Movies starring Xander Berkeley

Dillinger (1991)

90 mins     Action , Biography, Crime, TV Movie      

It is very easy to sum up this 1991 movie "Dillinger" as it is a hero worship look at the criminal life of John Dillinger. We watch as he is not only portrayed as a good looking man with a thing for dames but despite being a ...

Shattered Promises (1992)

180 mins     Drama, Thriller, TV Movie      

I reckon I must have been about 2 hours into "Shattered Promises", or "Deadly Matrimony" as it is also known, when the penny dropped. I was thinking to myself that I was sure I had seen Susan Ruttan playing the wife of Brian ...

Candyman (1992)

99 mins     Horror, Thriller      

Candyman (1992) Virginia Madsen stars as Helen who is researching the legend of hook handed killer the Candyman (Tony Todd)...

Donato and Daughter (1993)

90 mins     Action , Crime, Drama, TV Movie      

Whilst Eastwood ruled the city action movies during the 70s you could say that Charles Bronson took over during the 80s as he found himself in one movie after another which played on his action hero side. Unfortunately for Br...

Apollo 13 (1995)

140 mins     Adventure , Drama      

Whilst some young boys dreamed of becoming astronauts and walking on the moon it never really interested me as a child. But there were moments to do with space travel which did have an impact on my life such as the horrible d...

Barb Wire (1996)

98 mins     Action , Sci-Fi      

Pamela Anderson in tight leather outfits, Pamela Anderson erotic dancing and Pamela Anderson topless are basically the 3 elements which go to make "Barb Wire" a supposedly apocalyptical movie but in fact little more that Pame...

Apollo 11 (1996)

93 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

Apollo 11: drama about the space race and the mission to put a man on the moon...

Gattaca (1997)

106 mins     Sci-Fi, Thriller      

Starring Jude Law, Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke "Gattaca" is one of the most ingenious and thought provoking movies that I have watched in a long time. In our world, where cloning and genetic engineering is becoming a huge rea...

Air Force One (1997)

124 mins     Action , Drama, Thriller      

On face value "Air Force One" is another one of those outrageous action thrillers which take you on a roller coaster ride of the preposterous and in a bit of patriotism the US President is forced into a one on one fight with ...

Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)

83 mins     Action , Sci-Fi      

It takes "Universal Soldier: The Return" less than a minute to lay its cards on the table with an opening scene which features an over the top boat chase sequence as Luc and his partner Maggie are hunted down by a bunch of mu...

Shanghai Noon (2000)

110 mins     Comedy, Western      

To put it simply it is Jackie Chan who makes "Shanghai Noon" the fun and memorable movie it is, without his talent not only for martial arts but also comedy it would have been boring. You see whilst it features Owen Wilson as...

Deepwater (2005)

93 mins     Mystery, Thriller      

Movie Review - Deepwater (2005) Lucas Black stars as Nat who finds himself getting involved with a crooked hotel owner and his wife who he becomes obsessed with...

Seraphim Falls (2006)

115 mins     Action , Drama, Thriller, Western      

Whilst I could see Liam Neeson in a western the thought of Pierce Brosnan playing some sort of cowboy just didn't work. Ironically Pierce Brosnan's performance is one of the positives of "Seraphim Falls", a modern version of ...

Magma: Volcanic Disaster (2006)

86 mins     Action , TV Movie      

Movie Review - Magma: Volcanic Disaster (2006) Xander Berkeley and Amy Jo Johnson star as volcanologists who discover the Earth's core is swelling and that is leading to major volcanic activity across the globe which if they ...

Fracture (2007)

113 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller      

There is a sort of irony to Ryan Gosling starring alongside Anthony Hopkins in the clever thriller "Fracture" because back in 2002 he played the cocky teenager Richard Haywood who tries to commit the perfect murder in "Murder...

Taken (2008)

93 mins     Action , Crime, Drama      

It took a bit of time but when the credits began to roll I was taken with "Taken". The thing is that "Taken" is a movie which does one thing brilliantly, that is deliver stunning action scene after stunning action scene. But ...

Repo Chick (2009)

85 mins     Comedy      

"Repo Chick" amazingly was the first Alex Cox movie I ever watched having heard things about his style and decided to put off tacking his movies. And trust me if all his movies are as eclectic as "Repo Chick" I doubt I will b...

Transcendence (2014)

119 mins     Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi      

Transcendence (2014) Johnny Depp stars as a dying scientist who has his mind downloaded into a computer to create a sentinent machine which becomes a major threat to the World...

Solace (2015)

101 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

Movie Review - Solace (2015) Anthony Hopkins stars as John Clancy, a psychic who finds himself helping the FBI hunt a serial killer who he discovers is also a psychic on a specific mission...