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Vin Diesel and Ben Affleck turn up the heat
Brian Hale / Entertainment Editor
Pitch Black
Starring: Vin Diesel , Keith David , Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Radha Mitchell and Cole Hauser
In Theaters: February 18, 2000
In the near future, a docking pilot makes a crash-landing of her spacecraft on a unknown planet. The crew is killed, and a few of the passengers escape.
The story revolves around an officer, a convicted murderer, an uncomfortably hot and creepy planet, and the need to band together to survive.
Boiler Room
Starring: Giovanni Ribisi , Nia Long , Vin Diesel , Ron Rifkin , Jamie Kennedy , Ben Affleck, and Tom Everett Scott.
Release Date: February 18, 2000
This flick follows the rise and fall of Seth Davis, an enterprising college drop-out who, determined to prove his worth to a demanding father, takes a job at a small brokerage firm.
There, in the company´s “boiler room”, where young men eager to earn their fortunes work the phones, Seth soon masters the art of the cold call and with his new job, begins to regain his father´s respect. But the “boiler room” quickly draws Seth into a world of corruption and greed, ultimately jeopardizing all that he has gained, and all that he had before.
Co-worker Debbie Hilliard becomes involved with Seth, while Vin Diesel plays Chris Varick, a young broker who teaches Seth the ways of the “chop shop”.
The trailers to this movie remind me an awful lot of The Firm. Boiler Room may be a great movie on its own, but it will never have what The Firm had - Wilfred Brimley, the Oatmeal guy, grandpa from Our House, saying the F word.
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