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Detective/psychologist Alex Cross loses his partner in an out of control 'bust.' He stops working and cannot forgive himself. He is drawn back to work reluctantly when a senator's daughter is kidnapped and the kidnapper seems to want to deal with Alex personally.
| Themes: | psychopathescapekidnappingdeathmurder |
| Locations: | boat fireboathelicopterschool |
| Characters: | death of police officerpolice detective |
| Story: | zodiac boatescape attemptlindbergh kidnappingkidnapping a childreference to charles lindberghprescription bottlecopycat crimedigital photowoman strangled to deathdead teacherrubber maskcall for helpsecret messagecommuter trainshooting a woman …fall to deathdead policewomancar fliphidden messageparricidediplomataseredscuba divertelephone boxsting operationhero kills a womanforkdead woman on floorintercomwoman smokerfemale villainstakeoutshoeserial murdertween girlfarmhouseassumed identityfire extinguishersecret serviceface masksaving a lifeshot multiple timesdead woman with eyes openfalling to deathstabbed in the legplot twistpartnerdiamondransomwashington d.c.die hard scenarioratshot in the legpolice officer killeddouble crosssubwayinternetfour word titledisguisestrangulationclassroomshotgunsurprise endingbased on novelsequel (See All) |
Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's framed and incarcerated in a master prison he designed himself. He … needs to escape and find the person who put him behind bars. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Story: | escape attempttaseredface maskfalling to deathstabbed in the legshot in the legdouble crossdisguisestrangulationshotgunsurprise ending |
Orin Boyd (Seagal) is a Detroit cop who doesn't follow rules. After he saved the Vice President by violating every order he received he is transferred to one of the worst precincts in the city. There he quickly encounters some corrupt cops selling heroin to drug dealers. The problem is, it's very di …fficult to tell who is the bad guy and who you can trust. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | escape attemptfire extinguishersecret servicestabbed in the legpartnershot in the legpolice officer killeddouble crossinternetshotgunbased on novel |
John McClane is now almost a full-blown alcoholic and is suspended from the NYPD. But when a bomb goes off in the Bonwit Teller Department Store the police go insane trying to figure out what's going on. Soon, a man named Simon calls and asks for McClane. Simon tells Inspector Walter Cobb that McCla …ne is going to play a game called "Simon Says". He says that McClane is going to do the tasks he assigns him. If not, he'll set off another bomb. With the help of a Harlem electrician, John McClane must race all over New York trying to figure out the frustrating puzzles that the crafty terrorist gives him. But when a bomb goes off in a subway station right by the Federal Reserve (the biggest gold storage in the world) things start to get heated. (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathescapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | boathelicopterschool |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | stabbed in the legdie hard scenarioshot in the legpolice officer killeddouble crosssubwaydisguiseshotgunsurprise endingsequel |
Inspector Wing of the Hong Kong Police Force has become the victim of a gang, led by the evil Joe. When his entire team is killed, Wing becomes a hapless drunk, feeling guilty for the deaths of his team. A young man with a troubled past pretends to be a police officer working on the case with Wing, …to get him back on his feet and begin an adventure to get revenge on the evil Joe and his Gang of Five, especially when it becomes personal. (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathescapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | face maskpartnerdie hard scenarioshot in the legpolice officer killeddouble crossinternetdisguisestrangulationshotgunsurprise endingsequel |
Despite his tarnished reputation after the events of The Dark Knight, in which he took the rap for Dent's crimes, Batman feels compelled to intervene to assist the city and its police force which is struggling to cope with Bane's plans to destroy the city.
