"The Executioners (MacDonald novel) The Executioners is a psychological thriller-suspense novel written by John D. MacDonald, published in 1957. It was filmed twice under the title ""Cape Fear"", once in 1962 and again in 1991. The overall tone of the novel is not nearly as brutal as the film adaptations, and especially the remake. The basic plot of the novel concerns an attorney named Sam Bowden, who caught Max Cady, an illiterate, brutal rapist, in the act. Bowden later testifies against him. The jury finds Cady guilty and Cady is sent to prison for fourteen years, when he develops and"
"Mad Max (franchise) Mad Max is an Australian dystopian action media franchise created by George Miller and Byron Kennedy. It began in 1979 with ""Mad Max"", and was followed by three films: ""Mad Max 2"" (1981), ""Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome"" (1985) and """" (2015). Mel Gibson starred in the first three films and Tom Hardy took over as Max in the fourth film. The series follows the adventures of Max Rockatansky, a police officer in a future Australia which is experiencing societal collapse due to war and critical resource shortages. When his wife and child are murdered by a vicious"
"Bowden puts Cady under citizen's arrest; in the second, Cady apparently drowns after a fight with Bowden. Significant differences are seen between the way in which Cady is portrayed in the original film and the remake. Mitchum's characterization is that of a sleazy, degenerate con artist, while De Niro's is of a homicidal sociopath, who viciously attacks everything and everyone Bowden holds dear (he even beats and rapes one of Bowden's colleagues). The remake also sheds some light on Cady's background, revealing he grew up in a rural Pentecostal family who handled snakes and drank strychnine to achieve religious ecstasy."
"Tom Hardy Edward Thomas Hardy, (born 15 September 1977) is an English actor, producer, and former model. Hardy made his film debut in Ridley Scott's ""Black Hawk Down"" (2001) and has since played in such films as """" (2002), ""RocknRolla"" (2008), ""Bronson"" (2008), ""Warrior"" (2011), ""Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"" (2011), ""Lawless"" (2012), ""Locke"" (2013), ""The Drop"" (2014), and ""The Revenant"" (2015), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2015, Hardy portrayed ""Mad"" Max Rockatansky in """" and both Kray twins in ""Legend"". He has appeared in three Christopher Nolan films: ""Inception"" (2010),"
"Mad Max 2 Mad Max 2 (originally released in the United States as The Road Warrior and sometimes known as Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior) is a 1981 Australian post-apocalyptic action film directed by George Miller. It is the second installment in the ""Mad Max"" film series, with Mel Gibson reprising his role as ""Mad"" Max Rockatansky. The film's tale of a community of settlers who moved to defend themselves against a roving band of marauders follows an archetypical ""Western"" frontier movie motif, as does Max's role as a hardened man who rediscovers his humanity when he decides to"
"for 2015's ""Fury Road"". The series features a few recurring cast members in different roles. Bruce Spence played different aviators in two of the films, first the Gyro Captain in ""Mad Max 2"" and then Jedediah the Pilot in ""Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome"". Hugh Keays-Byrne has taken antagonist roles twice: he played Toecutter in ""Mad Max"" and Immortan Joe in ""Mad Max: Fury Road"". Max Fairchild appeared as Benno Swaisey in ""Mad Max"" and as ""Broken Victim"" of the Humungus's gang in ""Mad Max 2"". Many licensed products are based on the ""Mad Max"" franchise. Products include novels, comic books,"
"production values, I wonder whether it represents a good omen from the finest director now at work."" The film was parodied in the 1993 ""Simpsons"" episode ""Cape Feare"", with Sideshow Bob in the role of Cady. They also pay homage to another Robert Mitchum film ""The Night of the Hunter"" in which Sideshow Bob's knuckles (scaled down for a cartoon character with one fewer finger on each hand) say ""Luv"" (Love) and ""Hāt"" (Hate, with the diacritical mark providing the long vowel). In 1995, professional wrestler Waylon Mercy made his WWE (then WWF) debut, with his gimmick based on De"
"all appeared in the remake. After spending eight years in prison for rape, Max Cady (Robert Mitchum) is released. He promptly tracks down Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck), a lawyer whom he holds personally responsible for his conviction because Sam interrupted his attack and testified against him. Cady begins to stalk and subtly threaten Bowden's family. He kills the Bowden family dog, though Sam cannot prove Cady did it. A friend of Bowden's, police chief Mark Dutton (Martin Balsam), attempts to intervene on Bowden's behalf, but he cannot prove Cady guilty of any crime. Bowden hires private detective Charlie Sievers (Telly"
