Jean Porter

Movie Review to "Payback"

Porter is a small time but tough criminal, who's primary gig, is robbery. Now his friend Val Resnick needs 0,000 to pay back a criminal group known as "The Outfit". He tells Porter about some Asian couriers who carry 0,000, Porter agrees to it on the condition that they split the take. When they hit them, they discover that they only have 0,000, and Resnick says that, that's what they always carry. He pulls out a gun and shoots Porter in the back and leaves him to die. However, Porter manages to make it to a doctor, and get treated, when he recovers, he sets out to get Resnick and his share ,000. He begins by approaching an associate of Resnick's. Porter then seeks out a prostitute named Rosie, whom he knew, she tells him where he can find Resnick, when he does he tells Resnick that he should go to his employers and ask them to give him back ,000 of the money he gave them, Resnick says that's impossible but Porter "convinces" him to do it. Resnick then goes to his boss, Mr. Carter, who tells him that it's in their best interest to help Resnick deal with Porter. Carter orders one of his men to take Porter out but Porter's just too good for them. Resnick then asks his girlfriend who knows the people whom he and Porter stole the money from, and tells her to tell them where they can find him. When they do they are interrupted by two policemen, but they are crooked who are under the impression that Porter's going after 0,000-300,000 and are going to get it. Can Porter deal with all these people and still get his money. [Learn more about the movie Payback...]

Movie Review to "Cry Danger"

"Rocky" Mulloy is framed for a murder and a holdup he didn't commit and pulls a five year stretch in prison. He is finally pardoned when a friend returns from overseas to corroborate his testimony in court. "Rocky" then goes hunting for the real culprits so this his prison buddy, believed to be innocent, can also be pardoned. Nancy Morgan, wife of his friend, falls in love with him along the way, and he also has a few bullets fired at him by an oily character. "Rocky" finds the guilty party in a place he didn't think about looking. [Learn more about the movie Cry Danger...]

Movie Review to "The Plainsman"

With the end of the North American Civil War, the manufacturers of repeating rifles find a profitable means of making money selling the weapons to the North American Indians, using the front man John Lattimer to sell the rifles to the Cheyenne. While traveling in a stagecoach with Calamity Jane and William "Buffalo Bill" Cody and his young wife Louisa Cody that want to settle down in Hays City managing a hotel, Wild Bill Hickok finds the guide Breezy wounded by arrows and telling that the Indians are attacking a fort using repeating rifles. Hickok meets Gen. George A. Custer that assigns Buffalo Bill to guide a troop with ammunition to help the fort. Meanwhile the Cheyenne kidnap Calamity Jane, forcing Hickok to expose himself to rescue her. [Learn more about the movie The Plainsman...]

Movie Review to "Universal Soldier: Regeneration"

When terrorists threaten nuclear catastrophe, the world's only hope is to reactivate decommissioned Universal Soldier Luc Deveraux. Rearmed and reprogrammed, Deveraux must take on his nemesis from the original Universal Soldier and a next-generation "UniSol". [Learn more about the movie Universal Soldier: Regeneration...]

Movie Review to "Skeleton Crew"

Decades after a sinister psychiatrist murdered his patients and captured the grisly acts on film, a small movie crew returns to the now-shuttered mental institution to shoot a thriller based on the actual events. But when the original snuff films are found, the script gets a grisly rewrite. Mesmerized by the shocking footage, director Steven (Steve Porter) vows to make his film more real and gives every crew member a role to die for. [Learn more about the movie Skeleton Crew...]

Movie Review to "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer"

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of eighteenth century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume. [Learn more about the movie Perfume: The Story of a Murderer...]

Movie Review to "Boogeyman 2"

The script centers on a young woman with a long-term phobia of the bogeyman, who voluntarily checks herself into a mental health facility with the hope of conquering her overwhelming fears. However, much to her horror, she discovers that some things are terrifying on purpose, and confronting her demons was not the best course of action. [Learn more about the movie Boogeyman 2...]

Movie Review to "Gridiron Gang"

In the Kilpatrick juvenile detention center, the supervisor and former football player Sean Porter sees the lack of discipline, self-esteem, union and perspective in the teenage interns and proposes to prepare a football team to play in one league. He is supported by his superiors and his successful experience changes the lives of many young kids. [Learn more about the movie Gridiron Gang...]

Movie Review to "Man on Wire"

A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century." [Learn more about the movie Man on Wire...]

Movie Review to "Tarzan"

The movie is about the life of Tarzan. Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He then finds out that he's human. Now Tarzan must make the decision as to which family he should belong to... [Learn more about the movie Tarzan...]

Movie Review to "Hunting Grounds"

In our future, Nature is restricted and Virtual games now provide both the landscapes and the hunting grounds. A group of hunters will make it outside for a traditional hunt. Little do they know about what awaits them in the wild... [Learn more about the movie Hunting Grounds...]

Movie Review to "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind. [Learn more about the movie The Diving Bell and the Butterfly...]

Movie Review to "Magnifique, Le"

Francois Merlin is an espionnage-book writer. He likes to mix every-day character he can met in his book. In his book, he is Bob Saint Clar, his neighbour Christine appears as Tatiana and his editor Georges Charon as Colonel Karpoff. [Learn more about the movie Magnifique, Le...]

Movie Review to "Diary of a Tired Black Man"

A humorous and deep look into why relationships fail to work from the point of view of a good black man. It is part scripted and a series of interviews with real people from across the country. [Learn more about the movie Diary of a Tired Black Man...]

Movie Review to "Door to Door"

A man with cerebral palsy is determined to become a salesman. [Learn more about the movie Door to Door...]

Movie Review to "Quicksand"

The workaholic head of the compliance section of a New York bank flies to Monaco to investigate unusual deposits from an offshore bank and meets a down-on-his-luck international film star who has become embroiled in criminal activities. [Learn more about the movie Quicksand...]

Movie Review to "Payback: Straight Up - The Director's Cut"

Porter is shot by his wife and best friend and is left to die. When he survives he plots revenge. [Learn more about the movie Payback: Straight Up - The Director's Cut...]

Movie Review to "A Prophet"

A young Arab man is sent to a French prison where he becomes a mafia kingpin. [Learn more about the movie A Prophet...]

Movie Review to "JCVD"

Between his tax problems and his legal battle with his wife for the custody of his daughter, these are hard times for the action movie star who finds that even Steven Seagal has pinched a role from him! In JCVD, Jean-Claude Van Damme returns to the country of his birth to seek the peace and tranquility he can no longer enjoy in the United States. [Learn more about the movie JCVD...]

Movie Review to "The Big Bad Swim"

An adult swim class sets the stage for this sexually charged comedy-drama about love, loss, and second chances. Three strangers-inextricably connected through personal heartbreak-find themselves entering deep water as they learn that life isn't always about diving right in-it's about getting your feet wet once in awhile. [Learn more about the movie The Big Bad Swim...]