Actor Paul Walker (1973)

Furious 7 (2015) is an action film directed by James Wan and written by Chris Morgan. After defeating Owen Shaw and securing pardons for their past crimes, Dominic Toretto, Brian O’Conner and the team have returned to the US to lead normal lives. Dom helps Letty Ortiz regain her memory while Brian adapts to fatherhood. Deckard Shaw, Owen’s older brother, seeks revenge by breaking into the hospital where Owen is being held in London. He also obtains profiles of Dom’s crew from the DSS field office in Los Angeles after a fight with Agent Luke Hobbs. A bomb ...

Hours (2013) is an American thriller film directed and written by Eric Heisserer, centered around Nolan Hayes and his newborn baby in the midst of Hurricane Katrina. Prior to the storm’s arrival in 2005, Nolan brings his wife Abigail to the emergency room as she enters labor five weeks ahead of schedule. Despite the doctor’s explanation that Abigail gave birth to a baby girl but succumbed to liver failure, Nolan remains adamant that she is still alive and mourns her loss. However, he quickly learns that their premature baby must remain on a ventilator for the next two days until she can breathe ...

Fast & Furious 6 (2013) is an action-packed film directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan. After their successful heist in Brazil, Dominic Toretto and his skilled team of criminals have fled around the globe and are living a peaceful life. Dom resides with Elena Neves, his sister Mia is with Brian O’Conner and their child Jack, Gisele Yashar and Han Lue are together, while Roman Pearce and Tej Parker enjoy a life of luxury. On the other hand, DSS agents Luke Hobbs and Riley Hicks are investigating the destruction of a Russian military convoy caused by ...

Fast Five (2011) is an action film directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan. While Dominic Toretto is being transported to Lompoc Prison on a bus, his sister Mia Toretto and friend Brian O’Conner launch an attack and free him. Evading authorities, the trio flees to Rio de Janeiro. Meanwhile, Mia and Brian team up with their friend Vince and others for a robbery mission involving three cars on a train. However, they discover that DEA agents are pursuing the same cars as seized property. Dom arrives with his crew but their main target Zizi only wants one car ...

Takers (2010) is an American heist action thriller film directed by John Luessenhop. Detectives Jack Welles and Eddie Hatcher are on the case of a bold robbery orchestrated by a well-organized group. Led by Gordon Cozier, the team includes John, A.J., and brothers Jake and Jesse Attica. Notably missing from the group is former member Ghost, who had been caught during a previous heist five years ago. During his absence, Jake had started a relationship with Ghost’s ex-girlfriend Lilly, who has now accepted his proposal for marriage. After Ghost’s release from prison, he joins forces with the crew to plan their ...

The action film Fast & Furious (2009), directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan, follows Dominic Toretto and his crew as they hijack fuel tankers in the Dominican Republic. When Dom suspects they are being pursued by the police, he leaves behind his girlfriend Letty to protect her. However, months later, Dom receives news from his sister Mia that Letty has been killed. He travels to Los Angeles for her funeral and discovers traces of nitromethane at the crash site. To find out who is responsible, he pressures a local mechanic into revealing the buyer’s ...

The American war drama film, Flags of Our Fathers (2006), was directed, co-produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood and written by William Broyles Jr. and Paul Haggis. It is based on the book of the same name written by James Bradley and Ron Powers about the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima. The story follows the five Marines and one Navy corpsman involved in raising the flag on Iwo Jima and explores the impact it had on their lives. ...

Eight Below (2006) is an American survival drama film, adapted from the 1983 Japanese film Antarctica. In January 1993, Jerry Shepard, a guide at a National Science Foundation Antarctic research base, agrees to take UCLA professor Dr. Davis McClaren to Mount Melbourne in search of a rare meteorite from Mercury. Due to poor ice conditions, they travel by dog sled. Despite successfully reaching the mountain, they are forced to return to base camp when a storm approaches. However, McClaren pleads for additional time and Shepard grants him half a day, which is just enough for McClaren to locate a fragment of the meteorite. On their way back to camp, McClaren ...

The historical science fiction adventure film, Timeline (2003), directed by Richard Donner, follows Professor Edward Johnston and his team as they lead an archaeological study of Castlegard village in Dordogne, France. The village was where Lady Claire, sister to Arnaut de Cervole, was executed in 1357. Her death played a crucial role in France’s victory over the English in the Hundred Years War. Alongside Johnston are Scottish archaeologist André Marek, students Kate Erickson, Josh Stern, François Dontelle, and his son Chris. During their excavation of a nearby monastery, they come across a sarcophagus containing ...

Directed by John Singleton and written by Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, and Gary Scott Thompson, 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) is an action-packed film. After assisting wanted criminal Dominic Toretto in Los Angeles, former LAPD officer Brian O’Conner flees to Miami. There, he earns money by participating in street races organized by his friend Tej Parker, a mechanic. During one of these races, Brian is arrested and given a proposition by his ex-boss FBI Special Agent Bilkins ...

Joy Ride (2001) is a thrilling American film directed by John Dahl and written by Clay Tarver and J. J. Abrams. While on a trip from California to Colorado to pick up his childhood crush, Venna, Lewis Thomas is unexpectedly forced to stop in Salt Lake City to bail out his estranged brother Fuller, who has been arrested. Fuller joins Lewis for the ride and takes the opportunity to install a CB radio in the car. The two eavesdrop on truckers’ conversations, and Fuller convinces Lewis to participate in a prank targeting ...

The action film, The Fast and the Furious (2001), was directed by Rob Cohen with a screenplay by Gary Scott Thompson, Erik Bergquist, and David Ayer. It was inspired by a Vibe magazine article titled Racer X written by Ken Li. In the movie, a group of heist specialists use modified Honda Civics to steal a truck full of electronics and evade capture on Terminal Island Freeway. As this crime spree continues, LAPD officer ...

She’s All That (1999), an American teen romantic comedy film directed by Robert Iscove, follows the story of Zack Siler, the popular guy at his Southern California high school. He is heartbroken after finding out his girlfriend, Taylor, has cheated on him with reality TV star Brock during spring break. Zack finds comfort in the idea that Taylor can easily be replaced by any girl at their school. His friend Dean disagrees and challenges him to turn any random girl into the prom queen in six weeks. Dean chooses Laney Boggs, an unpopular art student, for this bet. ...