| Themes: | psychopathescapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | escape attemptfemale villainface maskdie hard scenarioshot in the legpolice officer killeddouble crosssubwayfour word titledisguisestrangulationshotgunsurprise endingsequel |
Quadripeligic ex-cop Lincoln Rhyme was looking forward to his assisted suicide when he got the news: some sicko was abducting people in a taxi and leaving them to die in particularly sadistic ways. With time counting down between each abduction and possible death, Rhyme recruits rather-unwilling Ame …lia Donaghy, haunted by her cop father's suicide and thinking she's next, into working the crime scenes to track down the killer. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | copycat crimesecret messagehidden messageratpolice officer killeddouble crosssubwaysurprise endingbased on novel |
Air travel is the safest, the FAA says. But the FAA never figured the risk with Charles Rane on board. "The Rane of Terror" has masterminded four terrorist attacks. Soon there will be a fifth -- and that's bad news for the passengers on Flight 163. But there's good news too: the man in seat 57! Wesl …ey Snipes plays John Cutter, an undercover security operative who enters the lavatory and exits to find Rane (Bruce Payne) and his gang have taken over. Cutter's next move is clear. Do. Or be done to. (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathescapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Story: | escape attempthero kills a womanfemale villaindie hard scenariodouble crossdisguisestrangulationshotgunsurprise ending |
After the murder of his beloved wife, Danny Parker is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey he befriends slacker Jimmy the Finn and becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons. Danny is antagonized by undercover narcotics agents and sadistic dea …ler Pooh-Bear. (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathdeathmurder |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | sting operationstakeoutface maskshot in the legdouble crossdisguiseshotgunsurprise ending |
Parker is a thief who has an unusual code. He doesn't steal from the poor and hurt innocent people. He is asked to join four other guys on a job. They pull it off flawlessly. They tell Parker that what they got can help them set up another job which will net them much more. But Parker doesn't want t …o join them and asks for his share. But they need it all so they try to kill him. They dispose of his body but someone finds him--he is still alive--and takes him to the hospital. After recovering he sets out to get back at the ones who tried to kill him, another one of his codes. Despite being told that they are working for a known mobster which he was not aware of, he still wants to go after them. He learns where they are and poses as a wealthy Texan looking to buy a house. So he hires a real estate agent, Leslie Rogers to show him around. He is actually trying to find out where they're holed up. And when he finds it, he sets out on his plan to get them. But when they learn he is alive, they contact the mobster to take care of him. So the mobster sends a killer to take care of him. And Leslie also finds herself intrigued with him so she follows him. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | boathelicopter |
| Story: | fire extinguishershot multiple timesfalling to deathstabbed in the legdiamondshot in the legdouble crossinternetdisguisestrangulationshotgunbased on novel |
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
| Themes: | escapedeathmurder |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | escape attemptdead woman with eyes opendie hard scenarioshot in the legpolice officer killedshotgunsurprise ending |
In Seattle, detective Quentin Conners is unfairly suspended and his partner Jason York leaves the police force after a tragic shooting on Pearl Street Bridge, when the hostage and the criminal die. During a bank heist with a hostage situation, Conners is assigned in charge of the operation with the …rookie Shane Dekker as his partner. The thieves, lead by Lorenz, apparently do not steal a penny from the bank. While chasing the gangsters, the police team disclose that they planted a virus in the system, stealing one billion dollars from the different accounts, using the principle of the Chaos Theory. Further, they find that Lorenz is killing his accomplices. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | assumed identityshot multiple timespartnerdie hard scenarioshot in the legpolice officer killedshotgunsurprise ending |
A down and out cynical detective teams up with a down and out ex-quarterback to try and solve a murder case involving a pro football team and a politician.
