Movies starring Christian Slater

The Name of the Rose (1986)

130 mins Drama, Mystery, Thriller

It seems to me that those who rate Jean-Jacques Annual's "The Name of the Rose" highly are those who loved Umberto Eco's dark novel on which it was adapted from. And that to me makes perfect sense especially when you read opi...

Heathers (1988)

103 mins Comedy, Drama

Prior to a recent rewatch of "Heathers" I had only watched it once but one viewing is enough to leave a lasting impression, heck any movie which starts with Winona Ryder buried up to her neck in a croquet lawn and three girls...

Pump Up the Volume (1990)

102 mins Drama

Once in a while a movie comes a long which speaks for a generation, and this is exactly what "Pump up the Volume" achieves. This is not your typical teenage movie as it addresses issues such as loneliness and repression which...

Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory (1990)

104 mins Action , Western

As sequels go "Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory" is no better or worse than the original "Young Guns" and in fact is basically more of the same. This means we basically get the continuing adventures of William H. Bonney otherwis...

Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves (1991)

143 mins Action , Adventure , Drama

I remember when Kevin Costner's "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" first came out, I really loved it even though I quickly grew to hate the theme music. B but having rewatched it many years later I realized that firstly it is no...

FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)

76 mins Adventure , Animation, Family

To give you an idea of where I was when I first tried to watch "FernGully: The Last Rainforest", I was 20 and whilst I still enjoyed the classic Disney animations I had pretty much given up on modern animations. Now that does...

True Romance (1993)

120 mins Drama, Romance, Thriller

"True Romance" comes from the pen of Quentin Tarantino, and like his other screenplays, it is full of action and violence which at times over shadows a reasonably good story. What makes this film slightly different is that it...

Interview with the Vampire (1994)

123 mins Drama, Horror, Romance

The storyline to "Interview with the Vampire" goes on as that barely covers the first half of the movie but in the same manner the focus is on Louis' story and his conflict with being a vampire and his hatred of Lestat for do...

Murder in the First (1995)

122 mins Crime, Drama, Thriller

When I first watched "Murder in the First", in my early 20s, I found it very disturbing, and to be honest struggled to watch it right through. Now, having aged a few years, I revisited it to see if after years of watching mov...

Broken Arrow (1996)

108 mins Action , Adventure , Crime, Thriller

The best way for me to describe "Broken Arrow" is to use the title of another, more superior movie that of "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" because it contains elements of each. In fact you could say it is entertaining, stupi...

Hard Rain (1998)

97 mins Action , Crime, Drama

Hard Rain - star studded action spectacular featuring a flooding town a group of bad guys after millons which a security guard has hidden from them...

3000 Miles To Graceland (2001)

125 mins Action , Crime, Thriller

Oh dear, what went wrong? Maybe I was wrong to be expecting "3000 Miles To Graceland" to be a clever heist movie along the lines of "Ocean's Eleven", because I certainly didn't get it. The actual robbery, which is sadly the b...

Windtalkers (2002)

134 mins Action , Adventure , War

If you watch "Windtalkers" expecting an insightful look at how the Navajo were critical to WWII and played their part in passing codes then trust me you are going to be sadly disappointed. Yet if you watch "Windtalkers" expec...

Mindhunters (2004)

106 mins Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A group of FBI agents are going through a training profile to deal with serial killers; their training involves observation tasks as well as profiling a talent some of the agents use to get women's numbers in bars. One of the...

Hollow Man II (2006)

91 mins Action , Horror, Sci-Fi

It's sort of ironic, when I reviewed "Hollow Man" I wasn't so impressed because the focus was on the special effects used for making Kevin Bacon turn invisible and the storyline played second fiddle. Well in "Hollow Man II" i...

Bobby (2006)

117 mins Drama

I could probably go on trying to detail the various little storylines which are drawn together in "Bobby" but to be honest I don't see the point. I also struggle to see the point of "Bobby" despite being a fan of Emilio Estev...

Love Lies Bleeding (2008)

94 mins Action , Drama, Thriller

If Quentin Tarantino had collaborated with Nicholas Sparks to write "True Romance" and then had someone like Lasse Hallstr�m or Nick Cassavetes direct it he would have ended up with "Love Lies Bleeding". That means that whils...

The River Murders (2011)

92 mins Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Movie Review - The River Murders (2011) Ray Liotta stars as Jack Verdon, an FBI agent dealing with a strange case as all the victims are ex lovers of his, which unsurprisingly brings him under suspicion...

Dawn Rider (2012)

94 mins Western

We all moan about remakes but how about a remake of a remake which had already been remade. Yes this 2012 western "Dawn Rider" is technically a remake of the John Wayne movie of the same name from 1935 which in turn was a rem...

Bullet to the Head (2012)

92 mins Action , Crime, Thriller

"Bullet to the Head" isn't a bad movie as it works through a storyline full of cliches in an entertaining manner delivering on everything it aims to deliver on. That starts with Stallone in his comfort zone of an action role ...

* This is purely a list of reviews on The Movie Scene featuring the name Christian Slater as one of the principle cast members.