Movies starring Elizabeth Pena

*Batteries not Included (1987)

106 mins Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

*Batteries not Included (1987) 5 residents under threat from ruthless land developers and their heavies get a miracle in the form of two hub cap size spaceships who arrive at their run down block of flats...

La Bamba (1987)

108 mins Biography, Drama, Musical

Starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Esai Morales "La Bamba" is the biopic of Ritchie Valens who gave the world such songs as "Donna" and "La Bamba" before tragically dying young in the plane crash which also killed Buddy Holly ...

Blue Steel (1989)

102 mins Action , Crime, Drama

Switch off you brains folks because if you watch 80s movie "Blue Steel" and pay attention to the detail you are going to end up in fits of laughter. It is what happened to me the first time I watched this Kathryn Bigelow movi...

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)

95 mins Adventure , Drama, Family

Although it was a little cheesy and very cliche "Free Willy" was an enjoyable movie, a nice family movie and ended on the positive of Willy going free. So really there should have been no need for a sequel except we got one b...

Lone Star (1996)

135 mins Drama, Mystery, Romance

"Lone Star" is the third John Sayles movie I have watched and like the other movies it draws you in and keeps you watching with a storyline which is full of intrigue. It also has drama and romance but it is the intrigue which...

It Came from Outer Space II (1996)

89 mins Mystery, Sci-Fi, TV Movie

Movie production lesson one; if you make a sci-fi movie which at best is only okay one way to make sure to get an audience is to name it after a well known movie, even give it a number to make it appear to be a sequel. Lesson...

Contagious (1997)

103 mins Thriller, TV Movie

I hate calling movies "by the book" because I always feel it makes me sound lazy as a movie reviewer but there are times where that phrase simply fits. "Contagious", a made for TV thriller from back in 1997 certainly fits the...

Rush Hour (1998)

98 mins Action , Comedy, Thriller

There is part of me which likes "Rush Hour" and then there is a part which sadly doesn't. The part of me which likes "Rush Hour" in fact likes what Jackie Chan brings to the movie, his clever and brilliant stunt work as well ...

Impostor (2001)

95 mins Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Impostor (2001) Gary Sinise stars as a weapons scientist on the run when a security officer suspects him of really being an alien cyborg programmed to explode when it reaches its target...

The Hollywood Mom's Mystery (2004)

87 mins Crime, Drama

Starring Justine Bateman "The Hollywood Mom's Mystery" is a waspish stab at the Hollywood lifestyle interweaved a murder mystery story. Corny, comical, soap opera-ish it could be terrible but strangely it's entertaining....

Suburban Madness (2004)

96 mins Drama, TV Movie

Splitting the title into two for a minute and "Suburban Madness" lives up to its name in many ways. The whole opening sequence sets up the suburban dream; big houses with pools in their gardens, kids playing in safety in the ...

Down in the Valley (2005)

112 mins Drama, Romance, Thriller

For those who enjoy movies which challenge them then I strongly urge you to watch "Down in the Valley" because this is a movie which makes you think. In fact I am sitting here and I know I enjoyed "Down in the Valley" but try...

Transamerica (2005)

103 mins Comedy, Drama

I will bet that there are those who have been put off of watching "Transamerica" because they saw that it was a movie about a pre-operative male-to-female transsexual. It's a shame if they are because they are missing out on ...

Keep Your Distance (2005)

94 mins Drama, Mystery, Romance

I really don't like writing long synopses; I always prefer to give just a gist of what a movie is about so that I don't spoil it for the audience. But when it comes to "Keep Your Distance" I had no choice but to give more det...

Dragon Wars (2007)

90 mins Action , Drama, Fantasy

When I saw the artwork for "Dragon Wars" my immediate thoughts were this looks like an Asylum movie and when I saw a few familiar names in the credits such as Elizabeth Pe�a and Robert Forster it made me expect an Asylum styl...

Racing for Time (2008)

86 mins Drama, TV Movie

If you have seen the movie "Gridiron Gang" I can easily sum up Lifetime movie "Racing for Time" as saying it is the same but with teen girls in a correctional facility given hope through running. It has all the same elements,...

Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)

94 mins Comedy, Drama, Romance

Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) - The Rodriguez family come together for Christmas only to discover things are not right with their parents...

In the Dark (2013)

89 mins Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

"In the Dark" is surface level entertainment as in one of those movies which you can't start to think about too much or else you end up ripping it too bits. That is an issue for me because when you watch as many movies as I d...

* This is purely a list of reviews on The Movie Scene featuring the name Elizabeth Pena as one of the principle cast members.