Every day, the world over, large amounts of high-level radioactive waste created by nuclear power plants is placed in interim storage, which is vulnerable to natural disasters, man-made disasters, and to societal changes. In Finland the world’s first permanent repository is being hewn out of solid rock – a huge system of underground tunnels - that must last 100,000 years as this is how long the waste remains hazardous.
In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman remembers a fantasy honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man awakes from a dream about bomber planes. A businessman boasts about success while being robbed by a pickpocket, and so on. The absurdist collection is accompanied by Dixieland jazz and similar music.
December 1944. I det kamptrætte amerikanske Fox infanterikompagni går der rygter om, at de skal forflyttes fra forreste kampzone. Men rygterne tromles brat, da tyskerne indleder et rasende brutalt modangreb med kampvogne i spidsen. De skræmmende effektive pansertropper er ved at samles til det sidste store slag i Ardennerne. I dette sanseløse inferno kæmper Joe Costa desperat mod de tyske flammende kanoner og dræbende maskingeværer.
Claire is under the grip of a mysterious new cult called Faults. Desperate to be reunited with their daughter, Claire's parents recruit one of the world's foremost experts on mind control, Ansel Roth.
A young boy tries to cope with rural life circa 1950s and his fantasies become a way to interpret events. After his father tells him stories of vampires, he becomes convinced that the widow up the road is a vampire, and tries to find ways of discouraging his brother from seeing her.
Two feuding rock stars get handcuffed together for 24 hours at a music festival where they are both due to perform.
A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.
The Captains is a feature-length documentary film written and directed by William Shatner. The film follows Shatner as he interviews the other actors who have portrayed starship captains in the Star Trek franchise.
For seks år siden sendte NASA en sonde afsted for at undersøge muligheden for liv i rummet. Da den senere vendte tilbage bragte den nogle modbydelige fremmede væsner med sig. Nu er halvdelen af Mexico isoleret fra omverden i et desperat forsøg på at forhindre, at de fremmede væsner spreder sig yderligere. Fotografen Andrew får til opgave at eskortere kvinden Samantha gemmen den lukkede zone, over grænsen og ind i USA. Det bliver en livsfarlig rejse, der ændrer dem begge.
Steven Ray was never quite normal. But when tragedy strikes in the form of a deadly hit-and-run incident at a city cross walk, his violent and bizarre behavior becomes uncontrollable. One night, as Steven plots his next murder, he meets Percival, whose unsuccessful attempt at suicide not only interferes with Stevens plans, but the chance encounter also introduces the two into each others sad and lonely lives. Percival believes hes cursed after miraculously surviving each suicide attempt and concludes fate brought he and Steven together. So he hires Steven to assist him in suicide. Steven does not believe in fate and thinks Percival is desperate and delusional. But he accepts the offer. Easy money. After Percival continues to miraculously survive each attempt on his life, Steven starts to believe. He tries to help Percival figure out ways to break the curse. And in the process, they form an unlikely friendship through the common bond of tragedy.
Four present-day Russian men dig for Nazi memorabilia at a WWII battlefield. A wormhole lake sends them back to a battle in 1942 USSR.
When lovelorn Michael arrives in Berlin to return a set of keys to his ex-girlfriend, Gabi, as an excuse to see her again, he finds her apartment empty save for a couple of plumbers making repairs to the central heating. Just as Michael learns from the plumber’s apprentice, Harper, that Gabi has popped out for a while but will return soon, the apprentice is attacked by his boss who has unexpectedly and inexplicably transformed into a raging madman. Together, Michael and Harper manage to bundle the crazed plumber out of the apartment and barricade themselves safely inside. Within minutes, they find themselves trapped in apartment block under siege from a horde of similarly insane people, apparently hungry for human flesh.
Vincent, a police officer, and his partner Manuel steal a large amount of cocaine from José Marciano, a ruthless crime lord who is quick to seek revenge, endangering Vincent's life, career and family.
En vagabond (Rutger Hauer) ankommer til byen Hope Town, der bliver styret med jernnæve af en modbydelig, sadistisk gangster. Her er alt tilladt, blodet flyder i gaderne og ingen kan vide sig sikker, men det gider vagabonden ikke at finde sig i. Han griber sin shotgun og begynder at rydde op!
Four volunteers sign up for what initially appears to be a typical paid research study, only to discover that they've unwittingly become involved with a classified government program that was said to have been terminated nearly two decades ago.
Detective Nick Blades (Adam Copeland) er en New Orleans COP på anklagebænken for korruption. Assistant District Attorney Theo Gold (Jamie Kennedy) er manden, der har ansvaret for at sætte ham bag tremmer. Når disse to usandsynlige partnere fra modsatte side af loven snuble på en kriminel handling, vil de nødt til at stole på held - og tålmodighed - at tage ned en farlig morder, uden at slå hinanden ihjel først. Alicia Witt, Jennifer Esposito og Jessica Walter co-stjerne i en historie, der viser, at når det bliver hårdt, den seje bøje reglerne.
22 minutes got Russian marine to free a hijacked oil tanker far from shore.
Nine people are stuck in an elevator. One of them has a ticking bomb that can't be defused. The other eight will do anything to survive. There is no escape and no promise of rescue. As the tension in the elevator mounts the unthinkable soon becomes the only reasonable solution.
Det, der skulle være en træningslejr for gifte par på en afsides ø, forvandles til en kamp på liv og død, da en sekshovedet haj går til angreb på stranden. Fanget på ø og med et minimalt antal våben forsøger lejrdeltagerne at kæmpe mod hajen.
Agent Marshall Lawson mister sit team af professionelle soldater i et koldblodigt og tilsyneladende tilfældigt sammenstød. Han påtager sig jobbet at efterforske de mystiske omstændigheder omkring den brutale nedslagtning, og det fører til opdagelsen af en operationsstyrke, CTX Majestic, der er så hemmelig, at militæret nu ønsker Marshall elimineret. Bag det hele står en gruppe korrupte militærfolk, som har slået sig på narkohandel.