Movies by Russell Mulcahy
As a director:
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Teen Wolf: Season 1 (2010)
Cast: Tyler Posey, Dylan O'Brien, Tyler Hoechlin …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
When ordinary high school student Scott (Tyler Posey) starts looking and behaving like a werewolf, he suddenly finds himself playing the best lacrosse of his life, attracting more attention…
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Prayers for Bobby (2009)
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Ryan Kelley, Henry Czerny …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Sigourney Weaver (in an Emmy-nominated role) stars in this heartbreaking TV drama inspired by the true story of gay rights advocate Mary Griffith. At odds with her gay son, Bobby (Ryan…
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Give 'em Hell, Malone (2009)
Cast: Thomas Jane, Ving Rhames, Elsa Pataky …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Lantern-jawed private eye Malone (Thomas Jane) accepts a gig to hunt down a case containing a strange and powerful secret. He'll have to dodge plenty of bullets and sexy women while…
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The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008)
Cast: Michael Copon, Randy Couture, Karen Shenaz David …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
This prequel to The Scorpion King tells the heroic tale of young Mathayus and his relentless quest for justice against evil King Sargon as he races toward his ultimate destiny: becoming the…
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Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
In the final installment of the Resident Evil series, Milla Jovovich returns as zombie-killing soldier Alice, who's left to roam the ruins of Las Vegas with a small band of survivors…
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Crash and Burn (2007)
Cast: Erik Palladino, Michael Madsen, David Moscow …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
When the FBI catch professional car thief Kevin (Erik Palladino) red-handed, he's given a choice: go to prison or cooperate with the feds and help them bring down a car theft operation…
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The Sitter (2007)
Cast: Gail O'Grady, William R. Moses, Mariana Klaveno …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
In this made-for-cable thriller, affluent California couple Carter (William R. Moses) and Meghan (Gail O'Grady) hire sweet teen Abby Reed (Mariana Klaveno) as a live-in nanny for their…
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The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (2006)
Cast: Niko Nicotera, Steven Waddington, Leonor Varela …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Convinced that an emerald tablet once owned by King Tut has the power to control the world, archaeologist Danny Freemont (Casper Van Dien) and Egyptologist Dr. Barakat (Leonor Varela) set out…
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Mysterious Island (2005)
Cast: Gabrielle Anwar, Kyle MacLachlan, Patrick Stewart …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
In this fantasy adventure based on Jules Verne's novel, five prisoners of war escape from a Confederate detention camp in a balloon: a Union captain (Kyle MacLachlan), a slave (Omar…
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Duran Duran: Arena (2004)
Cast: Duran Duran, Milo O'Shea, Simon Le Bon …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
1980s pop band Duran Duran ventures into the world of science fiction with this film that pits sci-fi bad guys against the musicians as they put on a concert. Includes Duran Duran favorites…
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3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (2004)
Cast: Barry Pepper, Elizabeth Mitchell, Andrea Powell …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
The tragic and untimely 2001 death of NASCAR history's most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt, set off shockwaves throughout the racing community. Barry Pepper portrays the driver of the…
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First to Die (2003)
Cast: Tracy Pollan, Gil Bellows, Carly Pope …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
In this crime drama based on James Patterson's best-selling novel, homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer (Tracy Pollan) teams up with three other professional women to nab an ingenious serial…
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Swimming Upstream (2003)
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Jesse Spencer …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Jesse Spencer ("House M.D.") stars in the true-life drama of Australian swimming champion Tony Fingleton. Desperate to escape his tortuous older brother and alcoholic father (Geoffrey Rush),…
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The Lost Battalion (2001)
Cast: Phil McKee, Justin Scot, Joachim Paul Assböck …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
It began on October 2nd, 1918, when the men of the U.S. Army's 77th Division, 308th Battalion were surrounded by German troops in the Argonne Forest. Without food, water or reserve…
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On the Beach (2000)
Cast: Armand Assante, Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
After a nuclear explosion destroys most of the world's population, Australia is the only safe haven. But while one Aussie scientist (Bryan Brown) warns that a giant wave of radiation is…
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Resurrection (1999)
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Leland Orser, Robert Joy …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
On the trail of an incessantly precise serial killer, Chicago detectives John Prudhomme and Andrew Hollinsworth learn that the murderer intends to use spare parts from his innocent victims to…
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Tale of the Mummy (1998)
Cast: Jason Scott Lee, Louise Lombard, Sean Pertwee …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
An archaeologist unearths an ancient mummy -- the evil prince Talos -- from a cursed Egyptian tomb. Years later, Talos rises from the dead, and an American investigator is the world's…
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Silent Trigger (1996)
Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Gina Bellman, Conrad Dunn …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Waxman (Dolph Lundgren), an ex-commando with the Special Forces who's now a professional assassin working for a shadowy government agency, finds himself in a fix after he botches his…
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The Shadow (1994)
Cast: Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
In the 1930s, a Tibetan mystic imparts his ancient mind-control techniques to reformed criminal Lamont Cranston. By day, Cranston masquerades as a decadent playboy; by night he becomes a…
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The Real McCoy (1993)
Cast: Kim Basinger, Val Kilmer, Terence Stamp …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
After a 10-year stretch in the slammer, cat burglar Karen McCoy (Kim Basinger) is ready to go straight. But the gorgeous ex-con slides back into a felonious life when an Atlanta crime lord…
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Blue Ice (1992)
Cast: Michael Caine, Sean Young, Ian Holm …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Retired spy Harry Anders (Michael Caine) is lured back into the dangerous milieu in which he once operated when he falls in love with the beautiful wife (Sean Young) of an ambassador. When…
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Ricochet (1991)
Cast: Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Thanks to his apprehension of a diabolical hit man, rookie patrolman Nick Styles becomes an up-and-coming legal star. But as the sadistic felon stews in jail for seven years, he plots a…
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Highlander 2: Renegade Version (1990)
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Virginia Madsen …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
This sequel to the cult sci-fi action film largely discards the original's premise of mysterious immortal swordsmen, revealing Connor MacLeod and Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobo Ramirez to be…
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Highlander (1986)
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Director Russell Mulcahy's film became a paragon of modern action fantasy, giving rise to legions of warrior fans who follow the story of Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert), one of the…