Armed and Dangerous 1986  PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Mark L. Lester
Cast: John Candy, Eugene Levy, Robert Loggia, Meg Ryan, Kenneth McMillan, Brion James, Don Stroud, Steve Railsback, Jonathan Banks, Larry Hankin, Robert Burgos, Tony Burton
Recently kicked off the police force following false charges, Frank Dooley (John Candy) is hired along with disbarred lawyer Norman Kane (Eugene Levy), and they take jobs as security guards at a Los Angeles firm. Crime lord Michael Carlino (Robert Loggia) is running a smuggling operation out of the firm, and Dooley and Kane uncover the foul play. But, will these two naive security guards have what it takes to bring about law and order?
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 Class of 1984 1982  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Mark L. Lester
Cast: Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross, Timothy Van Patten, Roddy McDowall, Michael J. Fox, Al Waxman, Lisa Langlois, Stefan Arngrim, Keith Knight, Neil Clifford, Erin Noble, David Gardner, Steve Pernie
A punk-rock gang rules at an inner-city high school in this "devoted-new-teacher-tries-to-bring-compassion-to-the-system" (Perry King) formula story about youth in the 1980s. Followed by "Class of 1999."
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Class of 1999 1990  R, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Mark L. Lester
Cast: Bradley Gregg, Traci Lind, Malcolm McDowell, Stacy Keach, Patrick Kilpatrick, Pam Grier, John P. Ryan, Sharon Wyatt, Darren E. Burrows, Joshua John Miller
In this sequel to "Class of 1984," robot teachers take over, and the ploy works until some of the students begin to suspect that all is not what it seems.
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 Commando 1985 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy / Thriller / Romance
Director: Mark L. Lester
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya, James Olson, Alyssa Milano, Vernon Wells, David Patrick Kelly, Bill Duke, Bill Paxton, Drew Snyder, Sharon Wyatt, Michael Delano, Bob Minor, Michael Adams, Gary Cervantes
When "Commando" John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger) discovers that his 11-year-old daughter Jenny (Alyssa Milano) has been kidnapped by an exiled Latin American dictator, Arius (Dan Hedaya), he springs into action in order to rescue her. Along the way, he is aided by another enemy, Cindy (Rae Dawn Chong), of the dictator, and romance develops as they race to bring him down.
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Gold of the Amazon Women 1979 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Mark L. Lester
Cast: Bo Svenson, Anita Ekberg, Donald Pleasence, Richard Romanus, Bob Minor, Maggie Jean Smith, Bond Gideon, Susan Miller, Yasmine, Mary Peters
Explorers discover a tribe of beautiful women in the jungles of South America. Would you believe that the women follow the explorers back to New York? A bad, made-for-TV flick.
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Pterodactyl 2005  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Horror
Director: Mark L. Lester
Cast: Cameron Daddo, Coolio, Amy Sloan, George Calil, Ivo Cutzarida, Mircea Monroe, Jessica Ferrarone, Steve Braun, Danna Lee, Dusan Fager, Todd Kramer, David Nykl
Capt. Bergen (Coolio) and his commandos are hunting a terrorist, while Prof. Michael Lovecraft (Cameron Daddo) and his scientific expedition are looking for clues to the past. Both find themselves in a Turkish forest that holds a volcano hosting prehistoric eggs that are in the process of hatching into flesh-eating pterodactyls. As the pterodactyls attack, Capt. Bergen and Prof. Lovecraft must team up and work together if anyone is to survive. 1 User Review
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| | 02/17/2007 | | I picked 1 since 0 was unavailable (as a matter of fact -10 would have been more appropriate...) |
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Roller Boogie 1979  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark L. Lester
Cast: Linda Blair, Jim Bray, Beverly Garland, Roger Perry, James Van Patten, Kimberly Beck, Sean McClory, Mark Goddard, Albert Insinnia, Stoney Jackson
Roller skaters of the 1970s work to save their local skating rink from being converted into a shopping center.
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 Showdown in Little Tokyo 1991  R, 78 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Mark L. Lester
Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Brandon Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tia Carrere, Toshiro Obata, Philip Tan, Rodney Kageyama, Ernie Lively, Renee Griffin, Reid Asato, Simon Rhee, Roger Yuan, Takayo Fischer
Sgt. Kenner and Johnny Murata (Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee) work as cops for the LAPD in L.A.'s predominantly Japanese neighborhood, Little Tokyo, where their expertise in martial arts proves very useful as they track down drugs in the neighborhood.
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Stunts 1977 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
aka: Who Is Killing the Stuntmen?
Director: Mark L. Lester
Cast: Robert Forster, Fiona Lewis, Joanna Cassidy, Bruce Glover, Ray Sharkey, Richard Lynch, Darrell Fetty, James Luisi, Candice Rialson, Malachi Throne, Dave Shelley
After his brother is killed while performing a motion picture stunt, Glen (Robert Forster) takes his place on the set, and soon his stunt friends begin to suffer fatal accidents as well. Glen is determined to uncover the mystery and does–while dangling from a helicopter as part of an intended plot to kill him. Will our hero escape certain death and catch the perpetrator?
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| 1. Armed and Dangerous (1986)
2. Class of 1984 (1982)
3. Class of 1999 (1990)
4. Commando (1985)
5. Firestarter (1984)
6. Gold of the Amazon Women (1979)
7. Pterodactyl (2005)
8. Roller Boogie (1979)
9. Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
10. Stunts (1977)
aka: Who Is Killing the Stuntmen?
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