Luis Llosa

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Luis Llosa

Born January 1, 1951 · Lima, Peru (age 75)

Luis Llosa Urquidi (born 1951) is a Peruvian film director. He is best known for his American feature films Sniper (1993), The Specialist (1994), and Anaconda (1997). Llosa began as a film critic and segued into producing and directing made-for-TV documentaries, including the highly regarded "The Gold of the Incas". He is the cousin of Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, whose novel was adapted …

Known For

AnacondaAnaconda · 1997
Anaconda
5.31997
MovieAdventureHorror
A 'National Geographic' film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest — and deadliest — snake.
The SpecialistThe Specialist · 1994
The Specialist
6.01994
MovieActionThriller
May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert, to kill her parents' killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of Quick's, is assigned to protect one of Quick's potential victims, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.
SniperSniper · 1993
Sniper
6.21993
MovieActionDrama
Tough guy Thomas Beckett is a US Marine working in the Panamanian jungle. His job is to seek out rebels and remove them using his sniper skills. Beckett is notorious for losing his partners on such missions. This time he's accompanied by crack marksman Richard Miller.
Death Race 2050Death Race 2050 · 2017
Death Race 2050
4.32017
MovieActionComedy
The year 2050 the planet has become overpopulated, to help control population the government develops a race. The Death Race. Annually competitors race across the country scoring points for killing people with their vehicles.
Fire on the AmazonFire on the Amazon · 1993
Fire on the Amazon
3.51993
MovieDramaAdventure
When a well-known environmental researcher is murdered in the Amazon jungle, an arrogant photojournalist joins forces with a beautiful young activist to find out who is responsible. Along they way, they fall in love as they discover the men responsible for the killing would be more than willing to murder again if it will keep them quiet.
Aventuras ProhibidasAventuras Prohibidas · 1980
Aventuras Prohibidas
1980
Movie
The film revolves around the transgressive behaviors of young people from Lima who suffer the contamination of the social environment in the hope of seeing the achievement of their small ambitions. Three episodes.
Crime ZoneCrime Zone · 1988
Crime Zone
4.21988
MovieScience FictionAction
In a post-nuclear future, crime has been eliminated in the city of Soleil through a strict class structure imposed upon the population. Two illegal young lovers are enticed into becoming criminals by a shady guy who promises them a way out of the city so they can continue their lives in peace.
Watchers IIIWatchers III · 1994
Watchers III
4.21994
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A top-secret experiment spawns two highly intelligent life-forms: Einstein, a golden retriever with an IQ of 175; and The Outsider, a deformed monstrosity that exists to kill... and avenge its creators. When the Outsider escapes into the jungles of South America, the government sends in some ex-military convicts to catch the beast. But what starts out as a high-speed chase ends up in bloody carnage. Only Einstein knows the Outsider's motives, and only the canine can outsmart the creature. Now, it's a battle of beasts as man's best friend confronts man's worst nightmare.

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