Describe a movie in haiku

Pulp Fiction

Sly mob accountant,
tough-guy bounty hunter take
wild cross-country trip

Midnight Run

Doomed man fights evil
But evil crosses over
Thanks to Gabriel

End of Days

People are trapped in
A grocer’s while alien
Monsters look for chow.

The Mist

Mars probes just don’t quit
keep working for many sols
and they’re so cute, too!

Good Night Oppy

(Fantastic doco about an incredible incident. It ran for fifteen freakin’ years!?! Tell that to the counterman next time you have to replace your car battery, four years early.)

BIP:

Alien germ has
Techno team after its ass.
Mission? Save mankind.

Actually the correct answer is Constantine, but let’s keep the ball rolling.

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Alien germ has
Techno team after its ass.
Mission? Save mankind.

The Andromeda Strain

Hot time in the 'hood
Pizza parlor sets it off
Teen killed in riot

Do The Right Thing

Korean war vet
An unwitting assassin
brainwashing drama

The Manchurian Candidate

(The remake placed the vet in Iraq or Afghanistan)

US war hero
Avenges his father’s hit
Hides in Sicily

The Godfather

Cowboy vampire has
A thing for the preacher’s wife.
Would a shoot-out work?

Curse of the Undead

Left far away from planet
saved by plan of
A steely eyed missile man

The Martian

Director thinks back
remembers his childhood
uses diff’rent name

The Fabelmans

New agent’s first case
Interviews a real monster
To find new killer

Silence of the Lambs

Government guy frames a man
using journalist
He gets them all in trouble

Ok, no answer in 2 days, correct response is Abscence of Malice

I’ll try one more then call it a thread.

Aliens invade our seas
old warship is the
only way to defeat them

Battleship

Nazi’s cute daughter
helps suave agent find their nukes;
satisfying end

The Peacemaker?

Sheriff tries to save
the newest toy: an spaceman
All their friends help out

Toy Story

And not quite, knoodler. Hint: think further back.

Notorious :man_facepalming:

I love that movie.

Ninety foot lizard
Stomping around the desert.
Teens to the rescue.

Correct.

As do I! My favorite Hitchcock, just ahead of Vertigo.