"The Rock" - Sean Connery, a retired general (Ed Harris) fights against wrongs he believes the government did by stealing missiles and deadly gas to attack San Francisco.
Posts from Jay J. Foraker in thread „Last Non Western You Watched“
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"Notes on a Scandal" - with Judi Dench. Good drama.
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"Madoff" - the two-part ABC program about the ponzie scheme crook that bilked billions of dollars out of unsuspecting folks.
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"Forever Young" - Mel Gibson and Jamie Lee Curtis star.
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"Flash Gordon" - the cult favorite starring Sam J. Jones and Melody Anderson. Tongue-in-Cheek fare.
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"The Martian" with Matt Damon. About an astronaut thought to be dead and left on Mars.
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Sicario" - a tale of the drug fight with the Mexican cartels. Fairly good actioner though a little confusing at times.
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Mission Impossible/Rogue Nation - Pretty good actioner, but confusing at times.
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"Predator 2" - an alien hunter comes to Los Angeles to do his killing spree.
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"Predator" - Action flick with Scharzenneger - an alien hunter comes to earth in a South American jungle to kill human prey.
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"No Way Back" - FBI agent apprehends a yakuza kingpin and tries to bring him to justice. Russell Crowe and Helen Slater star. So-so actioner.
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"Mission to Mars" - Gary Sinise, Don Cheadle, Connie Neilsen star. A rescue mission to mars discovers something astounding.
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"A Clear and Present Danger" - Good tale of intrigue with drug cartels involving the CIA and presidential assistants.
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"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" - with Gary Oldman. Good movie, if somewhat convoluted.
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Also watched "San Andreas" - I agree, a good movie.
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"Close Encounters of the Third Kind" - First time I'd watched this in years. I had liked it when I first watched it and found even more to like this time around.
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"Interstellar" - with Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway. Interesting take on spacefarers taking a trip to another galaxy to save mankind.
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"47 Ronin" - Keanu Reeves starred in this about Samuri being disgraced and regaining their status.
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"The Place Beyond the Pines" - A perhaps unique presentation in three parts. The first follows a bank robber in his activities, the second a cop who kills him and the third follows the two sons of the respective actors 15 years later. Interesting concept.
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"Insurgent" - a continuation of the "Divergent" series.