"rapist Max Cady in ""Cape Fear"" (1962) brought him even more attention and furthered his renown for playing cool, predatory characters. The 1960s were marked by a number of lesser films and missed opportunities. Among the films Mitchum passed on during the decade were John Huston's ""The Misfits"" (the last film of its stars Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe), the Academy Award–winning ""Patton"", and ""Dirty Harry"". The most notable of his films in the decade included the war epics ""The Longest Day"" (1962) and ""Anzio"" (1968), the Shirley MacLaine comedy-musical ""What a Way to Go!"" (1964), and the Howard Hawks"
"his marks, and go home"". Mitchum had a habit of marking most of his appearances in the script with the letters ""n.a.r."", which meant ""no action required"", which critic Dirk Baecker has construed as Mitchum's way of reminding himself to experience the world of the story without acting upon it. AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars lists Mitchum as the 23rd-greatest male star of classic Hollywood cinema. AFI also recognized his performance as the menacing rapist Max Cady and Reverend Harry Powell as the 28th and 29th greatest screen villains, respectively, of all time as part of AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and"
"King, who recounted the making of the film to fans. As of 2018, ""Friday the 13th"" has spawned ten sequels, including a crossover film with ""A Nightmare on Elm Street"" villain Freddy Krueger. ""Friday the 13th Part 2"" (1981) introduced Jason Voorhees, the son of Mrs. Voorhees, as the primary antagonist, which would continue for the remaining sequels (with exception of the fifth movie) and related works. Most of the sequels were filmed on larger budgets than the original. For comparison, ""Friday the 13th"" had a budget of $550,000, while the first sequel was given a budget of $1.25 million."
"to drama. Tom Hardy Edward Thomas Hardy, (born 15 September 1977) is an English actor, producer, and former model. Hardy made his film debut in Ridley Scott's ""Black Hawk Down"" (2001) and has since played in such films as """" (2002), ""RocknRolla"" (2008), ""Bronson"" (2008), ""Warrior"" (2011), ""Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"" (2011), ""Lawless"" (2012), ""Locke"" (2013), ""The Drop"" (2014), and ""The Revenant"" (2015), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2015, Hardy portrayed ""Mad"" Max Rockatansky in """" and both Kray twins in ""Legend"". He has appeared in three Christopher Nolan films:"
"acting, ""Child 44"" was reviewed negatively by critics and was a box office failure. Hardy then played the title character, Max Rockatansky, in the action film """" (2015). His performance was praised by critics and overall the film received critical acclaim and became a box office success, grossing over $378 million against a $150 million budget, becoming the highest-grossing film in the ""Mad Max"" franchise. He played a dual role as London gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray in the crime thriller ""Legend"" (2015). On 7 December 2015, Hardy won Best Actor at the British Independent Film Awards for his portrayal"
"I Was Your Vampire"". The film was released to theaters in the U.S. on October 17, 2008 with a PG-13 rating. While it was ranked first on its opening weekend, grossing US$18 million at the box office, the film received mainly negative reviews, having a 16% rating at Rotten Tomatoes, based on 129 reviews. Max Payne Max Payne is a third-person shooter video game series developed by Remedy Entertainment (""Max Payne"" and ""Max Payne 2"") and Rockstar Studios (""Max Payne 3""). The series is named after its protagonist, Max Payne, a New York City police detective turned vigilante after his"
"by showing his gory demise. XXX (2002 film) xXx (pronounced as Triple X) is a 2002 American action film directed by Rob Cohen, produced by Neal H. Moritz and written by Rich Wilkes. The first installment in the ""xXx"" film series, the film stars Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill-seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman and rebellious athlete-turned reluctant spy for the National Security Agency. Cage is sent on a dangerous mission to infiltrate a group of potential Russian terrorists in Central Europe. The film also stars Asia Argento, Marton Csokas and Samuel L. Jackson. Cohen had previously directed ""The"
"XXX (film series) XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced as Triple X) is an American action film series created by Rich Wilkes. It stars Vin Diesel and Ice Cube and consists of three films: ""xXx"" (2002), """" (2005) and """" (2017), and a short film: ""The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage"". The series has grossed $656 million worldwide. The film was released on August 9, 2002, which stars Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman and rebellious athlete-turned-reluctant spy for the National Security Agency who is sent on a dangerous mission to infiltrate"
