Enter The Dragon
Release Date:10 & 12 September 2010
Rating:R16
Lee, a Shaolin martial artist possessing great insight into martial arts as well as physical prowess, is invited to a mysterious island tournament by a man named Han. When Lee is contacted by British officer Braithwaite, he learns that Han is suspected of drug trafficking and prostitution and because part of the island is beyond international jurisdiction formal investigations have been unable to take place. Lee is ideal for an undercover investigation due to his martial arts expertise as weapons are prohibited on the island. Lee accepts Han’s tournament invitation and travels to the island where he meets not only Han but O’Hara, Han’s henchman responsible for the death of Lee’s sister, and two of the other competitors in the tournament: Roper, on the run from the mafia, and Williams, who was harassed by racist cops before he was forced to steal their car to escape. All in the deadly tournament soon find themselves at the mercy of Han and his martial arts-trained army in a struggle for survival.
The 1973 Enter the Dragon was the first American-produced martial arts film and it starred kung fu legend Bruce Lee in the titular role. It is a highly-regarded film in its own right but it also marks Bruce Lee’s final film before his death the same year. The Embassy is proud to present this landmark film for two special screenings only.
Friday 10th September at 8:30pm
Sunday 12th September at 1:45pm
Inception
Release Date:02 August 2010
Rating:M
“Your mind is the scene of the crime.”
Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the best at the art of extraction – stealing secrets from deep within the unconscious mind during the dream state when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him extremely valuable in the world of corporate espionage but has also made him an international fugitive.
One last job offers him a chance at redemption. The challenge is to cause an inception; that is instead of stealing an idea he and his team must plant one. Success will mean they’ve pulled off the perfect crime. But their careful planning and combined expertise is continually threatened by the enemy who seems able to predict their every move.
From writer/director Christopher Nolan, the man behind ‘Memento’ and ‘The Dark Knight’, comes this highly anticipated and original thriller. ‘Inception’ features an all-star cast alongside Leonardo DiCaprio including Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy, Marion Cotillard, Ken Watanabe, and Michael Caine.
Tomorrow, When The War Began
Release Date:
Rating:M
Adapted from the popular novel by James Marsden, ‘Tomorrow, When the War Began’ tells the story of seven high school friends who discover that while they were away on a week-long camping trip in the bush, Australia has been invaded by a foreign power.
They return to their homes to find it all taken over by the enemy. Thus, with their pets and livestock dead and dying, their friends and relatives held captive, and their town occupied, the seven friends band together to fight guerilla-style against the hostile invaders. They are the underdogs in a sudden war they are unlikely to win, but they would rather die fighting than simply give up.
Directed by Stuart Beattie (the writer of such films as ‘Australia’, ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’, and ‘Collateral’) and starring up-and-comers Rachel Hurd-Wood, Phoebe Tonkin, Lincoln Lewis, Caitlin Stasey, and Deniz Akdeniz, ‘Tomorrow, When the War Began’ is a graphic tale of the violence, blood, fear, and insanity of war.
Fight Club
Release Date:1st October 2010
Rating:R18
“Mischief. Mayhem. Soap.” 1999
Based on the popular novel by Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club is the story of a young urban professional who moves numbly through life riddled with insomnia and unable to feel attached to his world until he stumbles into support groups and therein finds the emotional outlet required to let him sleep. But when another poser enters the support group circle, using them for her own ends as he is, he finds himself unable again to reap their benefits. After an bizarre accident happens to his condo, he calls on Tyler Durden, a soap salesman he met on a business flight, and moves into Durden’s dilapidated mansion with him. The two start a fight club, finding the release they so need in ritual roughhousing that begins to draw much favourable attention. As the fight club spreads in influence, however, the original young man feels both Durden and control of the clubs slipping from his grasp and begins to wonder at the nature of the thing he helped create.
Fight Club divided critics and audiences upon its 1999 release but subsequently became a cult hit on its DVD release. Starring Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, and Meat Loaf, its popularity has endured and now the Embassy is pleased to present it in all its theatrical glory for one screening only.
Friday 1st October at 8:30pm.
Don’t miss it!
Wall Street 2
Release Date:23 September 2010
Rating:TBC
“Money Never Sleeps”
In this Oliver Stone-directed sequel to 1987’s award-winning Wall Street, Michael Douglas reprises his role as Gordon Gekko and the film picks up Gekko’s life twenty-one years after the original, in 2008, as he’s released from prison. Gekko’s new mission is to warn Wall Street of the impending economic downturn and stock market crash. But as no one believes him due to his disgraced status and financial crime conviction, he re-focuses his energies on mending his relationship with his estranged daughter Winnie.
He meets Jacob, Winnie’s fiancé and himself a young Wall Street trader, with whom he investigates the sudden death of Jacob’s mentor in exchange for help reaching out to his daughter.
The original Wall Street was unforgettable and coined the phrase “greed is good” while reflecting the financial atmosphere of the times. The sequel again places itself at the heart of the financial atmosphere of the time, poised on the brink of the actual 2008 economic downturn the world is still reeling from. Besides Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko, the film also starts Shia LaBeouf, Carey Mulligan, Frank Langella, and Josh Brolin in what is sure to be a film that leaves as indelible a mark as the first.
The Girl Who Played with Fire
Release Date:August 12 2010
Rating:R16
This is the second instalment in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy that began with such acclaim in ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’. Noomi Rapace returns as the iconic Lisbeth Salander with Michael Nyqvist repising his role as journalist Mikael Blomkvist.
In ‘The Girl Who Played With Fire’ Lisbeth is a wanted woman on the run after her prints are found on the weapon used to brutally murder a researcher and a Millennium journalist working to expose the truth about the Swedish sex trade. Blomkvist, editor-in-chief of Millennium, does not believe the reports that paint Lisbeth as the murderer and, desperate to get to her before she is cornered and alone, he begins tracking her. As he pieces the puzzle together, he comes up against some hardened criminals and also begins to unearth heart-wrenching facts about Lisbeth’s past life.
Despite injustice she suffered at the hands of a corrupt system, however, Lisbeth is more avenging angel than helpless victim. She is fierce and will descend upon those who have hurt and implicated her with righteous anger.
Stylish, intelligent, dark, and action-packed, ‘The Girl Who Played With Fire’ is a new thriller for the new decade.
Despicable Me
Release Date:16 September 2010
Rating:G
“Superbad. Superdad.”
Gru delights in all things wicked. He lives in a black house with a dead lawn in the midst of the suburban glory of white picket fences and rose gardens. His home sits overtop of a vast secret hideout; an underground lair housing his army of inexhaustible little yellow minions and an arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles. Gru is planning to pull off the biggest heist in the history of the world – to steal the moon.
The day he encounters three little orphan girls named Margo, Edith and Agnes, however, threatens to change his life and undo all his deliciously evil plans. Because the three girls see something in him that nobody else ever has – a potential Dad.
Featuring the voice talents of Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Miranda Cosgrove, Russell Brand, and Jemaine Clement, ‘Despicable Me’ is a brand new madcap animated adventure from Universal Pictures.
The Art of District 9
Release Date:8 October 2010 @ 6pm
Rating:R16
What you get:
- Admission to the District 9 screening and presentation.
- Complimentary drink.
- Up close viewing or and posing with District 9 weapons.
Featured presentation by Weta conceptual designers who worked on the film.
Aliens pay $99 and also get a copy of 'The Art of District 9' book ($70 value).
Humans pay $49 and also get an embroidered badge and keyring.