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Foundation date 27 october 1967
The Cannon Group Inc. was an American group of companies, including Cannon Films, which produced a distinctive line of low- to medium-budget films from 1967 to 1994. The extensive group also owned, amongst others, a large international cinema chain and a video film company that invested heavily in the video market, buying the international video rights to several classic film libraries.
The company was much more popular in the United Kingdom than in its native United States, which is indicative as to why the group owned several cinema chains in the UK.
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(1988)Filmography of Cannon Group (204 films)
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, 1h34Directed by Boaz Davidson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors Joe Lara, Nicole Hansen, John Saint Ryan, Uri Gavriel, Yosef Shiloach, Helen Lesnick
Dans un monde post-apocalyptique, les humains sont devenus stériles; seule une femme a réussi à faire naître un enfant. Mais elle est poursuivie par un robot tueur...
Fifty/Fifty (1993)
, 1h41Directed by Charles Martin Smith
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Actors Robert Hays, Peter Weller, Charles Martin Smith, Lim Kay Tong
Two buddies run into each other on a remote South Seas island where revolution is a daily happening. Recruited by the CIA to overthrow a power-mad dictator, their mission is to raise an army. But the choices are few and the odds are high - until a beautiful freedom fighter shows them the way. Battling the odds and themselves, these two mercenaries become something they never thought they would - heroes.
, 1h51Directed by Aaron Norris
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Medical-themed films, Monde imaginaire, Films about drugs
Actors Chuck Norris, Billy Drago, John P. Ryan, Richard Jaeckel, John P. Ryan, Paul Perri
Colombian drug lord Ramon Cota (Billy Drago), the richest drug kingpin in the world, controls the cocaine industry with an iron fist. His drugs pour steadily into America, corrupting the country's youth and causing a feud between the DEA and San Carlos, Cota's country of origin.
Lambada (1990)
, 1h44Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about education
Actors J. Eddie Peck, Melora Hardin, Shabba Doo, Dennis Burkley, Ricky Paull Goldin, Kayla Blake
A Beverly Hills school teacher by day, Kevin Laird (J. Eddie Peck), journeys at night to a warehouse in East L.A, where a group of barrio kids gather to dance the lambada.
Rockula (1990)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films, Comedy horror films
Actors Dean Cameron, Toni Basil, Susan Tyrrell, Tony Cox, Rick Zumwalt, Bill Brochtrup
Ralph Lavie (Dean Cameron) is a friendly vampire. He's 400 years old and still lives with his mother, Phoebe (Toni Basil), who is also a vampire. Ralph is living under a curse. After meeting Mona, the girl of his dreams, 308 years ago Ralph lost her after she was killed by her jealous boyfriend, a pirate. Since that time Mona has been reincarnated every 22 years, only to fall in love with Ralph and die under the exact same circumstances (killed on Halloween by a rhinestone-peg-legged pirate wielding a giant hambone). Ralph, weary of the whole thing, vows to stay locked in his room and not meet Mona again until after Halloween, much to the chagrin of his sentient and libidinous reflection (another side effect of the curse).
Cyborg (1989)
, 1h22Directed by Albert Pyun
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Sports films, Films set in the future, Martial arts films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Vincent Klyn, Deborah Richter, Dayle Haddon, Ralf Moeller, Matt McColm
A plague known as the living death cripples civilization. A small group of surviving scientists and doctors — located in Atlanta, Georgia, home of the CDC — work on a cure to save what remains of humanity. To complete their work they need information stored on a computer system in New York City. Pearl Prophet volunteers for the dangerous courier mission and is made into a cyborg through surgical augmentation.
Mack the Knife (1989)
, 1h58Directed by Menahem Golan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Raúl Juliá, Richard Harris, Roger Daltrey, Julie Walters, Bill Nighy, Clive Revill
In 19th century London, young Polly Peachum falls for the famous womanizing criminal Macheath and they decide to get married, but because of her family's disapproval, her father ("the king of thieves") has MacHeath arrested.
Fight for Us (1989)
, 1h34Directed by Lino Brocka
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Phillip Salvador, Dina Bonnevie, Gina Alajar, Bembol Roco, Pen Medina, Joel Lamangan
After being released from a Philippine prison following the fall of Ferdinand Marcos, a former priest (Salvador) gives up his violent activities in favor of peaceful social activism. But he quickly discovers that vicious death squads, and notorious counter-insurgency operations, still plague his country, and soon he is considering joining the resistance again.
Kickboxer (1989)
, 1h37Directed by Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mark DiSalle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Films about sexuality, Sports films, Rape in fiction, Martial arts films, Rape and revenge films
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mohamed Qissi, Mark DiSalle, Lau Kar Wing
Kurt Sloane (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is the cornerman for his brother Eric (Dennis Alexio), an American kickboxing champion. Kurt and Eric travel to Bangkok to challenge Tong Po (Michel Qissi), Thailand's undefeated champion. After a brutal first round, Kurt realizes that they are outmatched by Tong Po and tries to convince his brother to stop the fight. Unwilling to give up, Eric returns for the second round and continues to take a vicious beating, finally prompting Kurt to throw in the towel. Tong Po ignores him and continues the assault, which ultimately leaves Eric paralyzed from the waist down. Eric is then carried outside and left on the street without any help, until Winston Taylor (Haskell Anderson), a retired US Army special forces member, intervenes and agrees to take the brothers to the hospital. After several hours of surgery, the doctor informs Kurt that Eric will never walk again.
