Movies by Mark L. Lester
As part of the cast:
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Sacrifice (2000)
Cast: Michael Madsen, Bokeem Woodbine, Deborah Shelton …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
When convicted bank robber Tyler learns his daughter has been murdered by a serial killer, he escapes from prison to bring the madman to justice. Pierce gets caught in a deadly game of cat…
As a director:
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Groupie (2010)
Cast: Taryn Manning, Hal Ozsan, Eric Roberts …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
A year after inadvertently causing a deadly accident, hard rockers The Dark Knights return for a comeback tour, although lead singer Travis is reluctant to reprise a flaming stunt -- until a…
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Pterodactyl (2005)
Cast: Cameron Daddo, Coolio, Amy Sloan …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
While leading his unit into the Turkish forest to catch a terrorist, a special ops commander (Coolio) runs into a professor (Cameron Daddo) and his team of researchers, who are searching for…
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Stealing Candy (2004)
Cast: Daniel Baldwin, Coolio, Alex McArthur …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Daniel Baldwin, Coolio and Alex McArthur star as three hapless criminals who come up with a moneymaking scheme in which they'll set up a live Internet broadcast of a famous mainstream…
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White Rush (2003)
Cast: Judd Nelson, Louis Mandylor, Sandra Vidal …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
A botched drug deal leaves millions of dollars' worth of cocaine in the hands of five friends on a camping trip. Each one sees an opportunity in the powder, which slowly turns them…
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Lady Jayne: Killer (2002)
Cast: Julie Du Page, Erika Eleniak, Adam Baldwin …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Jayne Ferre (Julie Dupage) is a professional assassin who makes her living murdering for the mob. But when one of her hits goes wrong, Jayne knows her own days may be numbered. She tries to…
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Blowback (2000)
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, James Remar, Sharisse Baker-Bernard …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Inspector Don Morrell (Mario Van Peebles), a former seminarian, had used his religious training to help catch serial killer Claude Whitman (James Remar). But now, Whitman has been released…
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Sacrifice (2000)
Cast: Michael Madsen, Bokeem Woodbine, Deborah Shelton …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
When convicted bank robber Tyler learns his daughter has been murdered by a serial killer, he escapes from prison to bring the madman to justice. Pierce gets caught in a deadly game of cat…
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The Base 2: Guilty as Charged (2000)
Cast: Antonio Sabato Jr., James Remar, Duane Davis …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Antonio Sabato Jr. stars in this action-packed thriller as Lt. John Murphy, an undercover Army operative who takes on a delicate mission to investigate the mysterious disappearance of dozens…
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Hitman's Run (1999)
Cast: Eric Roberts, Damian Chapa, Esteban Powell …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
After snitching on the mob, former hit man Tony Lazorka (Eric Roberts) goes into hiding in the Witness Protection Program. The mob's new target is a kid (Esteban Powell) who hacked the…
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The Ex (1997)
Cast: Yancy Butler, Nick Mancuso, Suzy Amis …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Yancy Butler turns in a delectably over-the-top performance as Deidre, an unhinged woman just released from a seven-year stint in a mental asylum -- and hell-bent on dismantling the life of…
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Night of the Running Man (1995)
Cast: Andrew McCarthy, Alex Zonn, Matthew Laurance …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Doing his job pays off for Las Vegas cab driver Jerry Logan (Andrew McCarthy) when he picks up a stranger who leaves a million dollars behind in the back seat. But with a hired hit man (Scott…
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Extreme Justice (1993)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Scott Glenn, Chelsea Field …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
After Jeff Powers (Lou Diamond Phillips), an impetuous and idealistic young detective, is suspended from the Los Angeles police force, he's recruited into the department's…
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Class of 1999 (1990)
Cast: Bradley Gregg, Malcolm McDowell, Stacy Keach …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Alarmed by the ongoing deterioration of urban schools, the government inserts a cadre of lifelike cyborg teachers into one of the country's worst schools to test their effectiveness in…
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Armed and Dangerous (1986)
Cast: John Candy, Eugene Levy, Robert Loggia …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Mark Lester directs this slapstick comedy about two down-and-out men, ex-cop Frank Dooley (John Candy) and disbarred lawyer Norman Kane (Eugene Levy), who try their bungling hands at private…
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Commando (1985)
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Col. John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger), the former leader of a special ops team, is vaulted back into action to save his young daughter (Alyssa Milano) who has been kidnapped. Her life is…
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Firestarter (1984)
Cast: David Keith, Drew Barrymore, Freddie Jones …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Stephen King's spine-tingling tome is the inspiration for this 1980s thriller starring Drew Barrymore as Charlie, an 8-year-old girl with a dubious gift: the ability to ignite fires with…
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Class of 1984 (1982)
Cast: Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross, Timothy Van Patten …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Mark Lester's 1980s cult classic pits high school music teacher Andy Norris (Perry King) against a gang of punkers. Norris has no idea what he's in for when he's assigned to…
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Gold of the Amazon Women (1979)
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Bo Svenson, Anita Ekberg …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Gold of the Amazon Women is a wild, bikini-clad adventure that makes Tarzan's exploits look like a trip to the zoo. Two explorers searching for gold in the jungles of South America…
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Roller Boogie (1979)
Cast: Linda Blair, Jim Bray, Beverly Garland …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Glittering disco balls illuminate the roller rink in this 1970s musical romance. After running away from her disapproving, tightly wound Beverly Hills parents, Terry heads to funky Venice…
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Stunts (1977)
Cast: Robert Forster, Fiona Lewis, Ray Sharkey …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
After a stuntman dies in a suspicious on-set accident during the making of a movie, his brother fills in for him so he can find out what really happened. Veteran tough-guy Robert Forster,…
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Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976)
Cast: Marjoe Gortner, Lynda Carter, Jesse Vint …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Bobbie Jo Baker (Lynda Carter) -- a carhop with dreams of becoming a country singer -- falls in with self-styled outlaw preacher Lyle Wheeler (Marjoe Gortner), and together the delusional duo…
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White House Madness (1975)
Cast: Steve Friedman, Dennis Fimple, Perry Cook …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Steve Friedman stars as disgraced President Richard M. Nixon in writer-director Mark L. Lester's scathing political satire of the infamous Watergate scandal that captured the…