Posts Tagged ‘crooked-cop’

Leon (Professional, The) (1994)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France
Actors: Reno, Jean | Oldman, Gary | Portman, Natalie | Aiello, Danny | Appel, Peter | Blood, Willi One | Creech, Don | Glascoe, Keith A. | Scott, Alan Randolph | Badalucco, Michael | Greene, Ellen | Regen, Elizabeth | Matusovich, Carl J. | Senger, Frank | Cherokee, Lucius Wyatt
Directors: Besson, Luc
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Mathilda, a twelve-year old New York girl, is living an undesirable life among her half-family. Her father stores drugs for two-faced cop Norman Stansfield. Only her little brother keeps Mathilda from breaking apart. One day, Stansfield and his team take cruel revenge on her father for stretching the drugs a little, thus killing the whole family. Only Mathilda, who was out shopping, survives by finding shelter in Léon’s apartment in the moment of highest need. Soon, she finds out about the strange neighbour’s unusual profession - killing - and desperately seeks his help in taking revenge for her little brother. Léon, who is completely unexperienced in fatherly tasks, and in friendships, does his best to keep Mathilda out of trouble - unsuccessfully. Now, the conflict between a killer, who slowly discovers his abilities to live, to feel, to love and a corrupt police officer, who does anything in his might to get rid of an eye witness, arises to unmeasurable proportions - all for the sake of a little twelve-year old girl, who has nearly nothing to lose.

Shaft (2000)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Jackson, Samuel L. | Williams, Vanessa L. | Wright, Jeffrey | Bale, Christian | Rhymes, Busta | Hedaya, Dan | Collette, Toni | Roundtree, Richard | Santiago-Hudson, Ruben | Sommer, Josef | Thigpen, Lynne | Bosco, Philip | Hingle, Pat | Tergesen, Lee | von Bargen, Daniel
Directors: Singleton, John
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Cool and deadly NYPD detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade, Jr. in a racially-motivated slaying. The eye witness disappears, Wade jumps bail for Switzerland, and Shaft is livid. Two years later, Wade returns to face trial, confident his father’s money and influence (and racial politics) guarantee an innocent verdict. Shaft looks hard for the witness, so Wade wants someone to kill her. He turns to a ghetto drug king, Peoples Hernandez, who’s willing to kill for money, use Wade as a route to rich drug customers, and shaft Shaft. Can Shaft find the witness, convince her to testify, and shepherd her through the hail of bullets that Peoples is sure to let fly?

Run for the Money (2002)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Slater, Christian | Kilmer, Val | Downing, Sara | Laresca, Vincent | Getty, Balthazar | Woodbine, Bokeem | Hannah, Daryl | Rowland, Rodney | Coleman, Holliston | Woodward, Peter | Rosas, Michael Anthony | Forsythe, William | Troyer, Verne | Milicevic, Milos | Jason, Peter
Directors: Antonijevic, Predrag
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Fresh out of prison, Thomas Taylor (Christian Slater) assembles a team of outlaws to pull off his most brilliant heist yet. Alas, the stolen money is marked, enabling FBI agent Mark Cornell (Val Kilmer) to swiftly track down Taylor & Co. But the corrupt agent is not interested in making an arrest: Using his knowledge of Taylor’s guilt as leverage, the wily agent coerces the crooks into engineering an even bigger robbery, this time targeting a high-profile riverboat casino.

Godfather, The (1972)

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Brando, Marlon | Pacino, Al | Caan, James | Castellano, Richard S. | Duvall, Robert | Hayden, Sterling | Conte, Richard | Lettieri, Al | Keaton, Diane | Vigoda, Abe | Shire, Talia | Russo, Gianni | Marley, John | Bond, Rudy
Directors: Coppola, Francis Ford
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The story begins as “Don” Vito Corleone, the head of a New York Mafia “family”, oversees his daughter’s wedding. His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father’s business. Through Michael’s life the nature of the family business becomes clear. The business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but given to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. Don Vito lives his life in the way of the old country, but times are changing and some don’t want to follow the old ways and look out for community and “family”. An up and coming rival of the Corleone family wants to start selling drugs in New York, and needs the Don’s influence to further his plan. The clash of the Don’s fading old world values and the new ways will demand a terrible price, especially from Michael, all for the sake of the family.

Hard to Kill (1990)

Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Seagal, Steven | LeBrock, Kelly | Sadler, William | Coffin, Frederick | Burroughs, Bonnie | Bloch, Andrew | Richmond, Branscombe | Boswell, Charles | Rosencrantz, Zachary | Beatty Jr., Lou | DeMauro, Nick | Corello, Nick | De Rosa, Justin | Brock, Stanley | James, Evan
Directors: Malmuth, Bruce
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In 1983, Senator Vernon Trent is running a high-profile re-election campaign. Los Angeles cop Mason Storm videotapes a meeting where Trent hires killers to kill his opponent so he won’t lose the election. When Mason’s cover is blown, he gets away temporarily, but when he calls in this information to his partner Kevin O’Malley, he is overheard by corrupt cops who work for Trent. On his way home, Mason stops at a liquor store to pick up some champagne to celebrate his undercover coup with his wife Felicia and his 5-year-old son Sonny. 5 thugs come into the store with guns and blow away the cashier, and Mason kills the thugs. At home, Mason tucks Sonny in, and Mason and Felicia open the champagne. The corrupt cops who overheard Storm’s call to Kevin go to Storm’s house and start firing their guns. Felicia is killed, and Sonny is missing and presumed dead. Mason himself, declared dead at the hospital, revives only to remain in a coma. Kevin enlists the help of a doctor to keep Mason’s survival a secret until he can recuperate and give information on his assailants. 7 years later, in 1990, Kevin has been forced off the LAPD, with Trent and his men now running the show. Mason is in a coma center under the alias of “John Doe,” and he’s being cared for by nurse Andrea “Andy” Stewart. Mason wakes up from his 7 year coma, and takes some time to recover. After recovering, Mason is reunited with Sonny, who is now 12-years-old, and Mason plans his revenge on Trent.

Negotiator, The (1998)

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Jackson, Samuel L. | Spacey, Kevin | Morse, David | Rifkin, Adam | Spencer, John | Walsh, J.T. | Fallon, Siobhan | Giamatti, Paul | Taylor, Regina | Beatty, Bruce | Cudlitz, Michael | Gómez, Carlos | Kelleher, Tim | Norris, Dean | Serrano, Nestor
Directors: Gray, F. Gary
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In the midst of an elaborate conspiracy, an expert negotiator is driven to the edge when he’s framed for the murder of his partner, as well as embezzling money from his department’s pension fund. His only chance to prove his innocence is to take hostages himself, acquire the services of another expert negotiator, and find out who’s running the conspiracy before it’s too late.