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Michael Madsen
portrait Date of Birth: Sep 25, 1958
Nationality: American
Biography: Madsen began his film career as a small role in the film WarGames. He made various other appearances in films before being casted as Mr. Blonde in Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. The film brought Madsen attention among critics and fans. Subsequently, Madsen was cast in a variety of major studio films, including Free Willy, Donnie Brasco, Kill Bill, and Sin City. He is well known for his generosity and kindness. In 2002, he was presented an award for his work with the Shriners Hospital For Children
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Green Lantern: First Flight (2009)
Summary: Test pilot Hal Jordan finds himself recruited as the newest member of the intergalactic police force, The Green Lantern Corps.
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You Might as Well Live (2009)
Summary: Upon the advice of his childhood hero, Robert R. Mutt embarks on a madcap adventure to attain the three keys to being a "somebody" - a girl, some money and a championship ring.
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Bleeding, The (2009)
Summary: Surrounded by carnage, slaughter, brutal crashes and total mayhem, Shawn Black is in a race to save the world from pure evil. (imdb)
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Lost in the Woods (2009)
Summary: Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the forest! (tagline)
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Portal, The (2009)
Summary: April Meddows, is a medical investigator, working for the state communicable disease unit CDC. Her current investigation is in what at first is believed to be a very dangerous case of raging and gory hemorrhagic fever assumed to be E-bola. But when the dead man turns out to have no signs of any illness in any of their tests, the mystery deepens.
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Hell Ride (2008)
Summary: The story deals with the characters Pistolero, the Gent and Comanche and the deadly, unfinished business among them.
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Vice (2008)
Summary: Detective Max Walker (Madsen) was once a highly respected cop until he lost his wife and his life unraveled. Haunted by her memory and harboring his rage, Walker has nothing left to lose. He is a loose cannon waiting for an excuse to explode. (firstshowing.net)
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Last Hour (2008)
Summary: a group of people are summand to a mansion in the middle of nowhere with the promise of wealth
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Visiting Uwe (2008)
Summary: Fabian Hübner (avant*garde) is visiting film director Uwe Boll (BloodRayne). During the 50-minutes- documentary he gets a guided tour of the house and talks with Boll about Arthouse and Trash movies as well as the controversy surrounding his person. "Visiting Uwe - The Uwe Boll Homestory" gives the viewer a special insight into the private life of the German born director and addresses topics, which one wouldn't normally link to Uwe Boll. (imdb)
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House (2008)
Summary: When their car leaves them stranded on the side of a rural road, Jack and Stephanie Singleton seek refuge in an old bed-and-breakfast where they find another couple in the same situation. Soon, the four discover that the creepy owners of this old house know more about them than they should. Slowly, their darkest secrets and deepest fears begin to unfold around them. They try to escape, but a madman waits for them outside; he forces them back into the house and into his game. They have until dawn to give him one dead body. (Namesake Entertainment)
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Lost Treasure of the Maya (2008)
Summary: A woman sets out to find her kidnapped archaeologist sister
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Croc (2007)
Summary: A large man-eating crocodile terrorizes tourists and locals near Krabi, in Thailand. Michael Madsen plays a hunter stalking the immense reptile, while sub-plots include a rivalry between a foreigner, who owns a crocodile-farm, and a Thai man who plays a part in framing the foreigner for the crocodile's rampage. (imdb)
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Boarding Gate (2007)
Summary: Miles Rennberg is paid a surprise visit at his Paris office by Sandra. Taunting him, she dissects their prior relationship - a web of masochism, money, manipulation and dependency, pimping her out to dangerous clients for ambiguous reasons. She tells him of her desire to raise enough money to invest in a Beijing nightclub. Miles encourages her to visit him at his apartment. Sandra leaves for her job at an import business, run by a young married couple: Lester and Sue Wong.
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Living & Dying (2007)
Summary: Two killers turn the tables on a trio of robbers when they find themselves in a hostage situation. Surrounded by the police, the robbers must become the heroes before the killers execute everyone. (imdb)
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Tooth & Nail (2007)
Summary: A group of people in a post-apocalyptic world fight to survive against a band of vicious cannibals. (imdb)
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Canes (2006)
Summary: David Goodman is on the pick of his career as a PR executive when he suddenly loses his chance for a big promotion and, unfortunately, his sight at a street attack. Soon after a message is left on his answering machine about a doctor, named Guillermo List, who can help David to regain his eyesight and get his career back on track with only price... his soul. (imdb)
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Ultimate Killing Machine, The (2006)
Summary: Waylon and Buddy decide to join the army as it appears to be their best option. But when they realize that they are part of a group that have been thrown into a medical experiment facility with a doctor who plans on turning them into ultimate killing machines, they must fight to destroy his other creations and save themselves. (imdb)
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Scary Movie 4 (2006)
Summary: What do you get when you mix fearless comedic genius with the latest box-office blockbusters? You guessed it. The Scary Movie gang is back with the most hilarious and irreverent installment yet. (The Weinstein Company)
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All In (2006)
Summary: Six medical students with unique talents pool their resources to win the World Series of Poker.
