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Mario Van Peebles has 10 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Cliffhanger
1993
Action · Adventure
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
Dir. Mario Van Peebles · With Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne
Hiding out with his son Taylor on the Mexican coast, Nero hopes to put his violent Special Forces career behind him. But after Nero’s home is attacked and Taylor is abducted, the mysterious Mzamo orders Nero to slaughter the members of three rival crime syndicates. If he fails, Taylor will die. Now, with bullets flying and bodies dropping as Nero completes his mission, he races to find Mzamo’s hideout and seek revenge.
Dir. Isaac Florentine · With Scott Adkins, Mario Van Peebles, Matthew Garbacz
as Henry Jones
After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.
Dir. Yves Simoneau · With Michael Madsen, Ron Livingston, Ray Baker
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.
Dir. Clint Eastwood · With Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Everett McGill
A girl from New York attends a college in Atlanta to join their once-famous marching band.
Dir. Bille Woodruff · With Alexandra Shipp, Leonard Roberts, Jordan Calloway
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.
Dir. Michael Mann · With Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight
The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and relentless shark attacks.
Dir. Mario Van Peebles · With Nicolas Cage, Tom Sizemore, Matt Lanter
as The Young Sweetback
After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.
Dir. Melvin Van Peebles · With Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Mario Van Peebles
After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England's Amity Island and moves to the Caribbean to join her son, Michael, and his family. But a great white shark has followed her there, hungry for more lives.
Dir. Joseph Sargent · With Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles
Deceived that he had won the Prize, Connor MacLeod wanders through the world; however, he is awakened from his peaceful life when an entombed immortal magician, Kane, escapes and comes seeking the Highlander.
Dir. Andrew Morahan · With Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles, Deborah Kara Unger
