Once Were Warriors (1994)
Directed by Lee Tamahori
In a violent relationship, it takes a mother’s strength to save herself and her children from the man she loved. Once Were Warriors is a violent love story set against a contemporary urban backdrop.
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Far more shocking is witnessing Commander Cody (Temuera Morrison, "Once Were Warriors") execute order 66 at Palpatine's bidding, turning and firing upon the Obi-Wan he was just conversing with and becoming who we know as Jango Fett.
"Next" was directed by Lee Tamahori, whose movies include "XXX: State of the Union" and "Die Another Day," as well as the Maori-family drama "Once Were Warriors."
Director Lee Tamahori ("Once Were Warriors," "Die Another Day") stages the action well.
Director Lee Tamahori long ago forsook the humanity of his breakthrough film "Once Were Warriors" for the assembly-line action-film antics of "XXX: State of the Union" and "Die Another Day," but "Next" is his nadir.
With movies like Once Were Warriors, Die Another Day and xXx: State of the Union, it was not a stretch for director Lee Tamahori to handle the action and terrorist aspects of the film.
Director Lee Tamahori's follow-up to 1994's Once Were Warriors, Mulholland Falls follows a quartet of '50s detectives (Nick Nolte's Max, Chazz Palminteri's Elleroy, Michael Madsen's Eddie, and Chris Penn's Arthur) as they inadvertently uncover an epic conspiracy while investigating the murder of a young woman (Jennifer Connelly's Allison Pond).
Oscar winner Dave Grusin contributes a generic score, and Kiwi director Lee Tamahori (the critically hailed "Once Were Warriors") seems lost in America.
From the New Zealand director of the powerful Once Were Warriors comes this Nineties noir take on the brutal world of 1950s-era Los Angeles.
“Mulholland Falls” is the first movie directed by Lee Tamahori since his powerful 1994 film “Once Were Warriors,” the story of violence and abuse in a New Zealand Maori family.
Check out the director: Lee Tamahori, whose 1994 New Zealand debut, Once Were Warriors, ranks among the most powerful and electrifying dramas of the decade.
What we haven't seen, however, is a taut adventure story from director Lee Tamahori (who, in Once Were Warriors, showed an exceptional ability to convey psychological tension using geographical landscape).
Too subtle, apparently, for some; I've read a couple of reviews by critics who think director Lee Tamahori (“ Once Were Warriors ”) misses the point of the Mamet screenplay and plays the material too straight.
Director Lee Tamahori ("Once Were Warriors") focuses on his rich central characters and provides occasional heart-stopping thrills, but it's never enough to make us stop thinking about how much smarter we are than the stars.
After a fine debut with Once Were Warriors , he helmed the troubled Mulholland Falls .
Lee Tamahori ("Once Were Warriors") directs and David Mamet writes a back to nature tale set in the Alaskan wilds, that unsuccessfully mixes melodrama with action/adventure and satire.
Director Lee Tamahori (Once Were Warriors) makes the most of this wilderness struggle situation.