Alcoholic ex-cop Alec Baldwin rescues a young Salvadoran girl from a plane crash and, along with wife Kelly Lynch, adopts her. But he suspects the crash wasn't an accident, and his investigation leads to a number of dangerous characters tied to the New Orleans underworld. Mary Stuart Masterson, Teri Hatcher and Eric Roberts also star in this erotic, atmospheric suspenser. 135 min.

And neither do the adventures of superspy James Bond, as Pierce Brosnan's 007 finds himself going up against megalomaniacal media mogul Jonathan Pryce, who instigates a military incident between England and China as part of his scheme to dominate global communications. Hong Kong action queen Michelle Yeoh co-stars as a Chinese agent who becomes Brosnan's reluctant partner; with Teri Hatcher, Joe Don Baker. 117 min.

An aspiring writer and a gorgeous actress push themselves to their limits in a dangerous game where everyone's a player, but nobody wins. 88 min.