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James Gaines is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 18 may 1955 at Maui

James Gaines

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Birth name James Larry M. Gaines Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 18 may 1955 (68 years) at Maui

James Gaines, birth name James Larry M. Gaines Jr., is an African-American-Filipino character actor, writer and director with dual nationality, born on May 18, 1955, in Maui, Hawaii. He was sometimes also credited as Jaimes Gaines, Jim Gaines, and James Gainers.

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Filmography of James Gaines (13 films)

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Actor

Pridyider
Pridyider (2012)
, 1h30
Origin Philippines
Genres Horror
Actors Janice de Belen, Andi Eigenmann, JM de Guzman, Joel Torre, Baron Geisler, Ronnie Lazaro
Roles Police Chief
Rating41% 2.0974852.0974852.0974852.0974852.097485
The story is about Tina Benitez (Andi Eigenmann) comes home from abroad to an empty house that she inherited from her parents. Not before long, strange things happen in the house, particularly in the kitchen, where an antique refrigerator is located.
Faster
Faster (2010)
, 1h38
Directed by George Tillman Jr., George Tillman, Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Carla Gugino, Maggie Grace, Moon Bloodgood
Roles Inmate
Rating63% 3.199343.199343.199343.199343.19934
Driver is being released from prison after talking to the warden who tells him he should be a better person. He exits curtly, breaks into a run, seemingly set on something. He runs until he retrieves his Chevelle LS5 SS; he then drives to an office in Bakersfield where he kills a man.
Island of the Living Dead, 1h31
Directed by Bruno Mattei
Origin Italie
Genres Adventure, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Zombie films
Actors Yvette Yzon, James Gaines, Lilia Cuntapay
Roles Snoopy
Rating44% 2.212992.212992.212992.212992.21299
Après un accident en mer, l'équipage d'un navire de récupération tombe une île qui ne figure pas sur les cartes maritimes. En l'explorant à la recherche d'un trésor, ils se font attaquer par des zombies conquistadores.
Zombies: The Beginning, 1h30
Directed by Bruno Mattei
Origin Italie
Genres Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Zombie films
Actors Yvette Yzon, James Gaines, Bruno Mattei
Roles Giant Zombie
Rating37% 1.898981.898981.898981.898981.89898
Sharon, une jeune femme seule rescapée d'un accident, essaye de convaincre ses supérieurs que la destruction de son navire était due non pas à sa négligence mais à la présence de mutants agressifs. Elle parle notamment d'une île inconnue sur laquelle se baladent des morts-vivants. Bien évidemment, tout le monde la croit folle... sauf une compagnie pharmaceutique qui avait bien connaissance de cette île et envoyé il y a six mois une expédition dont on reste sans nouvelle. En compagnie d'une équipe de Marines, Sharon retourne donc sur les lieux pour prouver qu'elle dit la vérité...
After Death, 1h24
Directed by Claudio Fragasso
Genres Action, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Candice Daly, Jeff Stryker, James Gaines, Nick Nicholson, Massimo Vanni, Don Wilson (kickboxeur)
Roles Dan
Rating42% 2.115052.115052.115052.115052.11505
Researchers at a remote jungle island outpost discover the natives are practicing voodoo and black magic. After killing the local priest (James Sampson), a voodoo curse begins to raise the dead to feed on the living in retribution. The researchers on the island are killed by the newly risen zombies, except for Jenny (Candice Daly), the daughter of a scientist couple. She escapes, protected by an enchanted necklace charm given to her by her mother shortly before her death.
Final Reprisal, 1h28
Genres War, Action
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors James Gaines, Glaiza Herradura
Roles Charles Murphy
Rating53% 2.682352.682352.682352.682352.68235
Seargant David Callahan leads a task force of U.S. Marines − including his best friend and homosexual lover Charles Murphy − sent in behind enemy lines to perform a secret mission. The mission becames a failure, when commandos kills daughter of powerful Captain Vinai. Five years later Callahan lives in Thailand, and works as a secret adviser of the Thai Special Forces. Unfinished feuds from Callahan's past return, and soldier is forced to come back to the Vietnamese P.O.W. camp he escaped years before, then fight off a deadly duel.
Robowar
Robowar (1988)
, 1h32
Directed by Bruno Mattei
Origin Italie
Genres Science fiction, War, Action, Adventure, Horror
Actors Reb Brown, Catherine Hickland, Massimo Vanni, Romano Puppo, Luciano Pigozzi, James Gaines
Roles Sonny Peel
Rating44% 2.2122352.2122352.2122352.2122352.212235
