Film capsules -- 1997-2001

Unbreakable (PG-13) 107 min. Garner's rating: 8 Review · Clips
M. Night Shyamalan follows his ghost-story sensation, The Sixth Sense with this even-more-outlandish new thriller, also starring Bruce Willis. Samuel L. Jackson and Robin Wright Penn co-star in this dark saga, which bring unprecedented flesh-and-blood reality to the world of the comic book hero, of all things. Touchstone Pictures. Rated PG-13, with brief but strong violence.

U-571 (PG-13) 117 min. Garner's rating: 8 Review · Clips
A crackerjack submarine adventure as World War II American seamen are dispatched to secure secret code devices from a disabled Nazi sub. Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi and David Keith co-star for director and co-writer Jonathan Mostow. Universal. Rated PG-13, with moderate profanity and wartime violence.

Ulee's Gold (R) 118 min. Garner's rating: 8 Review · Clips
Peter Fonda relaunches his career as a capable middle-aged character actor, on the strength of this moving portrayal of a reclusive beekeeper who comes to recognize his responsibilities as father and grandfather. Patricia Richardson co-stars for writer-director Victor Nunez. Orion Pictures. 118 mins. Rated R, with profanity and violence.

Under the Sand (R) 95 min. Our rating: 8 Review · Clips
After her husband disappears while swimming, a middle-aged Frenchwoman cannot accept his death. She continues to see, hear and feel him. In French, with English subtitles. Rated R, with adult themes, sexual situations and nudity.

Unforgettable (R) 126 min. Garner's rating: 4 Review · Clips
Noir thriller in which Ray Liotta tries to use the DNA of a murder victim to re-create and solve the crime. Linda Fiorentino co-stars. Profanity and violence, for mature teens and adults.

Unhook the Stars (R) 105 min. Garner's rating: 8 Review
The widow and son of much-admired, movie-making rebel John Cassavetes pool their talents in "Unhook the Stars," an engrossing drama about a middle-aged woman who finally finds a place for herself in life. The role is very much a gift to his Mom from writer and first-time director Nick Cassavetes. And since Mom is Gena Rowlands, a two-time Oscar nominee, she knows what to do with the gift when she gets it. She's wonderful. Miramax. Rated R, with profanity and spousal abuse.

Universal Soldier: The Return (R) 89 min. Unreviewed. Clips
The supercomputer that controls an army of Universal Soldiers goes haywire and Jean-Claude Van Damme is the only one who can stop it in this action-adventure flick. Also stars Bill Goldberg, Michael Jai White and Kiana Tom. Directed by Mic Rodgers. Columbia. Rated R, with nudity, profanity and nonstop violence.

Up at the Villa (PG-13) 115 min. Our rating: 9 Review · Clips
A surprising romance set in pre-World War II Italy, about a young widow facing a loveless marriage whose life is changed by the events of a single evening. Starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Sean Penn. Directed by Philip Haas. USA Films. 115 minutes. Rated PG-13, with violence, profanity and adult themes.

Up Close & Personal (PG-13) 124 min. Garner's rating: 8 Review · Clips
Robert Redford meets Michelle Pfeiffer in a drama of love and wild ambition in the world of television news. Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne are the writers. Sex, moderate profanity and brief violence; for teens and adults.

Urbania (R) 103 min. Not reviewed Clips
A New York City man (Dan Futteman) travels the back streets to locate his missing lover. During his search, he meets odd people who inform him of strange tales that relate to his hunt. Rated R, with strong violence, sexual content, drug use and profanity.

Urban Legend (R) 100 min. Garner's rating: 3 Review · Clips
A typical teen horror flick, the latest flimsy excuse to corral a gang of oversexed college kids for various stabbings, decapitations and hangings. This time, the serial killer seeks to replicate various urban myths. Jared Leto, Alicia Witt and Loretta Devine co-star for first-time director Jamie Blanks. TriStar. Rated R, with strong violence, sex and profanity.

Urban Legends: Final Cut (R) 93 min. Garner's rating: 2 Review · Clips
A stupid, exploitative teen horror flick, about murders on a college campus. It demonstrates the most improbable legend of all: that someone thinks there's still life in the teen slasher genre. Jennifer Morrison, Matthew Davis, Joseph Lawrence and Loretta Devine co-star for first-time director John Ottman. Columbia. Rated R, with gore, profanity, sex.

U.S. Marshals (R) 133 min. Garner's rating: 7 Review · Clips
Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones returns as Marshall Sam Gerard, once again pursuing an escaped convict. This time, the chase leads into espionage, Chinese-American relations and lots of action. Some of its predictable, but it's still entertaining -- and Jones owns this meaty character. Wesley Snipes co-stars as the pursued, while Robert Downey Jr. seems preoccupied as he portrays a fellow law officer. Stuart Baird directs. Warner Bros. Rated PG-13, with violence and profanity.

U-Turn (R) 125 min. Garner's rating: Review · Clips
Oliver Stone's goes apolitical in this bloody, latter-day film noir. Sean Penn plays a drifter entangled in lust, betrayal and murder in a grungy desert town. Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Billy Bob Thornton, and Jon Voight co-star. TriStar. Rated R, with much graphic violence, profanity and sex.