Category Archives: Crime
Hitman
Release 2007
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Xavier Gens
Writers: Skip Woods
Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper, Ulrich Thomsen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465494/
A gun-for-hire known only as Agent 47 hired by a group known only as 'The Organization' is ensnared in a political conspiracy, which finds him pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Russia and Eastern Europe.
Training Day
Release 2001
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Director: Antoine Fuqua
Writers: David Ayer
Stars: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Harris Yulin
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139654/
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop goes on a 24-hour training course with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
The Bone Collector
Release 1999
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Phillip Noyce
Writers: Jeffery Deaver, Jeremy Iacone
Stars: Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah, Michael Rooker, Michael McGlone
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145681/
Denzel Washington plays a quadriplegic homicide detective. He and his female partner track down a serial killer.
American Gangster
Release 2007
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Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Steven Zaillian, Mark Jacobson
Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin, Lymari Nadal
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765429/
In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East.
The Hunters
Release 2013
Genre Adventure, Crime, Horror, Thriller
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Director: Nisha Ganatra
Writers: Matthew Huffman, Jeff Schechter, Joshua Williamson
Stars: Robbie Amell, Alexa PenaVega, Victor Garber, Michelle Forbes, Keenan Tracey
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2963232/
A family of archeologists hunt down artifacts from fairy tales that have been hidden around the globe.
xXx2: State of the Union
Release 2005
Genre Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
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Director: Lee Tamahori
Writers: Rich Wilkes, Simon Kinberg
Stars: Willem Dafoe, Samuel L. Jackson, Ice Cube, Scott Speedman, Xzibit
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0329774/
Darius Stone, a new agent in the XXX program, is sent to Washington, DC to defuse a power struggle amongst national leaders.
Brick Mansions
Release 2014
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Director: Camille Delamarre
Writers: Luc Besson, Bibi Naceri
Stars: Paul Walker, David Belle, RZA, Gouchy Boy, Catalina Denis
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1430612/
An undercover Detroit cop navigates a dangerous neighborhood that's surrounded by a containment wall with the help of an ex-con in order to bring down a crime lord and his plot to devastate the entire city.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Release 2005
Genre Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
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Director: Doug Liman
Writers: Simon Kinberg
Stars: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn, Adam Brody, Kerry Washington
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0356910/
A bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other.
Wanted
Release 2008
Genre Action, Crime, Fantasy, Thriller
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Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Writers: Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, Chris Morgan, Mark Millar, J.G. Jones
Stars: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493464/
A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities.
Shooter
Release 2007
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Antoine Fuqua
Writers: Jonathan Lemkin, Stephen Hunter
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, Danny Glover, Kate Mara, Elias Koteas
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822854/
A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the President. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to find the real killer and the reason he was set up.