Crime movies

Antitrust (2001)

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Phillippe, Ryan | Cook, Rachael Leigh | Forlani, Claire | Robbins, Tim | McFerran, Douglas | Roundtree, Richard | Runyan, Tygh | Tso, Yee Jee | Dushku, Nate | Bellamy, Ned | Labine, Tyler | Bellis, Scott | Lovgren, David | Paroo, Zahf | Young, Jonathon
Directors: Howitt, Peter
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This movie is the fictional story of computer programming genius Milo Hoffman after graduating from Stanford and getting out into the competitive world of computer software. In his contemplation of where to begin his career, he is contacted by Gary Winston whose character is loosely based on Bill Gates. Winston is the CEO of a company called NURV, and they are on the brink of completing the global communication’s system, Synapse. They need Hoffman to help them meet their launch date, so after much thought and with the full support of his girlfriend Alice, he accepts the job. Tragedy soon after strikes and Milo becomes suspicious of the company he has been wrapped up in. He learns that trusting anyone could be a mistake, and that nothing is as it seems.

48 Hrs. (1982)

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Nolte, Nick | Murphy, Eddie | O'Toole, Annette | McRae, Frank | Remar, James | Kelly, David Patrick | Landham, Sonny | James, Brion | Sherman, Kerry | Banks, Jonathan | Keane, James | King, Tara | Blackburn, Greta | Rose, Margot | Crosby, Denise
Directors: Hill, Walter
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Oddball cop and tough guy, Jack Cates is the only survivor of a cop shooting and in hunting down the murderer collects Reggie Hammond from jail for 48 hours. Hammond is oddly motivated to help. The killer is searching for his stash of cash. Cates and Hammond who have the Black-white, cop-crook thing to work out make surprisingly good partners as they navigate through the city looking for their suspect.

xXx: State of the Union (2005)

Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Matt Gerald | Cube, Ice | Jackson, Samuel L. | Dafoe, Willem | Speedman, Scott | Strauss, Peter | Xzibit | Roof, Michael | Mabrey, Sunny | Gaye, Nona | Connolly, John G. | De Ocamp, Ramon | Sigismondi, Barry | Evans, Michael Don | Rountree, David | Schmidtke, Ned
Directors: Tamahori, Lee
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NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons (Jackson), fresh off the success of his last renegade recruitment, once again finds himself in need of an outsider. Gibbons and his new agent (Ice Cube) must track a dangerous military splinter group, led by Willem Dafoe, that is conspiring to overthrow the U.S. Government in the nation’s capital.

Hackers (1995)

Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Miller, Jonny Lee | Jolie, Angelina | Bradford, Jesse | Lillard, Matthew | Mason, Laurence | Santiago, Renoly | Stevens, Fisher | Watson, Alberta | Lee, Darren | Kim, Peter Y. | Browne, Ethan | Bracco, Lorraine | Pierce, Wendell | Gaston, Michael | Anthony, Marc
Directors: Softley, Iain
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A young boy is arrested by the US Secret Service for writing a computer virus and is banned from using a computer until his 18th birthday. Years later, he and his new-found friends discover a plot to unleash a dangerous computer virus, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus.

Point Break (1991)

Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Sport | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Reeves, Keanu | McGinley, John C. | Busey, Gary | Swayze, Patrick | Petty, Lori | LeGros, James | Philbin, John
Directors: Bigelow, Kathryn
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In the coastal town of Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers call themselves the ex-presidents. commit their crimes while wearing masks of ex-presidents Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers and send young agent Johnny Utah undercover at the beach to mix with the surfers and gather information. Utah meets surfer Bodhi and gets drawn into the lifestyle of his new friend.

