Well 2010 is almost over and it’s time for my obligatory Top Ten of the year. As with last year I’ll be compiling two movie Top 10’s – one cinematic releases and one direct to DVD list. Why? Well the majority of movie sites and blogs give credence to all the big releases of the year but, as I try to do all year, I want to highlight some films which you might have missed that you really should hunt down and watch.
This list is completely subjective, and you may not agree with any or all of my choices or the order in which they appear. Either way I’d love to read your thoughts on my choices good or bad, so don’t forget to leave a comment. Anyway, onto the list:
10) Hunt to Kill
Jim Rhodes (“Stone Cold” Steve Austin) is one bad ass Border Patrol Agent.
This list is completely subjective, and you may not agree with any or all of my choices or the order in which they appear. Either way I’d love to read your thoughts on my choices good or bad, so don’t forget to leave a comment. Anyway, onto the list:
10) Hunt to Kill
Jim Rhodes (“Stone Cold” Steve Austin) is one bad ass Border Patrol Agent.
- 12/29/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Echelon Conspiracy
Stars: Shane West, Edward Burns, Ving Rhames, Martin Sheen, Jonathan Pryce, Tamara Feldman, Sergey Gubanov | Written by Michael Nitsberg, Kevin Elders | Directed by Greg Marcks
Max Peterson (West) is an It security consultant who travels the world installing security systems for companies who need their secrets secret and their information secure. However on his latest job he receives an anonymous gift – a top of the range mobile phone. But this is no oridinary phone, Max soon starts receiving text messages that enable him to win a fortune in the casinos of Prague. However his good fortune soon has him under the watchful eye of casino security, the FBI and a group of mysterious hit men. Realising that everything may not be as it seems, Max must figure out who is sending him the mysterious messages. What he doesn’t realise is that he is part of a huge...
Stars: Shane West, Edward Burns, Ving Rhames, Martin Sheen, Jonathan Pryce, Tamara Feldman, Sergey Gubanov | Written by Michael Nitsberg, Kevin Elders | Directed by Greg Marcks
Max Peterson (West) is an It security consultant who travels the world installing security systems for companies who need their secrets secret and their information secure. However on his latest job he receives an anonymous gift – a top of the range mobile phone. But this is no oridinary phone, Max soon starts receiving text messages that enable him to win a fortune in the casinos of Prague. However his good fortune soon has him under the watchful eye of casino security, the FBI and a group of mysterious hit men. Realising that everything may not be as it seems, Max must figure out who is sending him the mysterious messages. What he doesn’t realise is that he is part of a huge...
- 10/3/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
There.s a conspiracy alright. It.s that Eagle Eye has been remade. The irony of irony is that there.s a trailer for that film on this DVD of Echelon Conspiracy - which may lead you to a sense of déjà vu. Max Peterson (Shane West) is a computer security analyst who gets a cell phone delivered to him. He.s given moneymaking and life saving tips from the anonymously delivered phone. Winning big at a casino puts him in the sites of security officer John Reed (Ed Burns) and he.s being trailed by FBI Dave Grant (Ving Rhames). He begins to uncover a conspiracy that will lead him all the way to the United States head of security Raymond Burke...
- 8/4/2009
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
With its thunder somewhat stolen by Steven Spielberg and Co’s similarly plotted, infinitely superior techie romp Eagle Eye, this poor budget, poorly imagined cousin found its wide release slashed to a handful of theaters on its way to what is sure to be a long and productive shelf life as a staple of the Wal*Mart $5 bin. Billed as a “tech-charged conspiracy thriller” Echelon Conspiracy skirts dangerously close to violating the Trades Descriptions Act, as the closest this colossal borefest will take you to the edge of your seat is if you happen to slide off it having nodded off.
Echelon Conspiracy finds It security consultant Max Peterson (Shane West of ER fame) inexplicably embroiled in a global conspiracy via a series of mysterious and prophetic text messages from an anonymous sender. From Bangkok, to Prague to Washington D.C Peterson becomes a pawn of Martin Sheen’s shady...
Echelon Conspiracy finds It security consultant Max Peterson (Shane West of ER fame) inexplicably embroiled in a global conspiracy via a series of mysterious and prophetic text messages from an anonymous sender. From Bangkok, to Prague to Washington D.C Peterson becomes a pawn of Martin Sheen’s shady...
