7 Movies Starring Rae Dawn Chong

Quest for Fire

Quest for Fire

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-02-12

Languages:

French

Countries:

Canada, France

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (15079 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Gèrard Brach (screenplay)

J.H. Rosny Sr. (based on the novel by)

Fullplot:

Anthony Burgess created the primitive language for the early humans in this prehistoric adventure about a trio of warriors who travel the savanna, encountering sabre-toothed tigers, mammoths and cannibalistic tribes in search of a flame that would replace the fire their tribe has lost.

City Limits

City Limits

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-09-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

86 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

2.1 (867 Reviews)

Director:

Aaron Lipstadt

Cast:

Writer:

Aaron Lipstadt (story)

Don Keith Opper

James Reigle (story)

Fullplot:

Years after a mysterious plague has wiped out most of the adult population, the surviving children have grown up to form violent motorcycle gangs. Young Lee, tired of life on the farm, goes out in search of adventure and soon winds up in the middle of a war between a pair of rival gangs. Soon after Lee proves his worth and is accepted into one of the gangs, however, a new threat appears in the form of the evil Sunya Corporation, which wants to utilise the gangs for their own purposes. Can Lee lead his new-found friends to safety?

Commando

Commando

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-10-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (101423 Reviews)

Director:

Mark L. Lester

Cast:

Writer:

Jeph Loeb (story)

Matthew Weisman (story)

Steven E. de Souza (story)

Steven E. de Souza (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A retired special agent named John Matrix led an elite unit and has left the armed forces to live in a secluded mountain home with his daughter Jenny. But now he is forced out of retirement when his daughter is kidnapped by a band of thugs intent on revenge! Unbeknownst to Matrix, the members of his former unit are being killed one by one. Even though Matrix' friend General Franklin Kirby gives Matrix armed guards, attackers manage to kidnap Matrix and Jenny. Matrix learns that Bennett, a former member of his Matrix' unit who was presumed dead has kidnapped him to try to force Matrix to do a political assassination for a man called Arius (who calls himself El Presidente), a warlord formerly bested by Matrix who wishes to lead a military coup in his home country. Since Arius will have Jenny killed if Matrix refuses, Matrix reluctantly accepts the demand.

The Principal

The Principal

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-09-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (6316 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Rick Latimer is a teacher who gets a job as the principal of a school with a very bad reputation. In fact, his transfer there is a kind of punishment because he beat his wife's boyfriend. So, Rick finds himself in a school where drugs, knives and guns are very usual things...

Far Out Man

Far Out Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-05-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

81 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.9 (788 Reviews)

Director:

Tommy Chong

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

An aging hippie sets out on a trip across America to find his family.

The Borrower

The Borrower

Basic Info:

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (1063 Reviews)

Director:

John McNaughton

Genres:

HorrorSci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Mason Nage (story)

Mason Nage (screenplay)

Richard Fire (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Aliens punish one of their own by sending him to earth. The alien is very violent, and when the body he occupies is damaged, he is forced to find another.

Amazon

Amazon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-12-14

Languages:

English, Portuguese, Finnish

Countries:

USA, Finland, Brazil, France

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (334 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Reitinger

Mika Kaurismèki

John Reaves (additional writing)

Fullplot:

Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and educated local woman warns him about the possible consequences to the rain forest. Kari has mixed feelings about the project, until an accident puts him in the care of a local Indian tribe.

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