Actor Richard Sammel (1960)

The Head (2020–2024) is a riveting psychological thriller series directed by Jorge Dorado for HBO Asia and Hulu Japan. Set initially in Antarctica, the show’s first season premiered on 12 June 2020 with a second season following on 22 December 2022. The black and white portrait hanging near the stairwell features Norweigan polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen, while another depicts Captain Lawrence Oats, known for his involvement in the Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole with Sir Robert Scott. The end credits feature a song by Tomohisa Yamashita, who also plays Aki in the series. Also featured is ...

3 Days to Kill (2014) is an action thriller film directed by McG and written by Luc Besson and Adi Hasak. American CIA agent Ethan Renner, along with his team, is on a mission to capture the Albino, lieutenant to an arms trafficker known as the Wolf. The Wolf plans to sell a dirty bomb to terrorists at a hotel in Belgrade. However, their plan goes awry when the Albino recognizes and kills one of Renner’s fellow agents, who was disguised as a chambermaid. While chasing the Albino, Renner becomes dizzy and only manages ...

The French spy comedy OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) marks the feature directorial debut of Michel Hazanavicius. Pre-credits, we see Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath (OSS 117) and his friend Jack Jefferson take over a Nazi plane and recover stolen V2 plans during a black and white scene titled ‘BERLIN 1945’. The film then transitions to Rome, several years later, where de La Bath is in a hotel room with Egyptian Princess Al Tarouk who gives him an envelope to deliver to his superiors in Paris. In Paris, de La Bath is shown photos depicting Jack’s death from the envelope. This triggers flashbacks ...

The Nest (2002) is a French action/thriller movie, co-written and directed by Florent-Emilio Siri. The literal translation of the French title is Wasp’s Nest. It serves as a quasi-remake of two other films, Assault on Precinct 13 from 1976 and Rio Bravo from 1959. On Bastille Day, while most are celebrating the French national holiday, a group of thieves prepares to rob a warehouse in an industrial park. Simultaneously, Laborie, an agent in the French special forces, leads an international team guarding the notorious Albanian mafia leader, Abedin Nexhep.