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
, 1h37Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about children, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Films about pedophilia, Rape and revenge films
Actors Charles Bronson, Perry Lopez, Peggy Lipton, Bill McKinney, Juan Fernández de Alarcón, Nicole Eggert
Hiroshi Hada, a Japanese businessman in a troubled marriage, sees a woman being groped in a crowded Tokyo subway. He is fascinated by the fact that she moans silently, involuntarily orgasms, but does not cry out or let people know she is being sexually molested. When Hada is transferred to Los Angeles, he has too much to drink at a business party and tries to imitate what he saw by groping a Caucasian school girl while riding a crowded bus. But unlike the Japanese woman that Hada saw in Japan, the American girl screams. Hada runs away, but is robbed and beaten by a mugger. Meanwhile, several innocent Asian men are beaten by bystanders who suspect that one of them is the man who groped the girl.
Red Riding Hood (1989)
, 1h24Directed by Adam Brooks
Origin Israel
Genres Musical theatre, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Wolves in film, Children's films
Actors Amelia Shankley, Isabella Rossellini, Craig T. Nelson, Linda Kaye, Linda Henning
The story opens with Linet (Amelia Shankley) chasing something she believes to be an elf fairy. Meanwhile a Wolf tracks her. Linet climbs a tree over a river and nearly falls. She calls for help. but recovers and makes it back to land. As she senses the Wolf watching her, she is discovered by a woodsman, Peter, who scolds her for being foolish. As they walk back, Peter asks Linet why she can't stay home and be a good little girl. Linet answers how good little girls hardly ever see the world (Lost in the Woods).
Bloodsport (1988)
, 1h32Directed by Jean-Claude Van Damme
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Forest Whitaker, Roy Chiao, Donald Richard Gibb, Leah Ayres, Bolo Yeung
U.S. Army Captain Frank Dux, trained from his youth in the ways of Ninjutsu by Senzo Tanaka, honors his mentor by taking the place of Tanaka's deceased son Shingo in the illegal Kumite martial-arts tournament. During his childhood, Dux and a group of friends invaded Tanaka's home to steal a katana, but he was apprehended by Senzo and Shingo while attempting to return the katana to its display rack. Impressed by Dux's honesty and lack of fear, Senzo had him train with Shingo in martial science. Following Shingo's death, Senzo agreed to train Dux as a member of the Tanaka clan. When Dux's superiors learn of his invitation to the Kumite, they refuse to let him go; in return, he goes AWOL, says goodbye to his mentor and leaves for Hong Kong. Two CID officers, Helmer and Rawlins, are summoned to track down and arrest Dux for desertion.
Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988)
, 1h25Directed by Charles Matthau
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy
Themes Comedy science fiction films
Actors Martha Scott, Adam West, Andrea Thompson, Gloria Hendry, Hugh Gillin, Matt Adler
Ryan Richmond (Nicholas Strouse) is a high school student from Sunnydale, Arizona, who fantasizes about the lounge singer, Lisa Winston (Andrea Thompson) at the hotel where he lives.
Powaqqatsi (1988)
, 1h39Directed by Godfrey Reggio
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Musical
Actors Godfrey Reggio, Christie Brinkley, Philip Glass, Cheryl Tiegs
In the beginning chapter, "Serra Pelada", men from Serra Pelada (a gold mine in Brazil) are seen carrying bags of dirt up to a destination. In the middle of the chapter, various shots outside of Serra Pelada are shown. Near the end of the chapter, a few men are carrying another man who was struck by a falling rock (mentioned in the "Impact of progress" feature on the DVD) uphill along a procession of workers who are carrying dirt filled sacks. After that, several discordant layered exposures of the dirt carriers are shown. The scene cross fades to show the image of a head, with multiple exposures of the same head rapidly rotating and layered upon to give a manifold appearance. This is an apparent allusion to Janus, the god of beginnings, endings and transitions, keeping with the film's central themes of progress and change. After that, the film's title is shown in red.
Hanna's War (1988)
, 2h28Directed by Menahem Golan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Ellen Burstyn, Maruschka Detmers, Anthony Andrews, Donald Pleasence, David Warner, Rade Šerbedžija
Hannah Senesh was a real-life Hungarian Jew who became a martyr to the cause of freedom during World War II. Though safely living in British Mandate Palestine at the start of the war, Hannah volunteers to venture behind enemy lines in Europe knowing that in all likelihood, she will die. She is captured, undergoing horrendous tortures before the Germans execute her.