Jan de Bont

Jan de Bont

5 movies reviewed by Now Playing Podcast

Jan de Bont directed 5 movies reviewed by Now Playing Podcast and has been discussed in Speed, The Haunting, Tomb Raider and others retrospective series. See all Series with movies directed by Jan de Bont →

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Speed 2: Cruise Control

My Heart Will Go On (but my franchise won’t)

Reviewed Jul 9, 2024
A disgruntled former employee hijacks the Seabourn Legend cruise liner. Set on a fixed course, without any means of communication and at the mercy of the hijacker, it's up to the one cop on vacation, and his soon to be fiancé (hopefully) Annie, to regain control of it before it kills the passengers and causes an environmental disaster. Insurmountable and daunting tasks await them on their perilous journey throughout the ship trying to fend off the hijacker and save the passengers. Genres: Action, Thriller

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life

Usually in video games you get three lives...Jolie only g...

Reviewed Mar 13, 2018
Off the coast of the volcanic island of Santorini, the intrepid archaeologist Lara Croft makes the unexpected discovery of a pulsating golden orb able to guide its holder to the mythical Pandora's Box. As the legendary artifact contains ancient mysteries of unfathomable power - said to contain one of the deadliest plagues on Earth, Lara is tasked by MI6 to make sure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands. With the aid of former Marine turned mercenary Terry Sheridan, she travels the world in pursuit of the precious item in a race against time; she must beat the unscrupulous Nobel Prize-winning scientist turned bioterrorist, Jonathan Reiss, to it. Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy