Movies with Mario Van Peebles

We the Party

Genres: Comedy

Starring: Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Michael Jai White, Moises Arias, Mario Van Peebles, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, B.K. Cannon, Mandela Van Peebles

Directors: Mario Van Peebles

Country: USA

Year: 2012

In Los Angeles, five high-school friends deal with romance, money, prom, college, sex, bullies, Facebook, fitting in, standing out, and finding themselves.

 

Multiple Sarcasms

Genres: Drama

Starring: Mira Sorvino, Timothy Hutton, Laila Robins, Mario Van Peebles, Dana Delany, Stockard Channing, India Ennenga

Directors: Brooks Branch

Country: USA

Year: 2010

Available Quality: DivX, DVD, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

Gabriel is a man who on the surface has it all-successful professional life as an architect, a beautiful wife, Annie, and a devoted young daughter, Elizabeth. But slowly it dawns on him that he is not really happy. Gabriel decides that he wants to write a play about the sorry state of his life. He quits his job, gets a pushy literary agent friend to represent him and starts writing. Although his marriage ends in a divorce, the play is success and although his life is different than it was, he is happier.

 

Posse

Genres: Western

Starring: Blair Underwood, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Isaac Hayes, Pam Grier, Stephen Baldwin, Billy Zane, Richard Jordan

Directors: Mario Van Peebles

Country: USA, UK

Year: 1993

Available Quality: Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for the men who lynched his father.

 

Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright

Genres: Crime, Drama

Starring: Luke Goss, Andy Garcia, Gina Gershon, Raymond J. Barry, Gary Daniels, Bokeem Woodbine, Danny Pino

Directors: R. Ellis Frazier

Country: USA

Year: 2010

Available Quality: DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

The story centers on Charlie, a Los Angeles billionaire financial whiz who goes into self-imposed exile in Tijuana after his empire is revealed to have been a Ponzi scheme. While looking for the woman he abandoned there 25 years before, Charlie is pursued by a Mexican gangster, a federal agent and thugs sent by a former client looking to retrieve his money.

 

Ali

Genres: Drama, Sport, Biography

Starring: Will Smith, Paul Rodriguez, Mykelti Williamson, Bruce McGill, Jeffrey Wright, Jon Voight, Giancarlo Esposito

Directors: Michael Mann

Country: USA

Year: 2001

Available Quality: DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def

In 1964, a brash new pro boxer, fresh from his olympic gold medal victory, explodes on to the scene, Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African American's in sport with his proud public self confidence with his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. To his credit, he sets out to prove that with his highly agile and forceful style soon making him a formidable boxer who soon claims the heavyweight championship. His personal life is no less noteworthy with his allegiance to the Nation of Islam, his friendship with the controversial Malcolm X and his abandonment of his slave name in favour ...

 

Highlander III: The Sorcerer aka Highlander 3: The Final Conflict

Genres: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Starring: Christopher Lambert, Mako, Deborah Kara Unger, Mario Van Peebles, Raoul Trujillo, Darcy Laurie, Michael Jayston

Directors: Andrew Morahan

Country: UK, Canada, France

Year: 1994

The third Highlander movie takes place at 1994, which means it's a prequel of the second film. After the death of his beloved wife Heather some centuries ago, Connor MacLeod left the highlands of Scotland and wandered around the world. Finally, he got to Japan, where he met the famous sorcerer Nakano, who was an Immortal too. Soon, they became friends, and Nakano taught Conor some tricks. But one day, an old enemy, Kane, came to Japan willing to find Nakano's cave and kill him. Although he succeeded, after cutting Nakano's head the mountain collapsed and Kane was trapped. Now, centuries after, an excavation reveals Nakano's cave...

 

Jaws 4 aka Jaws: The Revenge

Genres: Thriller, Horror

Starring: Michael Caine, Karen Young, Mario Van Peebles, Lorraine Gary, Jay Mello, Lynn Whitfield, Judith Barsi

Directors: Joseph Sargent

Country: USA

Year: 1987

Ellen Brody still lives in the island resort town of Amity, and her sons Sean and Michael don't work at Sea World anymore, and some time ago, Ellen's husband Martin Brody died of a heart attack that happened because he was afraid of sharks. Sean is now a deputy in Amity. One night, during the Christmas season, Sean is called to untangle a log from a buoy, and when Sean goes to the buoy, he's killed by a great white shark. After hearing about this, Michael, who is studying to be a marine biologist, visits Amity with his wife Carla and his 5-year-old daughter Thea. Wanting to get away from Amity and spend Christmas with Michael, Carla, and Thea...