"XXX (2002 film) xXx (pronounced as Triple X) is a 2002 American action film directed by Rob Cohen, produced by Neal H. Moritz and written by Rich Wilkes. The first installment in the ""xXx"" film series, the film stars Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill-seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman and rebellious athlete-turned reluctant spy for the National Security Agency. Cage is sent on a dangerous mission to infiltrate a group of potential Russian terrorists in Central Europe. The film also stars Asia Argento, Marton Csokas and Samuel L. Jackson. Cohen had previously directed ""The Fast and the Furious"" (2001),"
"Max Rockatansky Max Rockatansky is the title character and protagonist of the post-apocalyptic action films from the ""Mad Max"" franchise, which spans 1979 to 2015. He appears in the films ""Mad Max"", ""Mad Max 2"", ""Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome"", and """". Created by director George Miller and producer Byron Kennedy, the character was played by actor Mel Gibson in the first three films, and by Tom Hardy in the fourth. In ""Mad Max"", Max Rockatansky is a Main Force Patrol officer tasked with maintaining law and order on the roads of a dystopic Victoria, Australia. Max is quiet, rarely speaking"
"of ""Fury Road"". In March 2015, during an interview with ""Esquire"" magazine, Hardy revealed that he was attached to star in three more ""Mad Max"" films following ""Fury Road"". After the release of ""Fury Road"", Miller announced that he would like to make a follow-up titled ""Mad Max: The Wasteland"", which he later clarified was ""just a working title"". Miller reaffirmed his intent to continue the franchise after reports to the contrary surfaced following an interview in January 2016. The series' protagonist, Max Rockatansky, was portrayed through the first three films by Mel Gibson. Tom Hardy took over the role"
"prison riot). They are not religious zealots like in the 1991 film. However, in the book, Max is very much a violent psychopath who has no remorse for anything he does which includes, among many other despicable acts, shooting one of Sam's children with a rifle. He is determined to kill Sam ""six times"". Cady's fate in the book is being shot by Sam as he flees from their home after attacking Sam's wife. In the wee hours of the morning during a police search, his body is found in the woods behind the Bowden home. He died of excessive"
"2"" was established in 2010 by Adrian and Linda Bennett, who developed the museum after moving to Silverton and building a collection of ""Mad Max"" props and memorabilia. Mad Max 2 Mad Max 2 (originally released in the United States as The Road Warrior and sometimes known as Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior) is a 1981 Australian post-apocalyptic action film directed by George Miller. It is the second installment in the ""Mad Max"" film series, with Mel Gibson reprising his role as ""Mad"" Max Rockatansky. The film's tale of a community of settlers who moved to defend themselves against"
"Mad Max Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller, produced by Byron Kennedy, and starring Mel Gibson as ""Mad"" Max Rockatansky, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, and Roger Ward. James McCausland and Miller wrote the screenplay from a story by Miller and Kennedy. The film presents a tale of societal collapse, murder, and revenge set in a future Australia, in which an unhinged policeman becomes embroiled in a violent feud with a savage motorcycle gang. Principal photography took place in and around Melbourne, Australia, and lasted six weeks. The film initially"
"Double Indemnity (film) Double Indemnity is a 1944 film noir crime drama directed by Billy Wilder, co-written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and produced by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Sistrom. The screenplay was based on James M. Cain's 1943 novella of the same name, which originally appeared as an eight-part serial in ""Liberty"" magazine, beginning in February 1936. The film stars Fred MacMurray as an insurance salesman, Barbara Stanwyck as a provocative housewife who wishes her husband were dead, and Edward G. Robinson as a claims adjuster whose job is to find phony claims. The term ""double indemnity"" refers to"
"Double continuing his battle against Foundation X. made its theater debut on March 29, 2014. Masahiro Inoue, playing ""Kamen Rider Decade"", alongside many other lead actors of other series appear in the film, including Gaku Sano of ""Kamen Rider Gaim"", Renn Kiriyama of ""Kamen Rider W"", Kohei Murakami and Kento Handa of ""Kamen Rider 555"", Shunya Shiraishi from ""Kamen Rider Wizard"", Ryo Hayami of ""Kamen Rider X"", and Hiroshi Fujioka of the original ""Kamen Rider"". The Sentai teams' ""Ressha Sentai ToQger"" and Ryo Ryusei as Daigo Kiryu from ""Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger"" are also in the movie. Shun Sugata playing Kamen"
"Max Cole mocks boys like Les who look out for anybody but themselves. At the prison, Rudy and his inmate friend Doosy are treated inhumanely by a brutal warden, Plug. Les decides to let Rudy know where the boat is, in case it can help him escape. When he sees Rudy flee in one direction, Doosy runs the other way, but is hunted down by prison dogs and killed. Rudy vows revenge but he, too, ends up dead. Cole feels sorry for Les and offers him a job, but Les has other plans for how to spend the rest of"
