Basic (2003)
Rashomon-style investigation of a Panama training accident. Basic is John McTiernan's 2003 American military thriller.
Connie Nielsen worked across Europe in French and Italian productions before Hollywood, and speaks several languages fluently, which shaped a career of composed, slightly remote characters.
Gladiator gave her Lucilla, whose position requires her to conceal everything she thinks for the entire film, and she plays it almost entirely with the eyes.
The Devil’s Advocate and Mission to Mars filled the early American work, and she returned to prominence as Hippolyta in the Wonder Woman films.
Nymphomaniac for Lars von Trier is the outlier, and she has moved between Danish and American work consistently.
Connie NielsenRashomon-style investigation of a Panama training accident. Basic is John McTiernan's 2003 American military thriller.
Bob OdenkirkDerek Kolstad screenplay, John Wick adjacent action. Nobody (2021) and Nobody 2 (2025) form a two-film series starring Bob Odenkirk as Hutch Mansell, a former government intelligence operative who has retired into suburban anonymity and returns to violent action when…
Chris PineWonder Woman 1984 is the sequel to Patty Jenkins's 2017 Wonder Woman and one of the steepest critical reversals in modern superhero cinema. Jenkins directed and co-wrote with Geoff Johns and Dave Callaham.
Connie NielsenGladiator is the film that revived the Hollywood epic. The 9 rating is honest evaluation.
Chris PineAllan Heinberg wrote the screenplay from a story by Heinberg, Zack Snyder, and Jason Fuchs. Patty Jenkins had previously directed Monster in 2003, the production that won Charlize Theron her Academy Award for Best Actress.
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