 

Heartbreak Ridge

Genres: Action, Comedy, War

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Moses Gunn, Boyd Gaines, Everett McGill, Eileen Heckart, Bo Svenson

Directors: Clint Eastwood

Country: USA

Year: 1986

Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def

Marine Gunnery Sergeant Tom Highway has been in the Corps since the Korean War and would like to see some action and a victory before he retires. He requests to be transfered to the unit that he was once busted out of. Upon arriving the commanding officer knows of Highway's reputation, especially of his lack of respect for his superiors, warns him that he is going to keep an eye on him. Highway's assigned to train a recon unit which consists mostly of deadbeats. But Highway's determined to turn them into true marines and they are not exactly pleased with him, at first. And he is also trying to reconnect with his ex-wife.

 

Solo

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi

Starring: William Sadler, Adrien Brody, Barry Corbin, Mario Van Peebles, Abraham Verduzco, Jaime Gomez, Christopher Michael

Directors: Norberto Barba

Country: USA, Mexico

Year: 1996

Mario Van Peebles stars as an android killing weapon designed by the military and utilized to enter into a Latin American war to destroy the rebels - natives fighting simply to maintain their freedom. Contrary to his programming, he develops an affinity for the villagers and decides to help them fight back. This lets his creators bring him back and ultimately leads to one of them being given more powerful circuitry to defeat him.

 

Full Eclipse

Genres: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi

Starring: Patsy Kensit, Dean Norris, Mel Winkler, Anthony John Denison, Paula Marshall, Bruce Payne, Willie C. Carpenter

Directors: Anthony Hickox

Country: USA

Year: 1993

The LA police department have a special team of officers with a talent for reducing big-time crime. The team leader has an excellent track record for crime reduction in other big cities, but his methods are unconventional, and so is he - he's a warewolf.

 

New Jack City

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama

Starring: Bill Nunn, Wesley Snipes, Chris Rock, Anthony DeSando, Michael Michele, Russell Wong, Ice-T

Directors: Mario Van Peebles

Country: USA

Year: 1991

In 1989, Nino Brown, a small time drug dealer, is convinced by one of his fellow thugs that the wave of the future is in the cocaine derivative, crack. Brown sees potential in crack and sets out to establish himself as chief kingpin by killing off his rivals and even going as far as to take over a whole apartment complex. Out to stop him are undercover cops Scottie Appleton and Nick Paretti. Appleton especially wants to get Nino because of the fact that he murdered Scottie's mother as part of a gang initiation. Also involved is Pookie, a former crack head who wants to bring down Nino as well.

 

Carlito's Way: Rise to Power

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Starring: Michael Kelly, Giancarlo Esposito, Jay Hernandez, Burt Young, Mario Van Peebles, Jaime Tirelli, Domenick Lombardozzi

Directors: Michael Bregman

Country: USA

Year: 2005

Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def

In the 60's, the Puerto Rican Carlito Brigante, the Afro-American Earl and the Italian Rocco become best friends while in prison. When they are released, Rocco intermediates a heroin business with a family of the Italian Mafia leaded by Artie Badalato Sr. Carlito negotiates with the lord Leroy "Hollywood Nicky" Barnes the area where the trio could operate in his neighborhood and sooner the three friends become powerful. Later, Carlito dates and has an affair with the beautiful Leticia. When Earl decides to move to Barbados with his girlfriend and leave the heroin business, his stupid younger brother causes a situation with the Italian mobster...

 

Hard Luck

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama

Starring: Wesley Snipes, Tom Kemp, Kevin Chapman, Aubrey Dollar, Mario Van Peebles, Cybill Shepherd, Noah Fleiss

Directors: Mario Van Peebles

Country: USA

Year: 2006

Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer (Snipes) tries to go straight, but comes across a stash of stolen drugs. Meanwhile, a middle-aged suburban housewife (Shepherd) hides a sadistic and vicious streak.

 

Sharpshooter

Genres: Action

Starring: Bruce Boxleitner, James Remar, Kaine Bennett Charleston, Mario Van Peebles, Jon Braver, McKinley Freeman, Nick Hermz

Directors: Armand Mastroianni

Country: USA

Year: 2007

An assassin working for the CIA decides to take one final job before quiting only to find out that he is the target of his CIA boss.