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Foundation date 1 january 1986
Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA) is an American film production company founded by Brad Krevoy in 1986 to focus on producing, acquiring, and distributing commercial motion picture and television productions.
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(1997)Filmography of Motion Picture Corporation of America (24 films)
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The Sweeter Side of Life (2013)
, 1h30Directed by Michael Damian
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Kathryn Morris, James Best, Alastair Mackenzie, Sam Douglas, Jane March, Jerome Holder
A pampered Manhattanite, Desiree Harper (Morris), is shunned from her circle of well-heeled friends when her husband, Wade Harper (Stephen Hogan), a successful plastic surgeon, announces he wants a divorce. The terms of her prenuptial agreement leaves her penniless, so she returns to her family home in Flemington, New Jersey, to live with her father, Paddy Kerrigan (Best), where she helps with the family business, a bakery. Alienated from her roots and emotionally unavailable to love-interest, Benny Christophe (Alastair Mackenzie), a life as a baker is unacceptable to Desiree.
Meeting Evil (2012)
, 1h29Directed by Chris Fisher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about families
Actors Samuel L. Jackson, Leslie Bibb, Luke Wilson, Peyton List, Ryan Lee, Tracie Thoms
John Felton (Luke Wilson), who lives in Orly County, in an unnamed southern state, has a wife named Joanie (Leslie Bibb), and two kids named Sam (Gabrielle Harvey) and John Jr. (Sam Robbins). John is a mild-mannered real estate agent who has just been fired, making his personal crisis—his marriage is on the rocks due to his infidelity—go from bad to worse.
6 Bullets (2012)
, 1h50Directed by Ernie Barbarash
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime, Politic, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Joe Flanigan, Anna-Louise Plowman, Bianca Bree, Kristopher Van Varenberg, Charlotte Beaumont
Veteran mercenary Samson Gaul (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is retired from combat when his actions resulted in the deaths of helpless victims, but now he's the last hope for a desperate father. Mixed martial artist, Andrew Fayden (Joe Flanigan) knows how to fight, but alone he's unprepared to navigate the corrupt streets of a foreign city to find his kidnapped daughter. Together, these two try to stop a network of criminals that prey upon the innocent.
One in the Chamber (2012)
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Gangster films
Actors Cuba Gooding Jr., Dolph Lundgren, Louis Mandylor, Claudia Bassols, Billy Murray
After the fall of Communism, criminals from the USA flooded into Eastern Europe where they established a crime syndicate in a land where authorities were powerless and the laws were replaced by the crime. Dealers of weapons and drugs have turned Prague into their headquarters where they could make millions of dollars by selling weapons to various gangs.
The Hit List (2011)
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors Cuba Gooding Jr., Cole Hauser, Jonathan LaPaglia, Michael Papajohn, Rich Cowan, Katarzyna Wolejnio
Allan Campbell (Cole Hauser), a man who has had a very bad day, goes to a bar to drown his sorrows. He drunkenly befriends a mysterious man who calls himself Jonas Arbor (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), revealing to him a list of five people he wishes were dead. But as the bodies start piling up, and with a detective (Jonathan LaPaglia) hot on his trail, Allan, no longer believing the events to be a practical joke, must set out to end the murders before it's too late for his wife.
Ticking Clock (2011)
, 1h41Directed by Ernie Barbarash
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Cuba Gooding Jr., Neal McDonough, Yancey Arias, Danielle Nicolet, James DuMont, Austin Abrams
The movie opens outside a rundown suburban house. Inside, a woman is seen viciously murdered and partially dissected in the bath tub. As the killer, Keech (Neal McDonough), washes his hands, a baby starts to cry. Keech approaches the baby. Despite the savagery of his attack on the woman he is surprisingly gentle with the baby, by comforting him and saying, “she can't hurt you anymore”.
Linewatch (2008)
, 1h30Directed by Kevin Bray
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Gangster films
Actors Cuba Gooding Jr., Omari Hardwick, Sharon Leal, Evan Ross, Dean Norris, Chris Browning
Michael Dixon (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) is an agent working linewatch for the United States Border Patrol on the U.S. Mexico Border in New Mexico. He is well-respected by his peers at US Border Patrol and loved by his wife Angela (Sharon Leal) and 5-year-old daughter Emily (Deja Warrior). Michael and his partner Luis DeSanto (Omar Paz Trujillo) discover a van full of dead illegal immigrants, and they go in search of the "coyote" who was leading them across before he left them for dead. At the same time, Michael has to deal with a Minute Men-style militia led by Ron Spencer (Chris Browning). The search for the coyote leads Michael and Luis to a trailer, and results in a shootout where Luis gets shot.
