Category Archives: Crime
Original Gangster
Release 2020
Genre Crime
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Director: Savvas D. Michael
Writer: Savvas D. Michael
Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Ian Reddington, Daniel Caltagirone, Vas Blackwood, Adam Deacon
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9824114/
The stoic chronicles of Castor, orphaned as a child, forced to survive in the wild and his colorful journey through the criminal underworld of London.
The Dry
Release 2020
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Director: Robert Connolly
Writers: Harry Cripps, Robert Connolly, Jane Harper
Stars: Eric Bana, Genevieve O'Reilly, Martin Dingle Wall, Keir O'Donnell, Bruce Spence
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5144174/
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
Enforcement
Release 2020
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Director: Frederik Louis Hviid, Anders Ølholm
Writers: Anders Ølholm, Frederik Louis Hviid, Anders Ølholm
Stars: Jacob Lohmann, Simon Sears, Tarek Zayat, Issa Khattab, Özlem Saglanmak
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11081050/
Jens and Mike, two police officers on routine patrol, find themselves trapped in a maze of buildings when unrest spreads.
Happily
Release 2021
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Director: BenDavid Grabinski
Writer: BenDavid Grabinski
Stars: Joel McHale, Natalie Zea, Natalie Morales, Kerry Bishé, Stephen Root
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9849004/
A dark romantic comedy. Tom and Janet have been happily married for years. But a visit from a mysterious stranger leads to a dead body, a lot of questions, and a tense couples' trip with friends who may not actually be friends at all.
Cherry
Release 2021
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Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Writers: Angela Russo-Otstot, Jessica Goldberg, Nico Walker
Stars: Tom Holland, Ciara Bravo, Jack Reynor, Michael Rispoli, Jeff Wahlberg
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9130508/
An Army medic suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder becomes a serial bank robber after an addiction to drugs puts him in debt.
Adverse
Release 2020
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Director: Brian A. Metcalf
Writer: Brian A. Metcalf
Stars: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Mickey Rourke, Lou Diamond Phillips, Penelope Ann Miller, Sean Astin
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8597594/
A rideshare driver discovers that his sister is in debt to a dangerous crime syndicate.
I Care a Lot
Release 2020
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Director: J Blakeson
Writer: J Blakeson
Stars: Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, Dianne Wiest, Chris Messina
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9893250/
A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears.
Body Brokers
Release 2021
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Director: John Swab
Writer: John Swab
Stars: Frank Grillo, Jessica Rothe, Michael Kenneth Williams, Melissa Leo, Alice Englert
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9585676/
Brought to Los Angeles for treatment, a recovering junkie soon learns that the rehab center is not about helping people, but a cover for a multi-billion-dollar fraud operation that enlists addicts to recruit other addicts.
Silk Road
Release 2021
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Director: Tiller Russell
Writers: David Kushner, Tiller Russell
Stars: Nick Robinson, Jennifer Yun, Jimmi Simpson, Jason Clarke, Paul Blott
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7937254/
Philosophical twenty-something Ross Ulbricht creates Silk Road, a dark net website that sells narcotics, while DEA agent Rick Bowden goes undercover to bring him down.
Breaking News in Yuba County
Release 2021
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Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Amanda Idoko
Stars: Mila Kunis, Juliette Lewis, Allison Janney, Awkwafina, Ellen Barkin
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7737640/
A woman takes advantage of her growing celebrity status when the police and the public think her dead husband is just missing.