Michael Rooker — Actor (41)
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Brown's Requiem (1998) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Brown's Requiem
director: Jason Freeland actor: Michael Rooker / Tobin Bell …
other title: Trængt op i en krog / Réquiem por Brown …
Fritz Brown is an ex-LAPD, recovering alcoholic who now splits his time repossessing cars for a used car lot and staffing his one-man private detective agency. When a filthy caddie named Freddy "Fat Dog" Baker wanders into Fritz's office one day, flashing a wad of cash, Fritz is hired to follow Fat Dog's kid sister Jane, who is holed up with a Beverly Hills sugar daddy named Sol Kupferman. Kupferman is a 70 year-old bag man for the mob, and Fat Dog claims that "Solly K" is up to something evil that may harm Jane. The trail leads Fritz to an encounter with his dark past in the person of Haywood Cathcart, current head of LAPD internal affairs and the person who kicked Fritz off the police force.
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Back to Back (1996) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Back to Back
director: Roger Nygard actor: Michael Rooker / Ryo Ishibashi …
other title: American Yakuza II: Back to Back / Back to Back - Im Fadenkreuz der Yakuza …
An ex-cop finds himself caught up in a battle between Japanese mobsters and local gangland thugs and discovers that he was framed for wrong-doings by a corrupt cop.
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The Box (2003) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Box
director: Richard Pepin actor: James Russo / Theresa Russell …
other title: A caixa / The Box - Tödlicher Fund …
An ex-con tries to go straight but also wants to get back money he's owed for the job that put him in prison. He meets a waitress who's also seen her share of trouble and they start up a tenuous relationship. Then there's a murder and things get complicated. It's noir so the plot isn't the main focus but the mood of the film is consistent and properly downbeat. The characters can't seem to shake the fate that hangs over them.
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Deceiver (1997) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Deceiver
director: Jonas Pate / Josh Pate actor: Tim Roth / Michael Rooker …
other title: L'impostore / Liar - Scharfe Täuschung …
The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can break the man. But despite his troubles, Wayland is a master of manipulation, and during the interrogation, he begins to turn the tables on the investigators, forcing them to reveal their own sinister sides.
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The Hard Truth (1994) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Hard Truth
director: Kristine Peterson actor: Eric Roberts / Michael Rooker …
other title: Uno sporco affare
A suspended cop and his girlfriend blackmail an electronics expert into helping them break into the safe of the girlfriend's boss, a corrupt city councilman who's on the local mob's payroll.
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Afterburn (1992) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Afterburn
director: Robert Markowitz actor: Laura Dern / Robert Loggia …
other title: Le Triomphe de la vérité / Coraje en la sangre …
Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in the world. Air Force Captain Theodore T. Harduvel was one of the best F-16 pilots the U.S. had to offer. After much digging, Janet Harduvel discovers a joint military and General Dynamic cover-up. She proves to be unwavering in her search for the truth to clear his name.
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L.A. Takedown (1989) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
L.A. Takedown
director: Michael Mann actor: Scott Plank / Alex McArthur …
other title: Sei solo, agente Vincent / Os Tiras de Los Angeles …
The tale of two skilled professionals--one a cop, the other a criminal--who aren't as different as they think. Vincent Hanna is an intense cop on the trail of ruthless armed robber Patrick McLaren. After a botched heist, the two men confront each via a full scale battle on the seedy streets of Los Angeles.
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The Replacement Killers (1998) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
The Replacement Killers
director: Antoine Fuqua actor: Chow Yun-Fat / Mira Sorvino …
other title: Costretti ad uccidere / Assassinos Substitutos …
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei will take revenge on his family in China, Lee seeks out expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain the passport he needs to get out of the country, but a band of replacement killers is soon on his trail.
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Cliffhanger (1993) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData Skybridge
Cliffhanger
director: Renny Harlin actor: Sylvester Stallone / John Lithgow …
other title: Cliffhanger - L'ultima sfida / Assalto Infernal …
A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers who are looking for boxes full of money.
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Corrective Measures (2022) [Movie] IMDb WikiData NeoDB TMDB
Corrective Measures
director: Sean Patrick O'Reilly actor: Daniel Cudmore / Brennan Mejia …
other title: Maximum Security / Corrective Measures : Mutants surpuissants …
Set in San Tiburon, the world's most dangerous maximum-security penitentiary and home to the world's most treacherous superpowered criminals, where tensions among the inmates and staff heighten, leading to anarchy that engulfs the prison and order is turned upside down.
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Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 (2024) [Movie] TMDB
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
director: Kevin Costner actor: Kevin Costner / Sienna Miller …
other title: Horizon: An American Saga - Capitolo 2 / Horizonte: Uma Saga Americana - Capítulo 2 …
Explore the lure of the Old West and how it was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat and tears of many. Spanning 15 years before, during, and following the Civil War, from 1859 to 1874, embark on an emotional journey across a country at war with itself, experienced through the lens of families, friends and foes all attempting to discover what it truly means to be the United States of America.
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Fantasy Island (2020) [Movie] TMDB Skybridge IMDb
Fantasy Island
director: Jeff Wadlow actor: Michael Peña / Maggie Q …
other title: A Ilha da Fantasia / Nightmare Island
A group of contest winners arrive at an island hotel to live out their dreams, only to find themselves trapped in nightmare scenarios.
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Sea of Love (1989) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb Skybridge WikiData
Sea of Love
director: Harold Becker actor: Al Pacino / Ellen Barkin …
other title: Seduzione pericolosa / Perigosa Sedução …
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.
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Days of Thunder (1990) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB WikiData Douban Skybridge
Days of Thunder
director: Tony Scott actor: Tom Cruise / Robert Duvall …
other title: Giorni di tuono / Dias de Tempestade …
Talented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle gets a break and with the guidance of veteran Harry Hogge turns heads on the track. The young hotshot develops a rivalry with a fellow racer that threatens his career when the two smash their cars. But with the help of his doctor, Cole just might overcome his injuries-- and his fear.