Special robots called Labors were invented for construction work, but criminals adapted them for combat. To cope with the wave of crime, a mobile police force was organized, which uses Patlabors—a police version of construction robots equipped with a revolver cannon and an electric shock baton.
The wizard Merlin gives Lord Uther Pendragon the magical sword Excalibur, which allows him to become king. At a banquet celebrating the alliance between Uther and the Duke of Cornwall, Uther falls in love with Igraine, the duke's wife. The next day, Uther unsuccessfully besieges the castle and asks Merlin for help in using magic to spend at least one night with Igraine. The wizard decides to help, but asks for a high price: their child will belong to him. Igraine gives birth to a son, whom Merlin takes away. The duke's betrayal does not go unnoticed — no one trusts Uther, and he is attacked. Before his death, he thrusts Excalibur into a stone and proclaims that the sword can belong only to him. However, Merlin enchants the sword, promising that whoever pulls it from the stone will become king. The wizard decides to name the baby Arthur and predicts that he will become king.
June 1972, Washington. At night, at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, police arrest a group of individuals who secretly entered the premises with listening devices. Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein begin their own investigation, and it soon becomes clear that the threads of the crime lead to the White House.
Jerusalem, 26 AD. Two childhood friends, the Jew Ben-Hur and the Roman tribune Messala, meet again as adults after a long separation. Messala asks Ben-Hur to name the most ardent opponents of Roman rule, but Ben-Hur cannot betray his own people and refuses, which leads to conflict. Soon, Messala, taking advantage of the circumstances, decides to take revenge on his former friend and strengthen his power. On trumped-up charges, he throws Ben-Hur's mother and sister into prison and sends Ben-Hur himself to the galleys.
From worldwide fame to sinful depths—John Forbes Nash Jr. experienced it all firsthand. A mathematical genius, at the dawn of his career, he did titanic work in the field of game theory, which revolutionized this branch of mathematics and brought him international fame. However, at the same time, the arrogant Nash, who was popular with women, suffered a blow of fate that turned his own life upside down.
1949, Santa Rosa, California. Ed Crane, a quiet barber, leisurely cuts his customers' hair in his salon, while his wife has an affair with her boss, Big Dave, a haberdasher who has recently saved up enough money to open a new store. Suddenly, Ed has the opportunity to get rich in the emerging dry cleaning business. To raise capital, he blackmails Big Dave, realizing that he can only achieve success in life by resorting to extreme measures.
Young Johnny Gray was rejected by the Confederate Army, and his beloved Annabel Lee rejects him, calling him a coward. Nevertheless, he and his "partner," the locomotive, prove everyone wrong by winning the battle. Johnny fights train hijackers, a disobedient cannon, and the unpredictable forces of fate.
Howard Beale, the regular star of UBS-TV news, got burned: he had a nervous breakdown during a live broadcast. Ironically, his public outburst boosted his already fabulous ratings, much to the surprise and delight of UBS bosses. As a result, having become famous as the "mad prophet of live television," he soon became a pawn for the ruthless television bosses, who milked him for crazy antics at every opportunity. Naturally, when the "prophet" became a liability, something had to be done about him urgently, preferably on camera and in front of a full audience.
The film tells the story of an inexperienced actress who lands a role in Dostoyevsky's novel The Possessed. She has to enter into an intimate relationship with the pseudo-German director of the production, who then strips her of her role. In real life, she repeats the path of her character. Having become the girlfriend of a Czech emigrant, she falls victim to a political murder organized by the director of the play.