Jackie Brown (1997)

Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Crosby, Denise | Grier, Pam | Jackson, Samuel L. | Forster, Robert | Fonda, Bridget | Keaton, Michael | De Niro, Robert | Bowen, Michael | Tucker, Chris | Hamilton, Lisa Gay | Lister Jr., Tom 'Tiny' | Winston, Hattie | Haig, David | Graham, Aimee | Williams, Ellis | Ambrose, Tangie
Directors: Tarantino, Quentin
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Jackie Brown is the name of a flight attendant who gets caught smuggling her boss’ gun money on the airline she works for. Luckily for her, the Fed Ray Nicolet and the LA Cop Mark Dargus decide to team up in order to arrest the arms dealer she works for, whose name they don’t even know. Here’s when she has to choose one way: tell Nicolet and Dargus about Ordell Robbie (the arms dealer) and get her freedom -except that if Ordell suspects you’re talking about him, you’re dead- or keep her mouth shut and do some time. That’s when she meets Max Cherry -her bail bondsman-, a late fifties, recently separated, burnt-out man, who falls in love with her. Then Jackie comes up with a plan to play the Feds off against Ordell and the guys he works with -Louis Gara and Melanie Ralston, among others- and walk off with their money. But she needs Max’s help. No one is going to stand in the way of his million dollar payoff…

Oxygen (1999)

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Tierney, Maura | Brody, Adrien | Naughton, James | Robins, Laila | Kinney, Terry | Calderon, Paul | Baker, Dylan | Krupa, Olek | Faison, Frankie | Stimac, Slavko | Henderson, Michael | Shepard, Robert | Perez, Eddie | Canfield, Gene | Quinn, Christopher J.
Directors: Shepard, Richard
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A masochistic cop (Maura Tierney), who hides her predilection from her cop husband (Terry Kinney), gets involved in pursuing a kidnapper nicknamed Harry for Harry Houdini (Adrien Brody), who has kidnapped a rich woman (Laila Robins) and has buried her somewhere in Manhattan while demanding a ransom from her tycoon husband (James Naughton). Failure to pay the ransom within 24 hours will lead the kidnapper to abandoning the woman. Dylan Baker also appears as the fed that is assigned to the case.

Italian Job, The (2003)

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Wahlberg, Mark | Theron, Charlize | Sutherland, Donald | Statham, Jason | Green, Seth | Def, Mos | Norton, Edward | Callegarini, Fausto | Petronelli, Stefano | Scarpa, Fabio | Bonora, Cristiano | Greco, Tiberio | Shubert, Jimmy | Cubilette, Tammi | Portser, Mary
Directors: Gray, F. Gary
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A gang of robbers, lead by career criminal Charlie Croker, create the largest traffic jam in Los Angeles history, giving them time to pull off a theft of gold bullion. They get away in their Mini Coopers, which are small enough to drive on sidewalks so they can make a clean get away before the traffic jam clears.

Cell, The (2000)

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Lopez, Jennifer | Vaughn, Vince | D'Onofrio, Vincent | Weber, Jake | Baker, Dylan | Jean-Baptiste, Marianne | Bauchau, Patrick | Becker, Gerry | Subkoff, Tara | Sutherland, Catherine | Thomas, Jake | James, Colton | Norris, Dean | Cothran Jr., John | Conley, Jack
Directors: Singh, Tarsem
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Catharine Deane is a psychotherapist who is part of a revolutionary new treatment which allows her mind to literally enter the mind of her patients. Her experience in this method takes an unexpected turn when an FBI agent comes to ask for a desperate favour. They had just tracked down a notorious serial killer, Carl Stargher, whose MO is to abduct women one at a time and place them in a secret area where they are kept for about 40 hours until they are slowly drowned. Unfortunately, the killer has fallen into an irreversible coma which means he cannot confess where he has taken his latest victim before she dies. Now, Catherine Deane must race against time to explore the twisted mind of the killer to get the information she needs, but Stargher’s damaged personality poses dangers that threaten to overwhelm her.

Score, The (2001)

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Norton, Edward | Brando, Marlon | Angela Bassett | Farmer, Gary | Harrold, Jamie | Oz, Frank
Directors:
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Nick Wells, a professional criminal, decides to leave the business for good, since he nearly got caught on his last job. His plan is to live in peace with his girl Diane, running his Montreal jazz club NYC. Soon Max, his good friend and financial partner in the illegal affairs, comes along with an offer Nick can’t refuse: A historical and priceless French sceptre has been discovered while being smuggled into the country. It is now under massive surveillance in the Montreal Customs House, and soon to be returned to France. Nick has to team up with Max’ man inside, the young, talented and aggressive thief Jackie Teller to get the precious item, and suffer no more financial problems ever. Only one question remains: Who will trick whom out of their share?