Movies directed by Peter Hyams

Capricorn One (1977)

123 mins     Action , Sci-Fi, Thriller      

Did man really walk on the moon or was it faked, a false landing created in a secret studio somewhere? That is one of many popular conspiracy theories and back in 1977 writer and director Peter Hyams gave us a movie built aro...

Hanover Street (1979)

109 mins     Drama, Romance, War      

Whilst made in 1979 "Hanover Street" is writer/director Peter Hyams doing a 1940s/50s style WWII romantic drama. Now there is nothing wrong with that as having watched a fair few of those old romantic war movies, the sort of ...

The Star Chamber (1983)

109 mins     Drama, Mystery, Thriller      

Michael Douglas is one of those actors whose star is so big that even if you are not a fan you are usually aware of the movies he's starred in. So when you come across one which you have never heard of before you begin to que...

Narrow Margin (1990)

97 mins     Action , Crime, Thriller      

I've never watched Richard Fleischer's "The Narrow Margin" from 1952 but part of me wonders if it better than Peter Hyams's 1990 remake "Narrow Margin". Whilst "Narrow Margin" looks good and has a strong cast it just doesn't ...

Timecop (1994)

99 mins     Action , Sci-Fi      

Timecop (1994) Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as Max Walker part of the TEC force whose job it is to prevent people travelling back to the past to change the present. One such person is Senator McComb (Ron Silver) who is funding...

Sudden Death (1995)

111 mins     Action , Drama, Thriller      

As a movie reviewer I sometimes find myself in a quandary how to judge a movie, do I judge it against other movies within the genre or do I judge it compared to the lead actors other movies. "Sudden Death" left me in that qua...

The Relic (1997)

110 mins     Horror      

The Relic (1997) Penelope Ann Miller and Tom Sizemore are trying to save the guests at the Chicago Museum of Natural History from a dangerous creature connected with a recent shipment of relics...

End of Days (1999)

121 mins     Action , Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller      

"End of Days" starts like it was some "Da Vinci Code" style movie with religious crosses, burning scripture and bottles shattering on the floor all insinuating of some thriller surrounding religion and scriptures. It sort of ...

The Musketeer (2001)

104 mins     Action , Adventure , Romance      

The Musketeer (2001) Justin Chambers stars as D'Artagnan in this action focused adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' famous The Three Musketeer story....

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009)

106 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery      

There is a sex scene in "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt", the 2009 movie of that name, and some would say it was tastefully done with it lit in such a way that it is almost silhouetted, and choreographed so a young actress can pre...

Enemies Closer (2013)

85 mins     Action , Thriller      

All those who watched "Cliffhanger" will spot the similarity with "Enemies Closer" already, two guys with a grudge forced to put their differences to one side when some vicious criminals end up in their neck of the woods. But...