"Film"" ranked him #75 in their Top 100 Movie Characters of All Time. Max Rockatansky Max Rockatansky is the title character and protagonist of the post-apocalyptic action films from the ""Mad Max"" franchise, which spans 1979 to 2015. He appears in the films ""Mad Max"", ""Mad Max 2"", ""Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome"", and """". Created by director George Miller and producer Byron Kennedy, the character was played by actor Mel Gibson in the first three films, and by Tom Hardy in the fourth. In ""Mad Max"", Max Rockatansky is a Main Force Patrol officer tasked with maintaining law and order"
"broadcast of ""Lux Radio Theater"" with MacMurray and Stanwyck. Other films inspired by the Snyder-Gray murder include ""The Postman Always Rings Twice"" (also based on a Cain novel) and ""Body Heat"" (1981). Both ""Postman"" and ""Double Indemnity"" were remade: ""Double Indemnity"" was a telemovie in 1973 starring Richard Crenna (who also starred in ""Body Heat""), Lee J. Cobb, and Samantha Eggar; and is included on a bonus disc in the American DVD release of the original film. The ""Postman Rings"" remake was a 1981 theatrical release directed by Bob Rafelson and starring Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange. An Indian film,"
"television films, and animated films. Gibson got his breakthrough role as the leather-clad post-apocalyptic survivor in George Miller's ""Mad Max"". The independently financed blockbuster helped to make him an international star. In the United States, the actors' Australian accents were dubbed with American accents. The original film spawned two sequels: ""Mad Max 2"" (known in North America as ""The Road Warrior""), and ""Mad Max 3"" (known in North America as ""Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome""). A fourth movie, """" (2015), was made with Tom Hardy in the title role. The 1981 Peter Weir film ""Gallipoli"" is about a group of young"
"power and retaliation"". Paul Arendt of the BBC said, ""Viewed on its own trashy terms, it succeeds brilliantly"". A Video game featuring Xander Cage was produced for Game Boy Advance, released in North America and Europe in 2002. XXX (film series) XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced as Triple X) is an American action film series created by Rich Wilkes. It stars Vin Diesel and Ice Cube and consists of three films: ""xXx"" (2002), """" (2005) and """" (2017), and a short film: ""The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage"". The series has grossed $656 million worldwide. The film"
"followed by ""Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome"" in 1985 and """" in 2015. Traumatised by the death of his family, Max Rockatansky roams the desert wilderness of a post-apocalyptic Australia in a scarred, black supercharged V-8 Pursuit Special. Scavenging for food and petrol, Max's only companions are an Australian Cattle Dog and a sawed-off shotgun with scarce ammunition. After driving off a gang led by the unhinged biker warrior Wez, and taking petrol from one of their wrecked vehicles, Max finds a nearby gyrocopter and decides to collect its fuel. The gyrocopter is boobytrapped, but Max overpowers the pilot hiding nearby,"
"""Rise of the Planet of the Apes"". Other notable parodies are those of ""The Cabin in the Woods"", ""Evil Dead"", ""Fifty Shades of Grey"", ""Inception"", ""Sinister"", and Madea. Scary Movie (film series) Scary Movie is a series of American horror comedy parody films created by Keenen Ivory Wayans with his younger brothers, Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans, that mainly specialize in parodying horror films, which have collectively grossed over $895 million at the box-office worldwide. The two main recurring actors of the first four installments were Anna Faris and Regina Hall as Cindy Campbell and Brenda Meeks, joined by new"
"Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (also known as Mad Max 3) is a 1985 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie, distributed by Warner Bros., and written by Miller and Terry Hayes. In this sequel to ""Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior"", Max (Mel Gibson) is exiled into the desert by the corrupt ruler of Bartertown, Aunty Entity (Tina Turner), and there encounters an isolated cargo cult centered on a crashed Boeing 747 and its deceased captain. The film is the third installment in the ""Mad Max"" film series and the last with"
"cameo – use them."" Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge (also known as Tekken: A Man Called X) is a 2014 American martial arts film directed by Wych Kaos. It is the prequel to the 2009 film ""Tekken"", itself based on the fighting game series of the same name. The film stars Kane Kosugi, Rade Šerbedžija, and Kelly Wenham. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Gary Daniels reprise their roles as Heihachi Mishima and Bryan Fury, respectively. A man with no recollection of his past wakes up in an apartment in a district outside Tekken City before he is chased by"