Your TV Guide to the Week - July 23rd, 2021

Erased

Length: 1hr 40min
Mood: Action, Thriller
Director: Philipp Stölzl
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Olga Kurylenko, Liana Liberato

An ex-CIA agent and his estranged daughter are forced on the run when his employers erase all records of his existence, and mark them both for termination as part of a wide-reaching international conspiracy.

The Assignment

Length: 1hr 35min
Mood: Action, Crime, Thriller
Director: Walter Hill
Starring: Michelle Rodriguez, Tony Shalhoub, Anthony LaPaglia

An ace assassin is double crossed by gangsters and falls into the hands of rogue surgeon known as, The Doctor, who turns him into a woman. The hitman, now a hitwoman, sets out for revenge, aided by a nurse named, Johnnie, who also has secrets.

Man on Fire

Length: 2hr 26min
Mood: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Tony Scott
Starring: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Christopher Walken

John Creasy is hired to be the bodyguard of a young girl named, Pita, and her mom, Lisa. Pita changes the behavior of the cold Creasy, making him live and smile again, and he feels a great affection for her. When the girl is kidnapped, Creasy swears to kill each one responsible for the abduction.

Domino

Length: 2hr 7min
Mood: Action, Biography, Crime
Director: Tony Scott
Starring: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Édgar Ramírez

Based on the true story of Domino Harvey, daughter of film actor, Laurence Harvey. Tired and unsuited to the pretentiousness of her high-society LA life, Domino leaves the glitterati behind and sets off to become a bounty hunter. She quickly falls under the wing of veteran hunter Ed Mosley and his crew and becomes an unlikely natural in the art of bounty hunting. But things heat up when a masked gang pilfer the contents of an armored car, and before long the mob, a crazed TV producer, the FBI and a terminally ill child have all got caught up in the crazy situation.

Running Scared

Length: 2hr 2min
Mood: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Wayne Kramer
Starring: Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Vera Farmiga

After a drug-op gone bad, Joey Gazelle is put in charge of disposing the gun that shot a dirty cop. But things go wrong for Joey after a neighbor kid stole the gun and used it to shoot his abusive father. Now Joey has to find that kid and the gun before the police and the mob do.

Obsessed

Length: 2hr 12min
Mood: Drama
Director: Dae-woo Kim
Starring: Song Seung-heon, Lim Ji-yeon

In the summer of 1969, Colonel Kim Jin Pyeong returns to South Korea after serving in Vietnam. He is suffering from post-traumatic disorder and trapped in a loveless marriage with Soo Jin, who is desperate for a child. One night, he meets new neighbor Jong Ga Heun, the Chinese-Korean wife of Captain Kyung Woo Jin who recently transfered to the army camp. In the stifling atmosphere of the army camp, the two fall into a secret and passionate affair.

The Escort

Length: 1hr 28min
Mood: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Director: Will Slocombe
Starring: Lyndsy Fonseca, Michael Doneger

Desperate for a good story, a sex-addicted journalist throws himself into the world of high-class escorts when he starts following a Stanford-educated prostitute.

Smash

Length: 45min
Mood: Drama, Musical Creator: Theresa Rebeck
Starring: Debra Messing, Jack Davenport, Katharine McPhee

More drama occurs behind the scenes than on stage, as the team prepares an ambitious Broadway musical on the life of Marilyn Monroe.