I'll give youse a trashy, exciting potboiler. Sorry about the quality here, but this isn't out on DVD, contrary to what is indicated on this movie's IMDb page. Aspect ratio is wrong. OAR is 1.85:1. The director of this made a highly regarded TV miniseries and worked mostly in TV besides, but this is a theatrical film.

Rent-a-Cop?

No, but right decade.

The main character:

Night of the Juggler

Very impressive! How did you get it based on those indistinct shots? I didn't even get a chance to pop open some clues.

The first half hour is one of the more relentlessly action-packed stretches in film history, as James Brolin chases after the kidnapper of his daughter through crowded New York streets, but the movie as a whole is just ridiculously unbelievable.

The shot of the truck tipped me off to the locale, and when you said that was the main character I figured it had to be Brolin. I'll have something up in a moment.

My favorite memory of that film is "The Mole Man?!??! Sheeeeeit that sucka's crazy!"

Is that The Thief and the Cobbler, Luther?

Not The Thief and the Cobbler. At the time of this movie's release, two of its stars were probably best known for their roles in a wretched CGI-fest.

The main star (not seen here) is probably best known for a role on TV.

Probably Fragile (2005).

With Calista Flockhart, Richard Roxburgh, and Elena Anaya (Van Helsing). 1. the Sleeping Beauty cartoon watched by the children's ward (in 'scope, no less) 2. spontaneous fracture 3. why can't we get to the 2nd floor? 4. ghostly apparition. To be finally released Stateside this fall in a heavily edited PG-13 version.

Balagueró's Los Sin Nombre is excellent, so I might have to give this a gander, even though the Hollywoodization of foreign directors is usually disastrous.

Wildcard. If no one puts anything up, I'll do so myself eventually.

While it has some laughably clumsy exposition, I think Fragile has some pretty potent scares (which would all be hampered by a tamer cut of the film) - but I should point out that I'm fairly nosocomephobic to begin with.

Hrm. Let's try to resurrect this thread...

#1

Just a guess, but Brotherhood of the Wolf?

No, but you're in the right decade.

#2

One of the leads (being pointed at here) has been nominated for three Oscars, but has never won.

#3

The Exorcism of Emily Rose?

(I don't check this thread very often, so Wildcard if that's the right answer )

Well done, sir.

Wildcard is in effect.

Look like "Two Arm-we One-gee" to me. (I can't figure out how to do Korean letters, best I can do is an English phonetic equivalent.)