Detective stories, dramas, fantasy: what to watch this winter weekend

Spy passions, hunting criminals, saving humanity, testing true feelings, exciting and dangerous adventures – all this and even more for connoisseurs of adventure movies. UNN has prepared a selection of adventure films that can be viewed on weekends.

Bridge of Spies 2015 – the film is based on events that took place in world history. The action takes place during the so-called "Cold War". Then there was an aggravation of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Soviet Union, and although there was no real conflict, but a show of force and a race for the title of the most prepared State for war was observed for many years. Thanks to the actions of the CIA, it is possible to identify a Russian intelligence officer who passed data to his leadership. The suspect is arrested and the case is taken to court. The people demand to execute the scoundrel in order to show how powerful and all-powerful their country is. The Russian spy is not going to say anything in his defense, but simply remains silent, not paying attention to various tortures. James Donovan, an ordinary insurance lawyer, is assigned to protect a spy to conduct a fair trial.

• Genre: Historical, Drama, Thriller

• Country: USA, Germany, India

• Director: Steven Spielberg

• Cast: Mark Rylens, Domenic Lombardozzi, Victor Verhak, Tom Hanks

The Day After Tomorrow 2004 – climate scientist Jack Hall has long suspected that changes are approaching. And his fears soon begin to be confirmed. Permafrost is melting, giant streams of icy water are rapidly lowering the temperature in the oceans. Unprecedented natural disasters are raging all over the planet. However, the government does not pay attention to warnings and is in no hurry to declare an alarm, considering disasters to be local outbreaks. At this time, Jack's son gets into trouble, who went with friends to New York. Rapid climate change finds him far from home. The cold snap comes so unexpectedly that most people die, being caught off guard by this terrible raging element. Fortunately, the guy manages to escape, but now he must wait for his father, who is trying to make his way to him through the dangerous icy desert.

• Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction

• Country: USA

• Director: Roland Emmerich

• Cast: Denis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossam, Dash Mayock, Jay O. Sanders, Sela Ward

The Hunter and The Snow Queen 2016 - for many years Freya and Ravenna ruled their kingdom together, but one day The Dark Queen betrayed her sister, and she was forced to flee. Later, The Ice Queen settled in her own castle and recruited the healthiest boys and girls from nearby villages, from whom she planned to raise skilled warriors who could protect her from any enemies, including Ravenna. The ruler's plans end in success — many years of training are not in vain, and yesterday's young people gradually turn into experienced warriors who can cope with any task. With everyone, but not everyone — Eric and Sarah, two of Freya's students, break her main ban and fall in love. When their ruler finds out about this, she drives the violators out of the palace without further ado. Once free, the heroes of the spectacular fantasy find new friends who open their eyes to the truth: the sisters, despite the enmity among themselves, are a real threat to the whole world. Agreeing with everything they have heard, the lovers lead an army that is going to put an end to sisterly tyranny.

• Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

• Country: USA

• Director: Cedric Nicolas-Trojan

• Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Jessica Chastain, Emily Blunt, Nick Frost, Rob Brydon

Winter's Tale 2014 - when the main character of the film, Peter Lake, was still an infant, his parents make an attempt to move to live in America, but due to the fact that his father was ill with tuberculosis, they are not allowed to enter the country. Then they send their son there alone. Years later, as Peter grows up, he becomes a professional thief and works under the guidance of gangster Pearl Soames, who, thanks to the guy's talents, turns out his crimes.

But one day Peter gets tired of such an existence, and he decides to run away from the city to try to start a new life. However, it is at this moment that something happens to the hero that he could not have foreseen - Peter falls in love with a beautiful girl named Beverly Penn, who is wilting every day from a serious illness. What will peter do in this situation, because if he chose Beverly, he would certainly put her in serious danger, because a former boss with magical abilities is on his trail .

• Genre: Detective Stories, Dramas, Fantasy, Romantic

• Country: USA

• Director: Akiva Goldsman

• Cast: Colin Farrell, Matt Bomer, Lucy Griffiths, Michael Crane, Kevin Corrigan, Will Smith, Russell Crowe

The Hateful Eight 2015 – the film takes place in Wyoming after the Civil War. John" Hanger " Ruth, who is engaged in catching fugitive criminals, goes to Red Rock with a rich Loot, The Bandit Daisy Domerga. In the town, the criminal is waiting for a sentence and a gallows, and her lucky pursuer - ten thousand dollars of the promised fee. On the way to the hanger's Stagecoach, two people get hooked - a dark-skinned bounty hunter, mercenary "Marquis" Warren, and former Confederate Chris Mannix, who identified himself as the sheriff. A newly started snowstorm forces random fellow travelers to hide in a haberdashery shop on the pass. The other four had already settled here: a cowboy, a Mexican, a retired Confederate general, and an evict - a local short criminal. Soon, one of the" lawyers " who accompanies Daisy begins to suspect with good reason that an accomplice of the bloody Bandit is hiding among the guests of the institution.

• Genre: Detective Stories, Dramas, Crime, Thrillers, Western

• Country: USA

• Director: Quentin Tarantino

• Starring: Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Gogins, Demian Bichir, Tim Roth, Samuel L. Jackson