7 Movies Starring Robert John Burke

The Unbelievable Truth

The Unbelievable Truth

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-11-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (3323 Reviews)

Director:

Hal Hartley

Fullplot:

After serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where me meets Audry Hugo. No one can remember exactly what Josh did, but they are all wary of him, especially Audry's father.

Dust Devil

Dust Devil

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-04-16

Countries:

South Africa, UK

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (3207 Reviews)

Director:

Richard Stanley

Fullplot:

A shape shifter (Burke) comes from the desert in search of victims, a spirit the locals call "The Dust Devil". He prays on the lonely and the unloved, those who have already lost everything but life itself. Wendy (Field) has broken up with her husband and wanders aimlessly in her car. She picks up a stranger and begins having misgivings about picking him up when strange things begin to occur. Meanwhile a local police officer (Mokae) tracks the killer. Aided by a shaman's admonishments about witchcraft he sets off to try and stop the beast before it can complete its grisly task.

Simple Men

Simple Men

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-11-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

Italy, UK, USA

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (3215 Reviews)

Director:

Hal Hartley

Fullplot:

Bitter about being double-crossed by the women he loved, (and with the police after him to boot), Bill vows to seduce the next woman he sees, then throw her away. His brother Dennis, meanwhile, is equally determined to track down their long lost father, a revolutionary who has been in hiding for 20 years. For different reasons, both leave New York and head for Long Island, out of money, and short on ideas. D:"Long Island is a a terminal moraine." B:"What's that?" D:"It's the material left behind when a glacier recedes." D:"Gee, then what the hell are we waiting for?"

RoboCop 3

RoboCop 3

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-11-05

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

3.9 (31929 Reviews)

Director:

Fred Dekker

Cast:

Writer:

Edward Neumeier (characters)

Michael Miner (characters)

Frank Miller (story)

Frank Miller (screenplay)

Fred Dekker (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The mega corporation Omni Consumer Products is still bent on creating their pet project, Delta City, to replace the rotting city of Detroit. Unfortunately, the inhabitants of the area have no intention of abandoning their homes simply for desires of the company. To this end, OCP have decided to force them to leave by employing a ruthless mercenary army to attack and harass them. An underground resistance begins and in this fight, Robocop must decide where his loyalties lie.

Thinner

Thinner

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-10-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (18117 Reviews)

Director:

Tom Holland

Cast:

Writer:

Stephen King (novel)

Michael McDowell (screenplay)

Tom Holland (screenplay)

Fullplot:

First Love, Last Rites

First Love, Last Rites

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-08-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (291 Reviews)

Director:

Jesse Peretz

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Ian McEwan (short story)

David Ryan (adaptation)

Jesse Peretz (adaptation)

David Ryan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Joey and Sissel are two misfits spending most of their time together talking or having sex. Gradually and slowly their relationships are becoming boring for them.

Safe

Safe

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-04-27

Languages:

English, Mandarin, Russian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (75430 Reviews)

Director:

Boaz Yakin

Fullplot:

In China, the girl Mei is a genius that looks like a computer in numbers. She is abducted by the Chinese Triads and the boss Han Jiao ends Mei to Chinatown, in New York, to help him in the control of his activities. Meanwhile, the fighter Luke Wright has his life destroyed when he wins a fight against the will of the Russian Mafia and accidentally kills his opponent. The Russian mobsters kill his wife and the alcoholic Luke wanders on the streets and hostels with no objective in life. One day, Han Jiao asks Mei to memorize a long number and soon the Russian Mafia abducts the girl from the Chinese mobs. She escapes from the mobsters she is chased by the Russians; by the corrupt detectives from the NYPD; and by the Triads. When Luke sees the girl fleeing from the Russian mobs in the subway, he protects the girl and discovers that the number she had memorized is the combination of a safe where the Triads keep 30 million dollars. Luke is an elite agent and uses his skills to protect the girl.

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