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Movie history events from 2002
Monty Brogan enters prison on a seven-year sentence for drug-dealing. (25th Hour)
Austin Powers captures Dr Evil, and arrives back from 1975 with Foxy Cleopatra to save the world. (Hollywood) (Austin Powers in Goldmember)
Two small time crooks sneak a nuclear bomb onto a plane and nearly kill millions of people, but are stopped by a local Ad agent; there is a government cover up. (Miami, Fl) (Big Trouble)
Jason Bourne becomes an assassin. (The Bourne Ultimatum)
Elvis Presley and JFK fight an evil Egyptian mummy out to suck all the residents' souls. (East Texas Rest Home) (Bubba Ho-Tep)
Evan Treborn, a student, loses Kayleigh in various ways in different timelines. (The Butterfly Effect)
Charles Townsend Agency detectives Natalie Cook, Dylan Saunders, and Alex Munday uncover and stop a plan to sell a database which has all the people in the Witness Protection Program to criminals. (California) (Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle)
Giant spiders attack the town. (Prosperity, Arizona) (Eight Legged Freaks)
Undercover cop Chan Wing Yan is killed in an attempt to regain his identity and expose Lau, a criminal mole in the police department. (Hong Kong, China) (Infernal Affairs)
Ollie Trinke meets Maya, and has to choose between his career and his daughter's school show. (New Jersey) (Jersey Girl)
Aileen Wuornos executed for killing seven men. (Monster)
Rachel Keller investigates a mysterious video tape that is said to kill you seven days after watching it. (The Ring)
Dennis leaves Libby at the altar. (Run, Fat Boy, Run)
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields, suggesting something more frightening to come... (Signs)
High school student Peter Parker is bitten by a genetically engineered spider & receives amazing arachnid-like powers - he then must battle the Green Goblin. (New York City, NY) (Spider-Man)
Wednesday 30th January: Flight 180 explodes - due to a premonition, nine passengers disembark minutes before. (Final Destination)
Monday 10th June: John J. Gotti Jr dies of throat cancer. (Springfield, Missouri) (Gotti)
July: Kevin "K" Brown returns to the Men In Black to help fight off an attempt to take over another planet. (New York City) (Men in Black II)
July: $9 billion stolen, and many of the world's terrorists killed. (Los Angeles) (Swordfish)
Saturday 24th August: Irene, mother of Raimunda and Sole, dies in a house fire. (Volver)
September: As England beats Germany 5-1 in the World Cup qualifiers, a platoon of soldiers are hunted by werewolves. (Scotland) (Dog Soldiers)
Tuesday 24th September: The dead walks around in Raccoon City. (Raccoon City) (Resident Evil)
October: Lucy Whitmore suffers brain damage in a car accident causing her to lose her long-term memory. (Hawaii) (50 First Dates)
November: Andrew Hennings, son of the Mayor of New York, proposes to Melanie Carmichael (aka Smooter), so she goes back to Alabama to finalize her divorce, but ends up falling for her husband again. (New York and Alabama) (Sweet Home Alabama)
Wednesday 6th November: The Knicks beat the Kings at basketball 96-88; Ben Barry misses the end because girlfriend Andie Anderson insists in a soft drink. (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days)
Monday 11th November: James Bond and Jinx go to a clinic in search of information about Zao. (Cuba) (Die Another Day)