This movie is set in a future where death-row inmates are forced to play in real-life enactments of computer games. If the convicts win, they can prolong their lives, but most of them are killed for the pleasure of elite gamers. Gerard Butler plays a star player who wants to stop the game and take down the mastermind behind it (Michael C. Hall). Rapper Ludacris has a role as one of the players. Directed by Brian Taylor. With Amber Valletta and Kyra Sedgwick. Categories: Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2009.
John Leguizamo in Gamer
Manny (Ray Romano), Sid (John Leguizamo), Diego (Denis Leary) and Ellie (Queen Latifah) return in another prehistoric adventure. As a thick layer of ice melts, a population of dinosaurs is released from a hidden tropical habitat. There arrival creates a whole new set of problems for this group of friends and forces them to adjust to constant threat of dinosaur attacks. Directed by Carlos Saldanha. With Chris Wedge. Categories: Adventure, Animation, Family, Comedy. Year: 2009.
John Leguizamo in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
When a epidemic that causes its victims to commit suicide begins sweeping across the Northeast, high school science teacher Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg) flees Philadelphia with his estranged wife (Zooey Deschanel) and the 8-year-old daughter (Ashlyn Sanchez) of his best friend, Julian (John Leguizamo). With the cause of the epidemic unknown, Elliot and his fellow survivors steer clear of highly populated areas and head for the state line. But, when more and more people begin to kill themselves, Elliot begins to suspect that the whole world may be in danger. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. With Betty Buckley, Alan Ruck and Spencer Breslin. Categories: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2008.
John Leguizamo in The Happening
When four black soldiers (Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso and Omar Benson Miller) get separated from their unit behind enemy lines in Italy during WWII, they find that they are treated with less respect than the enemy they are fighting. Risking their lives to save an Italian boy, the soldiers have a life-changing experience in a small Tuscan village, come to possess a piece of a rare sculpture. Directed by Spike Lee. With John Turturro, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Leguizamo, Kerry Washington and James Gandolfini. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War. Year: 2008.
John Leguizamo in Miracle at St. Anna
For Christmas, the Rodriguez siblings have returned to their parents' Chicago home for what might be their last holiday together. While the homecoming rekindles feelings for an old flame in Jesse (Freddy Rodríguez) and reminds Roxanna (Vanessa Ferlito) that her acting career hasn't gotten anywhere, it provides Mauricio (John Leguizamo), the eldest Rodriguez sibling, an opportunity to introduce his high-powered executive wife (Debra Messing) to his family. In an eventuful week filled with cherished tradions and brutal honesty, the family faces major upheaval when their mother Anna (Elizabeth Peña) reveals that she is divorcing their father Eduardo (Alfred Molina). Directed by Alfredo De Villa. With Jay Hernandez, Luis Guzmán and Melonie Diaz. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2008.
John Leguizamo in Nothing Like the Holidays
With a vigilante serial killer on the loose, Turk (Robert De Niro) and Rooster (Al Pacino), two veteran New York City detectives, work to identify a possible connection between a rash of recent murders and a case they thought was solved years ago. Targetting criminals who have fallen through the cracks of the justice system, the killer leaves notes on the victims justifying his crimes. As the bodies pile up, Turk and Rooster work to track down the man responsible, and must face the fact that an innocent man may have been sent to prison the first time around. Directed by Jon Avnet. With Carla Gugino, John Leguizamo, Donnie Wahlberg, 50 Cent, Brian Dennehy and Dan Futterman. Categories: Crime, Drama, Action. Year: 2008.
John Leguizamo in Righteous Kill
Felix De La Pena (John Leguizamo) drives an armored-truck driver, and is a devoted husband to his wife Marina (Rosie Perez) and a loving father of two in a tough neighborhood in East Los Angeles. He is kidnapped and shot in the head during a hijacking by Adell Baldwin (Tyrese Gibson) and loses his memory. Struggling with post-traumatic stress syndrome that causes him to behave erratically, he is framed as a prime suspect for the crime. Since he cannot provide any leads to FBI agent Steve Perelli (Bobby Cannavale), Felix is forced to try to find his assailant by himself. Directed by Brad Furman. With Matthew Hatchette, Jake Muxworthy, and Laurence Mason. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2007.
John Leguizamo in The Take
In this updated version of the classic TV comedy, New York bus driver Ralph Kramden (Cedric the Entertainer) comes up with get-rich-quick scheme to help him and his feisty wife Alice (Gabrielle Union) finally buy a duplex in Brooklyn. After the plan fails, Ralph teams up with his best friend, Ed Norton (Mike Epps) to save their dream and make things right with Alice. Directed byJohn Schultz. With Regina Hall, Eric Stoltz and John Leguizamo. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2005.