Moondance Alexander (2007)
Directed by Michael Damian
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Kay Panabaker, Don Johnson, Lori Loughlin, James Best, Whitney Sloan, Mimi Gianopulos
Moondance (Kay Panabaker) is faced with the difficulties of her father's passing and her mother moving on. When she finds a lost pinto horse and discovers his jumping abilities, she convinces his owner Dante Longpre (Don Johnson) to train them to compete in a jumping show. With a lot more to think about, Moondance has to worry about her enemy Fiona Hughes (Sasha Cohen) putting her down constantly with her fancy horse Monte Carlo. When they do a surprisingly good job at the show, Dante isn't questioned anymore about his ability to train riders and horses. Everybody is shocked when Moondance ties Fiona, the reigning Bow River Classic champion.
Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud (2007)
, 1h35Directed by Michael Hurst
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Horror
Actors Amy Manson, Lance Henriksen, Richard Durden
The film begins with two men on their motorcycles driving away from Pumpkinhead. One of the men hits a tree branch in their path, falling from his motorcycle and allowing Pumpkinhead to catch up to him. As the man is being killed, the film cuts to a man in a log cabin who seems to share the pain inflicted by Pumpkinhead on the fallen man. The surviving man, named Dallas, rides to the log cabin, and the man who conjured Pumpkinhead, begging him to call the demon off. Pumpkinhead smashes through the window and Dallas attempts to fend him off by shooting him with a small pistol with little effect, and is clawed in the chest by the demon. When Dallas realizes that his bullets have no effect on Pumpkinhead, he swears to take the summoner with him, shooting the man and killing him, causing Pumpkinhead to vanish. Ed Harley then appears telling Dallas that Pumpkinhead will return and there will be no place to hide.
Second in Command (2006)
, 1h31Directed by Simon Fellows
Origin USA
Genres War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Julie Cox, Razaaq Adoti, Vlad Ivanov, Ian Virgo, Velibor Topic
Navy Seal Commander Samuel "Sam" Keenan (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a decorated U.S. Navy SEAL, sent to the Eastern European nation of Moldavia to become the new security attaché at the U.S. Embassy.
Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (2006)
, 1h31Directed by Jake West
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Horror
Actors Doug Bradley, Lance Henriksen, Lisa McAllister, Ioana Ginghină, Emil Hostina
Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes plotline follows more closely to the first film, with townspeople angered over the local mortician stealing and selling the organs of their loved ones and then dumping the corpses in a swamp, rather than cremating them. When the townspeople find out, they have the old witch Haggis summon Pumpkinhead through the mummified body of Ed Harley (played by Lance Henriksen, who reprises his role from the first film). Pumpkinhead then proceeds to go on his killing rampage murdering all those responsible for the desecration, while Doc Frasier (played by Hellraiser's Doug Bradley) hurries to murder those who summoned Pumpkinhead, which will effectively kill the demon in the process.
The Hard Corps (2005)
, 1h50Directed by Sheldon Lettich
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Razaaq Adoti, Vivica A. Fox, Peter James Bryant, Peter Bryant, Ron Bottitta
Phillip Sauvage (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is an American soldier suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder caused by his time in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sauvage snaps out of his stupor just long enough to join Clarence Bowden (Julian D. Christopher), his former commanding officer, to work as a bodyguard for former World Heavyweight boxing champion and now successful businessman Wayne Barclay (Raz Adoti).
Undisputed (2002)
, 1h34Directed by Walter Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Prison films, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise, Gangster films
Actors Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, Peter Falk, Michael Rooker, Jon Seda, Wes Studi
Undisputed heavyweight boxing champion George "Iceman" Chambers (Rhames) is convicted of rape and sentenced to a new prison in the desert called Sweetwater. The high-security facility is populated by hardened criminals. Unaware of the prison's ways and its unique hierarchy, the pompous and bratty Chambers tries to impress upon the inmates his status as a champion boxer.
Ringmaster (1998)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jaime Pressly, William McNamara, Molly Hagan, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Tangie Ambrose, Thea Vidale
There are three ongoing plots in the film. The primary one surrounds a white trash, trailer park family in which the daughter is sleeping with her mother's husband, prompting the mother to constantly try to outdo her promiscuous daughter's behavior out of spite, including sleeping with her daughter's boyfriend. The secondary plot revolves around an urban black woman whose boyfriend is sleeping with her two best friends, but the three are united against the boyfriend when he begins sleeping with the daughter of the above-mentioned family. The third plot revolves around Jerry and the show itself, detailing the difficulty Jerry faces in trying to come to terms with his rather dubious claim to fame, and the staff's utter amazement at the bizarre stories they must deal with.
Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)
, 1h45Directed by John Pasquin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Tim Allen, Martin Short, Sam Huntington, Lolita Davidovich, David Ogden Stiers, JoBeth Williams
Michael Cromwell (Tim Allen) is a self-absorbed, successful commodities broker living in New York City. Wanting to marry his new fiancée Charlotte (Lolita Davidovich), he needs to obtain a final divorce from his first wife, Patricia (JoBeth Williams), who left him some years earlier. Patricia now lives with a semi-Westernised tribe in Canaima National Park, Venezuela. Michael travels there to get her signature on divorce papers, but upon arriving, discovers that he has a 13-year-old son named Mimi-Siku (Sam Huntington).