4 Movies Directed by Gavin Hood

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-05-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (321547 Reviews)

Director:

Gavin Hood

Cast:

Writer:

David Benioff (screenplay)

Skip Woods (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Two mutant brothers, Logan and Victor, born 200 years ago, suffer childhood trauma and have only each other to depend on. Basically, they're fighters and killers, living from war to war through U.S. history. In modern times, a U.S. colonel, Stryker, recruits them and other mutants as commandos. Logan quits and becomes a logger, falling in love with a local teacher. When Logan refuses to rejoin Stryker's crew, the colonel sends the murderous Victor. Logan now wants revenge.

Tsotsi

Tsotsi

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-03-31

Languages:

Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English

Countries:

UK, South Africa

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (24041 Reviews)

Director:

Gavin Hood

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Athol Fugard (novel)

Gavin Hood

Fullplot:

In Johannesburg, a small time criminal, Tsotsi, is a teenager without feelings, hardened by his tough life. After a series of violent gang hits, Tsotsi hijacks a car. However, whilst driving, Tsotsi finds that there is a baby on the back seat. He brings the baby to his house in the slum. The next six days bring about a change in him that couldn't be foreseen.

Rendition

Rendition

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-10-19

Languages:

English, Arabic

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (44798 Reviews)

Director:

Gavin Hood

Fullplot:

After a terrorist bombing kills an American envoy in a foreign country. An investigation leads to an Egyptian who has been living in the United States for years and who is married to an American. He is apprehended when he's on his way home. The U.S. sends him to the country where the incident occurs for interrogation which includes torture. An American CIA operative observes the interrogation and is at odds whether to keep it going or to stop it. In the meantime, the man's wife raises hell to find him despite being pregnant but the person behind this refuses to help or give her any information.

Ender's Game

Ender's Game

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-11-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (167857 Reviews)

Director:

Gavin Hood

Genres:

ActionSci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Gavin Hood (screenplay)

Orson Scott Card (based on the book Ender's Game by)

Fullplot:

The Earth was ravaged by the Formics, an alien race seemingly determined to destroy humanity. Seventy years later, the people of Earth remain banded together to prevent their own annihilation from this technologically superior alien species. Ender Wiggin, a quiet but brilliant boy, may become the savior of the human race. He is separated from his beloved sister and his terrifying brother and brought to battle school in orbit around earth. He will be tested and honed into an empathetic killer who begins to despise what he does as he learns to fight in hopes of saving Earth and his family.

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