Category Archives: Crime
Inherent Vice
Release 2014
Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
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Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Writers: Paul Thomas Anderson, Thomas Pynchon
Stars: Joanna Newsom, Katherine Waterston, Joaquin Phoenix, Jordan Christian Hearn, Taylor Bonin
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1791528/
In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.
The Gambler
Release 2014
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Director: Rupert Wyatt
Writers: William Monahan, James Toback
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Griffin Cleveland, Jessica Lange, Omar Leyva, Anthony Kelley
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2039393/
Lit professor and gambler Jim Bennett's debt causes him to borrow money from his mother and a loan shark. Further complicating his situation is his relationship with one of his students. Will Bennett risk his life for a second chance?
Revenge of the Green Dragons
Release 2014
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Director: Wai-Keung Lau, Andrew Loo
Writers: Michael Di Jiacomo, Andrew Loo
Stars: Justin Chon, Kevin Wu, Harry Shum Jr., Ray Liotta, Jin Auyeung
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1396523/
Two best friends rise through the ranks of New York's Chinese underworld in the 1980s.
The Drop
Release 2014
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Director: Michaël R. Roskam
Writers: Dennis Lehane
Stars: Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, John Ortiz
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1600196/
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
No Good Deed
Release 2014
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Sam Miller
Writers: Aimee Lagos
Stars: Idris Elba, Taraji P. Henson, Leslie Bibb, Kate del Castillo, Henry Simmons
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2011159/
An unstable escaped convict terrorizes a woman who is alone with her two children.
Nightcrawler
Release 2014
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Director: Dan Gilroy
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Papajohn, Marco Rodríguez, Bill Paxton, James Huang
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872718/
When Lou Bloom, a driven man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
The Departed
Release 2006
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Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: William Monahan, Alan Mak, Felix Chong
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407887/
An undercover state cop who has infiltrated an Irish gang and a mole in the police force working for the same mob race to track down and identify each other before being exposed to the enemy, after both sides realize their outfit has a rat.
The Losers
Release 2010
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Sylvain White
Writers: Peter Berg, James Vanderbilt, Andy Diggle
Stars: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Columbus Short
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480255/
A CIA special forces team are betrayed and left for dead by their superiors, galvanizing them to mount an offensive on the CIA.
The Mule(2014)
Release 2014
Genre Crime
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Director: Tony Mahony, Angus Sampson
Writers: Jaime Browne, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell
Stars: Hugo Weaving, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Ewen Leslie, Geoff Morrell
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2130270/
A first time drug mule is caught by law enforcement.
Convict
Release 2014
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Director: David Field and George Basha, George Basha
Writers: George Basha
Stars: George Basha, Richard Green, Brian Ellison, David Field, Frank Violi
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2893780/
Sent to prison because of manslaughter, Ray is challenged both physically and mentally by a sadistic prison boss.