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1. The Replacement Killers. 1998 1h 27m R. 6.1 (31K) Rate. 42 Metascore. A troubled hitman seeks aid from a forger to help him get papers to China. However, the drug lord has hired replacements to finish the job, and kill the hitman. Director Antoine Fuqua Stars Chow Yun-Fat Mira Sorvino Michael Rooker.
Antoine Fuqua is an American film director, known for his work in the film Training Day as well as The Replacement Killers, Tears of the Sun, King Arthur, Shooter, Brooklyn's Finest, Olympus Has Fallen and The Equalizer.
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- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- 15 Bait
- 14 King Arthur
- 13 Brooklyn’s Finest
- 12 Infinite
- 11 The Replacement Killers
- 10 Bullet Train
- 9 The Equalizer
- 8 Tears of The Sun
- 7 Shooter
- 6 The Guilty
Every great filmmaker is entitled to one flop, and in Fuqua’s case, that film is the comedy action thriller Bait starring Jamie Foxx, who plays a strong character in an otherwise weak film. Baitdraws on Fuqua's experience directing music videos, as he uses many of those visual and editing techniques in this film — as well as in his film The Replace...
In this tame, revisionist look at the King Arthur legend, Clive Owen stars as the titular king, who grows up as a Roman warrior-slave. Not to be confused with Guy Ritchie's 2017 film, here Arthur and his men are sent on one last mission before they are freed from the Romans, and the mission involves saving a Roman family from rapidly approaching so...
Fuqua’s Brooklyn’s Finest follows the story of three police officers. Richard Gere plays Officer Eddie Dugan, a burned-out alcoholic cop one week away from retiring, who is assigned to oversee rookie officers in some of the worst neighborhoods of Brooklyn. He protests, but still does his job, and is teamed up with a rookie who sees things different...
Mark Wahlberg stars in Fuqua’s Infinite, named so because his character has unlimited lives due to reincarnation. He has lived in hundreds of other bodies, mastering his warrior skills, and he finds out that there are others who are like him — some good, some evil — and he is needed to help stop the evil faction. The recent film has fun science fic...
Fuqua’s debut film is The Replacement Killers, a stylish action thriller featuring international superstar Chow Yun-Fat, best known for his roles in some of John Woo’s incredible and dazzling films that feature more gunplay than you’ll likely see in ten action films combined. Chow Yun-Fat plays John Lee, an assassin who turns down an assignment to ...
Fuqua serves as producer of this film, instead of director, but that doesn't mean Brad Pitt's latest popcorn flick lacks Fuqua-esque action and thrills. Bullet Train is an adaptation of the Japanese novel Maria Beetlethat follows Ladybug (Brad Pitt) on a simple, straightforward mission to retrieve a briefcase from a high-speed "bullet train." The m...
The Equalizer is an action-suspense film based on the television series from the 80s. The filmmakers presume that the viewer is familiar with the show and provide very little of the protagonist's backstory his motivations, which is problematic if you are not a regular viewer of the show. The Equalizer is a brutal revenge film, starring Denzel Washi...
In Tears of the Sun, Bruce Willis plays a Navy SEAL with the specific mission to extract several prominent medical doctors from an African war zone before their village is massacred. There is just one problem: the dedicated doctors won’t fly away and leave their village of 70 people behind, knowing they will be executed. They bravely insist that th...
Wahlberg stars in Fuqua’s action flick Shooteras a former specially trained sniper who is called out of retirement to help the government stop a presidential assassination, only to find that he is the fall guy in the assassination of another major politician. He immediately goes on the run as sketchy shadow government types hunt him down, trying to...
The Guilty is Fuqua’s nerve-wracking thriller about a police officer, played with intensity by Jake Gyllenhaal, who answers 911 calls. When he receives a phone call from a woman who claims to be a kidnap victim being driven around the city in a white van, he springs into action. Most of the film is taken up by shots of Gyllenhaal on the phone, so t...
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- 'What's My Name: Muhammad Ali' (2019) IMDb Rating: 8.4/10. Whoever decides to tell a story about Muhammad Ali is bound to have an exciting movie on their hands.
- 'Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers' (2022) IMDb Rating: 8.2/10. The documentary TV miniseries Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers is among Fuqua's best-rated works on IMDb.
- 'The Terminal List' (2022) IMDb Rating: 7.9/10. The Terminal List is another conspiracy thriller on Fuqua's directing roster, and though he only directed one episode, he's the series' executive producer.
- 'Training Day' (2001) IMDb Rating: 7.7/10. Training Day wasn't Fuqua's first feature film - that right's reserved for Jamie Foxx-led Bait. However, Training Day is Fuqua's most iconic movie, earning Denzel Washington the Best Leading Actor award at the 2002 Oscars.
His first feature films were the John Woo -produced action film The Replacement Killers (1998), starring Chow Yun Fat and the action comedy Bait (2000) starring Jamie Foxx. He then directed the crime thriller Training Day (2001), for which star Denzel Washington won an Academy Award for Best Actor.
10 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Training Day. 2001 2h 2m R. 7.7 (476K) Rate. 71 Metascore. A rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be. Director Antoine Fuqua Stars Denzel Washington Ethan Hawke Scott Glenn. 2. Shooter. 2007 2h 4m R. 7.1 (357K) Rate. 53 Metascore.
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Feb 2, 2022 · With that in mind, here's where you can watch the best films from Fuqua's filmography and how their protagonists often end up on a quest for justice.