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BloodRayne (2006)
Summary: BloodRayne takes you to another place and time to experience a world where good and evil battle it out -- with mankind as the very prize. (Romar Entertainment)
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Hoboken Hollow (2005)
Summary: Based on true stories of kidnapping, rape, murder and torture in Texas and beyond, Hoboken Hollow tells the dark story of a modern-day slave-ranch operating in the remote Texas Hill Country. (Pumpjack Entertainment)
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Chasing Ghosts (2005)
Summary: Detective Kevin Harrison, a weathered cop on his way out, is training his replacement when a string of brutal murders takes over his attention. At first, the crimes seem random, but polaroids found at the crime scenes link them together and also connect somehow to the skeletons in Harrison's closet.
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Sin City (2005)
Summary: Four tales of crime focusing around a muscular brute who's looking for the person responsible for the death of his beloved Goldie; a man fed up with Sin City's corrupt law enforcement who takes the law into his own hands after a horrible mistake; a cop who risks his life to protect a girl from a deformed pedophile; and a hitman looking to make a little cash.
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Frankenstein (2004)
Summary: Detective Carson O'Conner (Parker Poisey) and her partner Detective Michael Sloane (Adam Goldberg) are investigating murders of a serial-killer that mutilates and removes the internal organs of the victims. When they meet the mysterious and macabre Deucalion (Vincent Perez), they are informed that Dr. Frankenstein is alive with a legion of followers, using the name of Dr. Victor Helios (Thomas Kretschmann). (imdb)
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Blueberry (2004)
Summary: In the 1870's, U.S Marshal Mike S. Blueberry tries to stop Wally Blount, the man who killed his girlfriend, from getting to a stockpile of gold hidden in Indian territory. On his way, he meets Prosit, a German villain on a persistent mission to find gold in the Superstition Mountains. (imdb)
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Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
Summary: An epic tale of one woman's quest for justice.
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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
Summary: Spattered with blood and controversy, Sam Peckinpah's Westerns revolutionized their genre. SAM PECKINPAH'S WEST: LEGACY OF A HOLLYWOOD RENEGADE goes in search of the man behind these legendary films. (imdb)
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My Boss's Daughter (2003)
Summary: An outrageous, fast-and-rowdy romantic comedy about a young man (Kutcher) whose quest for the girl of his dreams (Reid) is interrupted by a constant flow of calamities. One by one, a barrage of wild and crazy visitors take over the house he's supposed to be watching and turn it upside-down, as well as inside out. (Dimension Films)
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44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003)
Summary: After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes. (imdb)
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Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
Summary: An epic tale of one woman's quest for justice.
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Vampires Anonymous (2003)
Summary: A vampire trying to get away from his "eating habits", joins a 12-step program. (imdb)
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Die Another Day (2002)
Summary: James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul who is funding the development of an international space weapon.
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Ghost, The (2001)
Summary: A feared Chinese Tong soldier goes undercover in America as an Asian Internet bride. (imdb)
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Luck of the Draw (2000)
Summary: Hoping to be dealt a new hand in life, ex-con Jack Sweeney (James Marshall) tries to go straight -- till he chances upon a robbery that leaves him in possession of counterfeiting plates worth millions. Sweeney turns to his former partner in crime (Michael Madsen) to help make a quick profit, but it doesn't take long to discover the bloody cost of Sweeney's plan.
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Stray, The (2000)
Summary: After a drifter is struck by a car the driver offers to take him back from the hospital to her home in order to nurse him back to health...which turns out to be one of the biggest mistakes of her life. (imdb)
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High Noon (2000)
Summary: Remake of High Noon (1952) made from TV.