Major Murphy Black (Reb Brown) leads a group of commandos through the jungles of an unnamed island, but unknown to all involved but Mascher (Mel Davidson), they are being stalked by Mascher's robot invention, Omega-1. Over the protests of Mascher, the group first saves a volunteer hospital worker, Virginia (Catherine Hickland), from a band of guerrillas, then take out the hospital camp, killing all the guerrillas there, also. At this point, the robot begins killing members of the commando group, one by one. That night, Mascher admits to Murphy that he created Omega-1, that it was acting sporadically, and that he was there to check out the match-up between the decorated Murphy and Omega-1.
Strike Commando, 1h44
Directed by Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso
Origin Italie
Genres War, Action
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Reb Brown, Christopher Connelly, Luciano Pigozzi, Massimo Vanni, James Gaines, Mike Monty
Roles Radek's Soldier
Rating51% 2.555612.555612.555612.555612.55561
Sgt. Michael Ransom (Brown) and his team of "Strike Commandos" are sneaking into a Vietnamese base, who are planning to lay explosives. Colonel Radek and Ransom's majors watch from a nearby vantage point. All prove to be successful, until one of the commandos is caught and killed by a sentry, rising the alarm. The commandos have no choice but to retreat, but Colonel Radek who is in charged of the mission demands the explosives be set off as the commandos are still retreating. One of the explosives kill one of Ransom's soldiers as he retreats, and Ransom is blown into a river.
P.O.W. The Escape, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors David Carradine, Mako Iwamatsu, Steve James, Ken Metcalfe, Pen Medina, James Gaines
Roles POW #5
Rating49% 2.4579852.4579852.4579852.4579852.457985
Colonel Cooper (David Carradine) is a U.S. Airborne commando who comes to Vietnam with a special mission to liberate imprisoned American soldiers. He gets caught in a North Vietnamese POW camp where there are other airbornes as well as regular soldiers. Action is set at the end of the war and he, as the highest-ranking officer in the POW camp, is to be sent to Hanoi and prosecuted by the North Vietnamese. Camp commander Vinh (Mako Iwamatsu) gets an order to send him to court but instead of obeying it, he offers Cooper a deal - he will help him get to the American sector and then Cooper, in return, would help him immigrate to the USA, where Vinh has family.
Blood Debts, 1h31
Origin Philippines
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Rape and revenge films
Actors Richard Harrison, Mike Monty, James Gaines, Dick Israel
Roles Peter
Rating43% 2.180932.180932.180932.180932.18093
While enjoying a picnic, Sarah Collins (Catherine Miles) and her boyfriend (Tom Dulaney) are surprised by a gang of juvenile hunters. They rape her and kill him, but just before they are about to kill her she escapes and runs to her parents´ house.
The Last Hunter, 1h35
Directed by Antonio Margheriti
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors David Warbeck, Tisa Farrow, John Steiner, Margit Evelyn Newton, Luciano Pigozzi, Massimo Vanni
Roles U.S. deserter
Rating58% 2.9471852.9471852.9471852.9471852.947185
Following the suicide of his best friend, Captain Harry Morris (David Warbeck) accepts a final deadly mission to go behind enemy lines to destroy a radio tower that is broadcasting anti-war propaganda spoken by an American woman to American troops.
Apocalypse Now, 2h21
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Politique, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms
Roles Extra (uncredited)
Rating83% 4.1993354.1993354.1993354.1993354.199335
In 1970, during the Vietnam War, Special Forces Colonel Walter E. Kurtz (Marlon Brando) has gone insane and now commands his own Montagnard troops inside neutral Cambodia as a demi-god. U.S. Army Captain and special operations veteran Benjamin L. Willard (Martin Sheen) is tasked with terminating the Colonel's command with extreme prejudice.

Scriptwriter

Final Reprisal, 1h28
Genres War, Action
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors James Gaines, Glaiza Herradura
Roles Story
Rating53% 2.682352.682352.682352.682352.68235
Seargant David Callahan leads a task force of U.S. Marines − including his best friend and homosexual lover Charles Murphy − sent in behind enemy lines to perform a secret mission. The mission becames a failure, when commandos kills daughter of powerful Captain Vinai. Five years later Callahan lives in Thailand, and works as a secret adviser of the Thai Special Forces. Unfinished feuds from Callahan's past return, and soldier is forced to come back to the Vietnamese P.O.W. camp he escaped years before, then fight off a deadly duel.