John Leguizamo in The Honeymooners
Antonio (John Leguizamo) is an aspiring singer/songwriter who moves from Mexico to Los Angeles to try to make it. But he finds many obstacles in his way to a successful career and also gets involved with two women. One, played by Ana Claudia Talancón, is a medical student devoted to her ailing father. The other, a divorcee (Elizabeth Peça), is a talented singer. He wants the singer to join his band for a radio contest, then wonders whether he should leave his roots behind and start singing in English. Directed by Renée Chabria. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2005.
John Leguizamo in Sueno
Following the discovery of several communal gravesites filled with children's bodies in Ecuador, Manolo Bonilla (John Leguizamo), a reporter for a Miami-based tabloid television show, flies down with his crew to cover the story. Manolo is convinced that it is the work of a single, monstrous serial killer. Tension in the town reaches a boiling point when Vinicio Cepeda (Damián Alcázar) accidentally runs over a child, and an angry mob led by the child's father, Don Lucho (Henry Layana), tries to burn him alive. Directed by Sebastián Cordero. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Foreign Film. Year: 2004.
John Leguizamo in Cronicas
A Los Angeles fireman (Arnold Schwarzenegger) sees his wife and son killed by a terrorist's bomb and devotes himself to getting revenge. This takes him to the jungles of Colombia, where he finds himself in conflict with drug-dealing gangs, unfriendly locals and a mystery man (Elias Koteas) who may or may not be an FBI agent. Directed by Andrew Davis. With Cliff Curtis, John Turturro, Francesca Neri, Lindsay Frost, and Ethan Dampf. Categories: Action, Thriller. Year: 2002.
John Leguizamo in Collateral Damage
Christian (Ewan McGregor), a struggling, idealistic writer in turn of the century Paris, becomes emersed in the glamorous, risque world of the Moulin Rouge, an infamous nightclub filled with sex, drugs and questionable clientele. After being asked to write a play to be performed at the club, Christian is lovestruck by Satine (Nicole Kidman), the Moulin Rouge's beautiful star performer. But, her love does not come easily, and Christian must compete for her heart with The Duke (Richard Roxburgh), a jealous investor who can offer Satine the life she has always dreamed of. Directed by Baz Luhrmann. With John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Kylie Minogue and Ozzy Osbourne. Categories: Drama, Romance, Music. Year: 2001.
John Leguizamo in Moulin Rouge!
When terrorists hijack an airplane flying to Washington, D.C., intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) convinces the military to let him accompany a crew of soldiers boarding the plane in mid-air and rescue its passengers. When the team discovers a bomb aboard, Grant must race against time to subdue the terrorists and dismantle the explosives. Directed by Stuart Baird. With Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt and Joe Morton. Categories: Politics, Action, Adventure, Thriller. Year: 1996.
John Leguizamo in Executive Decision
Bobby Rayburn (Wesley Snipes) is a professional baseball player at the top of his game. After a move to the San Francisco Giants is followed by the worst performance of his career, an obsessed fan named Gil Renard (Robert De Niro) decides to help Bobby recover his game by whatever means necessary. Directed by Tony Scott. With Ellen Barkin, John Leguizamo, Benicio Del Toro and Kurt Fuller. Categories: Thriller, Sports. Year: 1996.
John Leguizamo in The Fan
In the violent, modern world of Verona Beach, Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Juliet (Claire Danes) find forbidden love in the midst of their rival families' battle for power. While the families wage war in the streets, these star-crossed lovers enter a tragic romance filled with lavish nightclub parties and secret rendezvous. Directed by Baz Luhrmann. With John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau, Pete Postlethwaite, Dash Mihok, Paul Sorvino and Brian Dennehy. Categories: Romance, Crime, Drama. Year: 1996.
John Leguizamo in Romeo & Juliet
Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino), released early from prison after a five year stint, pledges to change his ways and to never return to the life of crime and drug dealing that he had before. Hoping to raise enough money to get away from New York, Carlito runs a nightclub while renewing an affair with a dancer (Penelope Ann Miller). But because of his past connections and a feeling of obligation to his lawyer and best friend (Sean Penn), Carlito is gradually dragged back into the world he promised to give up forever. Directed by Brian De Palma. With John Leguizamo, Luis Guzmán and Viggo Mortensen. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1993.
John Leguizamo in Carlito's Way