5 Movies Directed by Joe Carnahan

Narc

Narc

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-01-10

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (32820 Reviews)

Director:

Joe Carnahan

Fullplot:

An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly under the scrutiny of internal affairs. They follow leads, informants turn up dead, Nick's wife is unhappy he's back on the street, Henry's protective of the dead cop's wife. Nick reads and re-reads the case file, broods, watches Oak's heavy-handed style, sometimes joining in. The brass want to close out the case, Nick and Henry stay on it, and bits of evidence point them to an auto body shop. What actually happened; will Nick ever know?

Ticker

Ticker

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-11-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

8 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (3796 Reviews)

Director:

Joe Carnahan

Cast:

Writer:

Joe Carnahan

David Fincher (based on an original concept created by)

Joe Sweet (based on a story by)

Fullplot:

The Driver finds himself in a dangerous, yet highly political situation; this time being pursued by a helicopter gunship while carrying a passenger with a suitcase... the contents of which will decide the fate of a nation.

The A-Team

The A-Team

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-06-11

Languages:

English, Spanish, French, Swahili, German

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (198237 Reviews)

Director:

Joe Carnahan

Cast:

Writer:

Joe Carnahan

Brian Bloom

Skip Woods

Frank Lupo (television series "The A-Team")

Stephen J. Cannell (television series "The A-Team")

Fullplot:

Four American soldiers who are in Iraq are sent on a mission to recover plates for printing 100 dollar bills that were used to print a billion dollars. After doing the job and returning to the base their commanding officer is killed in an explosion and the plates are stolen by another operative. They would be court martialed and sent to different prisons. 6 months later, the leader, Hannibal Smith is visited by a CIA spook who tells him he knows where the man who took the plates is and wants him and his men to recover it. So he helps him escape and he breaks out the others and they go after the plates. But after doing it, they discover that the spook might not be ok. And a military intelligence officer who was involved with one of them is pursuing them.

Smokin' Aces

Smokin' Aces

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-01-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, France, USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (115703 Reviews)

Director:

Joe Carnahan

Fullplot:

Mob boss Primo Sparazza has taken out a hefty contract on Buddy "Aces" Israel, a sleazy magician who has agreed to turn state's evidence against the Vegas mob. The FBI, sensing a chance to use this small-time con to bring down big-target Sparazza, places Aces into protective custody-under the supervision of two agents dispatched to Aces' Lake Tahoe hideout. When the word of the price on Aces' head spreads into the community of ex-cons and cons-to-be, it entices bounty hunters, thugs-for-hire, deadly vixens and double-crossing mobsters to join in the hunt. With all eyes on Tahoe, this rogues' gallery collides in a comic race to hit the jackpot and rub out Aces.

The Grey

The Grey

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-01-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (190598 Reviews)

Director:

Joe Carnahan

Cast:

Writer:

Joe Carnahan (screenplay)

Ian Mackenzie Jeffers (screenplay)

Ian Mackenzie Jeffers (short story "Ghost Walker")

Fullplot:

In Alaska, a team of oil workers board a flight home; however, they cross a storm and the airplane crashes. Only seven workers survive in the wilderness and John Ottway, who is a huntsman that kills wolves to protect the workers, assumes leadership of the group. Shortly after they learn that they are surrounded by a pack of wolves and Ottway advises that they should seek protection in the woods. But while they walk through the heavy snow, they are chased and attacked by the carnivorous mammals.

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