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Price of Air, The (2000)
Summary: No Summary Available
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Supreme Sanction (1999)
Summary: An assassin for the U.S. government becomes the next target of her employers when she spares the life of a nationally known TV reporter. (imdb)
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Florentine, The (1999)
Summary: The bar in an old Pennsylvania steel town, housed with many of life's losers and disillusioned men, is the main setting for this slice-of-life film. Michael Madsen is the bar owner, who is deep in debt to the town's book-maker and loan shark Burt Young. Chris Penn is one of the bar's main inhabitants as he hides from his failing marriage to Mary Stuart Masterson... (imdb)
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Rough Draft (1998)
Summary: A struggling freelance writer, while investigating the transvestite night life, stumbles across a serial killer in action. (imdb)
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Fait Accompli (1998)
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Species II (1998)
Summary: A trio of American astronauts becomes instant heroes as they plant the Stars and Stripes on Mars before beginning the voyage home. But back on their ship, something else has set its sights on Earth...something whose relatives have already paid us a visit. (MGM)
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Flat Out (1998)
Summary: A traffic accident paralyzes professional road racer Shawn Powell from the chest down, ending his promising racing career. Then, inspired by the safety wheel on a child's toy motorcycle, he realizes he might be able to ride again if he can build landing gear to hold up his motorcycle when he stops. If this wasn't a true story, you wouldn't beleive it! (amazon.com)
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Executive Target (1997)
Summary: A stunt driver (Michael Madsen) heading for prison on a minor charge is freed against his will by a terrorist gang. Then by kidnapping his wife, he is forced to drive a getaway car in a plot to kidnap the President from a motorcade. (imdb)
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Donnie Brasco (1997)
Summary: A gangland thriller about an undercover FBI agent who befriends a hitman to gain entry to the mob.
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Mulholland Falls (1996)
Summary: In 1950's Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman. (imdb)
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Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)
Summary: Two years ago the boy Jesse helped the whale Willy to jump into freedom. Jesse enjoys the life with his adoptive parents, when his half-brother Elvis arrives because the dead of their mother. During a holiday trip Jesse meets Willy again, as well as his indian friend Randolph. (imdb)
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Species (1995)
Summary: A group of four specialists are given the task of tracking down Sil.
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Man with a Gun (1995)
Summary: Based on Hugh C. Rae's novel The Shroud Society, this taut thriller from director David Wyles centers on John Hardin (Michael Madsen), a mob hit man ordered to bump off his boss's conniving wife, Rena (Jennifer Tilly). Problem is, she also happens to be John's secret lover -- but when Rena proposes that he ice her twin sister instead, he faces a crisis of conscience.
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Getaway, The (1994)
Summary: Doc McCoy is put in prison because his partners chickened out and flew off without him after exchanging a prisoner with a lot of money... (imdb)
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Money for Nothing (1993)
Summary: When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run.
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Free Willy (1993)
Summary: When a boy learns that a young orca whale is to be killed by the aquarium owners, the boy risks everything to free the whale.
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Beyond the Law (1992)
Summary: Dan Saxon is an undercover cop who infiltrates a biker gang to nail the scum behind a drug-smuggling operation. In order to maintain the trust of the gang's leader, he must commit ever more dangerous and heinous crimes. Just how far 'beyond the law' will Saxon go? (imdb)
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Straight Talk (1992)
Summary: A woman ditches her small town life for big city Chicago, where she becomes a sensation as a radio show host. (imdb)
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Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Summary: Six unacquainted professional criminals are brought together by a veteran thief to execute an intricately planned diamond robbery.
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Almost Blue (1992)
Summary: The young jazz saxophonist Morris Poole is at the height of his career. When his wife dies he is almost overcome by grief and blames himself. When after a while he finds a new love, he ends up in a situation that reminds him of his wife's mysterious death. (imdb)
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Doors, The (1991)
Summary: The story of the famous and influential 1960's rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison (imdb)
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Thelma & Louise (1991)
Summary: Louise is working in a fast food restaurant as a waitress and has some problems with her friend Jimmy, who, as a musician, is always on the road. Thelma is married to Darryl who likes his wife to stay quiet in the kitchen so that he can watch football on TV. One day they decide to break out of their normal life and jump in the car and hit the road. Their journey, however, turns into a flight when Louise kills a man who threatens to rape Thelma. They decide to go to Mexico, but soon they are hunted by American police. (imdb)
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Kill Me Again (1989)
Summary: Fay Forrester, an attractive young lady wants to escape from her violent and jealous boyfriend Vince. So she hires Jack Andrews, a second class private investigator to arrange her death. She wants to restart her life with a new identity and the money she robbed together with Vince. Because of Jack's financial problems he joins Fay after her fake death. Unfortunately Vince finds out that Fay's still alive. The hunt for Jack, Fay and the money begins... (imdb)
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Iguana (1988)
Summary: A disfigured and abused harpooner calling himself Iguana takes control of a small island and several hostages after escaping from his cruel crewmates.
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Killing Time, The (1987)
Summary: A psycho murders a man who was on his way to a job as a deputy sheriff in a small California coastal town... (imdb)
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Natural, The (1984)
Summary: An overage baseball player comes out of seemingly nowhere to become a legendary player with almost divine talent. (imdb)
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WarGames (1983)
Summary: A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III. (imdb)
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