- 7/25/2009
- by Neil Pedley
- JustPressPlay.net
The key to a good thriller is in the premise. Of course you need many other components, such as good acting and filming techniques to create suspense; but to make a truly good thriller, what you really need is the premise. You can’t make a thriller out of something that isn’t in anyway thrilling. It’s like making a movie about a hamster running around on its wheel. That thing keeps on going in circles unless that little rodent slips and goes flying. Will he fly off? Will he fly off? No, he won’t. The wheel is generally pretty manageable for the furry guy. Obviously, that’s not very thrilling at all.
Echelon Conspiracy starts out very thrilling. In its early stages, you don’t quite know the premise yet and this is why it's intriguing. Max Peterson (Shane West) is in Thailand for work, when he...
Echelon Conspiracy starts out very thrilling. In its early stages, you don’t quite know the premise yet and this is why it's intriguing. Max Peterson (Shane West) is in Thailand for work, when he...
- 7/22/2009
- by Erin Burris
- JustPressPlay.net
See clips from the Paramount Home Entertainment-distributed "Echelon Conspiracy," starring Starring Shane West, Edward Burns, Ving Rhames, Jonathan Pryce, Tamara Feldman and Martin Sheen. Greg Marcks helms from the writing by Kevin Elders and Michael Nitsberg. The film was produced by Alexander Leyviman, Steve Richards and Roee Sharon. When Max Peterson (Shane West) receives a series of mysterious cell phone messages that promise him untold wealth, he soon finds himself the victim of a deadly international plot. Chased by a lethal team of government operatives...
- 7/14/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Greg Marcks' action thriller "Echelon Conspiracy" has just got itself a full-length trailer. Teasing more of the film's plot as well as the actions than the previously released teaser, the trailer opens with surveillance footage of a woman standing in a subway platform. The footage then moves on suggesting that the woman is about to get hit by a fast moving train.
Following an explanation that every phone call, text message and even e-mail is being monitored, recorded and analyzed, the trailer continues to show that young engineer named Max Peterson received a state of the art cellular phone which can't be tracked down. Unaware that the phone is used for dangerous purposes, he follows the instruction sent to the phone via text message and soon finds himself fighting for his life.
Coming from Greg Marcks, the director of 2003 indie film "11:14", "Echelon Conspiracy" was formerly titled "The Gift...
Following an explanation that every phone call, text message and even e-mail is being monitored, recorded and analyzed, the trailer continues to show that young engineer named Max Peterson received a state of the art cellular phone which can't be tracked down. Unaware that the phone is used for dangerous purposes, he follows the instruction sent to the phone via text message and soon finds himself fighting for his life.
Coming from Greg Marcks, the director of 2003 indie film "11:14", "Echelon Conspiracy" was formerly titled "The Gift...
- 1/30/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
When every phone call, text message and even e-mail is being monitored, recorded and analyzed, there is one device which could escape all of that and Max Peterson gets his hands on it, allowing him to get what ever he wants. But, there is a catch, everyone wants it. Being guided by the device, he now has to fight to keep it from others.
Nearly half a minute long, the newly released teaser trailer of "Echelon Conspiracy" displays what the device is capable to do. It also shows how Peterson played by "A Walk to Remember" actor Shane West gets entangled on the conspiracy drama upon receiving a package wherein lies the sophisticated device.
Coming from Greg Marcks, the director of 2003 indie film "11:14", this action thriller stars Shane West alongside Edward Burns, Ving Rhames, Martin Sheen and others. After Dark Entertainment and Dark Castle Films have set the movie...
Nearly half a minute long, the newly released teaser trailer of "Echelon Conspiracy" displays what the device is capable to do. It also shows how Peterson played by "A Walk to Remember" actor Shane West gets entangled on the conspiracy drama upon receiving a package wherein lies the sophisticated device.
Coming from Greg Marcks, the director of 2003 indie film "11:14", this action thriller stars Shane West alongside Edward Burns, Ving Rhames, Martin Sheen and others. After Dark Entertainment and Dark Castle Films have set the movie...
- 12/18/2008
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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