Cinemax Asia Synopses - Month of May 2009
THE 10 MILLION DOLLAR GETAWAY
The true story of the 1978 heist of a Lufthansa Airlines cargo in New York’s Kennedy Airport in which 10 million dollars was stolen.
Starring: John Mahoney, Karen Young, Tony Lobianco
THE 51ST STATE
Elmo McElroy, an American master chemist, heads to England in the hopes of scoring it big with a new drug he calls “The 51st State.” But things don’t go as planned, and Elmo soon gets stuck in Liverpool dodging assassins and sidestepping skinheads. He is then forced to form an unlikely partnership with small-time hood Felix DeSouza, so as to complete his $20 million drug deal before anyone can kill him off.
Starring: Samuel Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Meatloaf
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Cinemax Asia Synopses - Month of May 2009
3:10 TO YUMA
In this Western classic, a family man and small-time rancher Dan Evans takes the job of escorting murderer Ben Wade to a train bound for prison. Wade doesn’t plan on giving up without a fight and soon the duo engages in a battle of wills while the killer’s gang tries to stop him from reaching the prison.
Starring: Van Heflin, Glenn Ford
ALL THE KING’S MEN
Based on Robert Penn Warren’s 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, All The King’s Men tells the story of a man’s rise to power in Louisiana’s world of politics. Willie Stark is elected as a governor with the support of the lower social classes. But when Judge Irwin supports a group of Stark’s enemies pushing for impeachment, Stark plays dirty to bring down the judge and ends up setting up his own ultimate downfall.
Starring: Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Sean Penn
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