PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Fantasy
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
DIRECTOR:  Gore Verbinski
WRITER:  Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, Jay Wolpert

PLOT:  Jack Sparrow and friends find themselves in another dangerous adventure when Jack Sparrow goes on the hunt to find Davy Jones' heart.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Pirates of  the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Drama
MADE:  2002
CAST:  Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom
DIRECTOR:  Peter Jackson
WRITER:  J.R.R. Tolkien, Fran Walsh, PHilippa boyens, Stephen Sinclair, Peter Jackson

PLOT:  Hobbits Frodo and Sam continue on their journey to destroy the ring that is being sought while allies do their part to fight Isengard.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring, Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Drama
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Astin, Ian Holm, Viggo Mortensen
DIRECTOR:  Peter Jackson
WRITER:  J.R.R. Tolkien, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson

PLOT:  Based on J.R.R. Tokien's trilogy, a young hobbit by the name of Frodo Baggins is entrusted with an ancient ring that must be destroyed, leading him to begin a journey through distant lands with friends and allies.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  LOTR: The Two Towers, LOTR: The Return of the King, Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Comedy
MADE:  2003
CAST:  Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
DIRECTOR:  Gore Verbinski
WRITER:  Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, Jay Wolpert

PLOT:  Jack Sparrow finds himself in a misfit adventure when he finds his way off a deserted island and has plans to take back the ship, The Black Pearl, leads him to a gold coin, the last gold coin a group of pirates rumored to be "dead" are looking for.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Hook

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INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure
MADE:  1984
CAST:  Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Jonathan Ke Quan
DIRECTOR:  Steven Spielberg
WRITER:  Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz, George Lucas

PLOT:  Professor Jones gets lured into another adventure when his charter plane crashes near India, with a beautiful singer and his side-kick Short-Round in tow, Indiana Jones must find three sacred stones that have been stolen from an Indian village in order to save the people from starvation.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Indiana Jones and The Raiders of The Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull

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PLUNKETT & MACLEANE

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Crime
MADE:  1999
CAST:  Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Iain Robertson, Liv Tyler, Alan Cummings
DIRECTOR:  Jake Scott
WRITER:  Selwyn Roberts, Robert Wade, Neal Purvis, Charles McKeown

PLOT:  Plunkett & Macleane agree to work together as highway men by night and socialites by day in order to help each other get what they desire.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Robin Hood, Prince of Persia, Shakespeare In Love

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BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Comedy
MADE:  1986
CAST:  Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun
DIRECTOR:  John Carpenter
WRITER:  Gary Goldman, David Z. Weinstein, W.D. Richter

PLOT:  Truck driver Jack Burton makes a stop in Chinatown when unbelievable things begin to happen.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Willow, Romancing The Stone, From Dusk Till Dawn

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PUSH

GENRE:  Action/ Sci-Fi/ Thriller
MADE:  2009
CAST:  Camilla Belle, Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Djimon Hounsou
DIRECTOR:  Paul McGuigan
WRITER:  David Bourla

PLOT:  Cassie and Nick have special abilities and finds that they must locate a girl named Kira before Division does.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  X-Men, X2, I Am Number Four

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MACHETE

GENRE:  Action/ Comedy/ Thriller
MADE:  2010
CAST:  Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba
DIRECTOR:  Ethan Maniquis, Robert Rodriguez
WRITER:  Robert Rodriguez, Alvaro Rodriguez

PLOT:  Ex Federali now residing in the U.S. is set-up and is now being hunted by the authorities.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  From Dusk Till Dawn, Grindhouse, Once Upon A Time In Mexico

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THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Crime
MADE:  2002
CAST:  James Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris, Dagmara Dominczyk
DIRECTOR:  Kevin Reynolds
WRITER:  Alexandre Dumas pere, Jay Wolpert

PLOT:  Based off the novel by Alexandre Dumas a young trusting man, Edmond Dantes, is imprisoned by his best-friend, after many years in jail and a daring escape Edmond seeks revenge.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Man In The Iron Mask, Ben-Hur, Dangerous Liaisons

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A KNIGHT'S TALE

GENRE:  Romance/ Action/ Adventure/ Comedy
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Heath Ledger, Mark Addy, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon
DIRECTOR:  Brian Helgeland
WRITER:  Brian Helgeland

PLOT:  A peasant squire overcomes the common laws of the province by creating a new identity for himself.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Everafter, Robin Hood, The Count Of Monte Cristo

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BATMAN BEGINS

GENRE:  Action/ Crime/ Drama
MADE:  2005
CAST:  Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Katie Holmes, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman
DIRECTOR:  Christopher Nolan
WRITER:  Bob Kane, David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan

PLOT:  The remake of Batman, Bruce Wayne lives with the memory of his parents' violence death in Gothan City, many years later still living in Gotham City that is continuously growing in crime, Bruce Wayne decides to fight the crime himself his way.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Batman, Batman Returns

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STARSHIP TROOPERS

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Sci-Fi
MADE:  1997
CAST:  Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Neil Patrick Harris
DIRECTOR:  Paul Verhoeven
WRITER:  Edward Neumeier, Robert A. Heinlein

PLOT:  Set in the future humans enroll into the military to battle giant alien bugs who have demolished their world.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Total Recall, Predators, Alien 3

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