Avi Nesher — Playwright (9)
Taxman (1999) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Taxman
director: Avi Nesher actor: Joe Pantoliano / Wade Dominguez
other title: Taxman - Der Steuerfahnder von Brooklyn / El inspector
After a homocide that the police believe is over gasoline theft, a tax investigator discovers the Russian mafia is involved and that they are stealing millions in gasoline tax money. Only one rookie cop is willing to believe him and together they must get the evidence they need or die trying.
Mercenary (1996) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Mercenary
director: Avi Nesher actor: Olivier Gruner / John Ritter
other title: Mercenary - Söldner des Todes / Mercenario
Jonas Ambler is a rich businessman whose wife is killed by kidnappers, so he decides to get even. He hires a mercenary to find and kill the kidnappers. There's only one catch --- he wants to go with them.
Doppelganger (1993) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Doppelganger
director: Avi Nesher actor: Drew Barrymore / George Newbern
other title: Enigma Mortal / Mask of Murder 2
After being implicated in a murder, a young woman flees New York City and moves to Los Angeles, where she rents a room from a writer. They begin an affair, but it seems she's been followed by a homicidal duplicate of herself.
Savage (1997) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Savage
director: Avi Nesher actor: Olivier Gruner / Jennifer Grant
other title: Savage - Die Legende aus der Zukunft / El salvaje
After his family is murdered, and he's left for dead, a farmer awakens in the desert and finds himself transformed into a savage warrior, with all the powers and skills of the ancient gods. Guided by his "spirit masters" he's given a mission; destroy Tital Corporation, the world's most powerful high-tech computer company and its ambitious leader, Michael Burroughs. Burrough's has discovered the technological remains of an ancient race and a secret that will allow him to open the Vortex and achieve immortality. Out in the desert, ancient powers collide with sophisticated technology as the Savage and Burroughs meet in a titanic struggle that could destroy mankind.
Mars (1998) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Mars
director: Jon Hess actor: Olivier Gruner / Shari Belafonte
other title: Mars - The Dark Secret / Mars 2056
In the future, Mars has been colonized. A martial artist arrives to investigate what happened to his brother. A powerful mining company is the prime suspect.
Automatic (1995) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Automatic
Robgen industries newest security system is "The J Series Automatic", an android model designed and programmed to protect humans from violent attacks. But one night, an Automatic named J269 discovers a Robgen executive trying to rape a female employee named Nora Rochester. While trying to stop the crime, he inadvertently kills the executive. At this point, J269 then calls Goddard Marx (his creator and a Robgen chairman) to inform him of the incident. Marx tells the android to stay there with Rochester until help arrives, but Marx is intent on sweeping the fiasco under the rug by sending mercenaries to eliminate both J269 and Rochester. Now the two are fugitives on the run from a para-military hit squad.
Ritual (2002) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Ritual
director: Avi Nesher actor: Jennifer Grey / Craig Sheffer
other title: Tales from the Crypt 5: Ritual / Das Ritual - Im Bann des Bösen
An American doctor encounters members of a voodoo cult when she is summoned to Jamaica to treat a wealthy man's brother.