release Elsa and Amen from their imprisonment but lose their radios. Now the group needs to cross the inhospitable land to save their lives with the Taliban chasing them.

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