| Themes: | psychopathescapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | secret servicestabbed in the legdie hard scenarioshot in the legpolice officer killeddouble crossfour word titleshotgunsurprise ending |
Evelyn Salt is a CIA agent and highly respected by all, including her boss, Ted Winter. Out of the blue, a Russian spy walks into their offices and offers a vital piece of information: the President of Russia will be assassinated during his forthcoming visit to New York City to attend the funeral of … the recently deceased U.S. Vice President. The name of the assassin: Evelyn Salt. Concerned about the safety of her husband, who she cannot contact, she goes on the run. Winter refuses to accept that she is a mole or a double agent but her actions begin to raise doubts. Just who is Evelyn Salt and what is she planning? (Read More)
| Themes: | escapekidnappingmurder |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Story: | secret servicefire extinguisherface maskstabbed in the legwashington d.c.die hard scenariodouble crosssubwaydisguisestrangulationshotgunsurprise ending |
Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, for the first time, finds himself on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist. With the Russian underworld in pursuit, and bat …tling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapemurder |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | stabbed in the legdie hard scenarioshot in the legpolice officer killeddouble crossstrangulationshotgunsurprise endingsequel |
A man named Owen Davian kills an IMF agent that was sent undercover by the legendary Ethan Hunt, who has retired from combat missions. Hunt now has a fiance, Julia, who believes that he works for the traffic department when he really trains younger IMF agents to go into combat. He is assigned to his … last mission. His mission, should he choose to accept it is to capture Davian, who is selling a toxic weapon called the rabbits foot. But Davian is reckless, cruel, and deathly. He promises Hunt that he will find Julia, hurt her, and Ethan will be too dead to help her. The mission is no more different to others, its dangerous, smart, and impossible; but now it's personal. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Story: | secret messageshooting a womanshoedead woman with eyes openwashington d.c.die hard scenarioshot in the legdisguisesurprise endingsequel |
After witnessing the brutal murders of a convenience store owner and his son, firefighter Jeremy Coleman barely escapes with his life. As he is forced to testify against the crime lord, Hagan, he is placed in the witness protection program under the watch of the U.S. Marshals. When his new identity …becomes compromised Jeremy is forced to take an unexpected course of action in order to get his life back and save the lives of those he loves. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapekidnappingdeathmurder |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | shooting a womantaseredassumed identityshot multiple timesfalling to deathstabbed in the legdie hard scenariodouble crossdisguise |
Dr. Alex Cross is on his last police duty to track down an assassin called Picasso, who's been torturing and killing rich businessmen in Detroit. Soon when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits to end this once and for all.
| Themes: | psychopathescapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | shooting a womandead policewomanpartnerdie hard scenariopolice officer killedshotgunbased on novel |
In New Orleans, English teacher of the high school Rampart High, Will Gerard, and his wife, musician Laura Gerard, are in love with each other. One night, Laura leaves a rehearsal and is assaulted, while Will is playing chess with his friend Jimmy. Will is visiting her in hospital when, out of the b …lue, a stranger named Simon tells him that he belongs to an organization of vigilantes and offers to eliminate the assailant. In return, the organisation would want a favor from Will in the future. Will agrees, and the criminal is murdered. Six months later, Simon collects his debt with Will. He demands that Will kill Alan Marsh, a pedophile. Will accidentally kills Alan and soon he learns that the victim was an awarded journalist that was investigating the organization. Now he seeks evidences to prove his innocence but the network of the organization is powerful and is seeking Will out to eliminate him. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | boatschool |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | escape attemptshot multiple timesfalling to deathshot in the legdouble crossinternetdisguisesurprise ending |
Sent from the city to investigate the murder of a teenage girl in a small Alaska town, a police detective (Pacino) accidentally shoots his own partner while trying to apprehend a suspect. Instead of admitting his guilt, the detective is given an unexpected alibi, but this "solution" only multiplies …the emotional complexity and guilt over his partner's death. He's also still got a murder to solve, in addition to the blackmail and framing of an innocent bystander being orchestrated by the man they were chasing. There's also a local detective (Swank) who is conducting her own personal investigation... of his partner's death. Will it all come crashing down on him? (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathdeathmurder |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | stakeoutpartnershot in the legpolice officer killedshotgun |
Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient princess, whose destiny was unjustly taken from her, is awakened in our current day bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.
| Themes: | escapekidnappingdeathmurder |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Story: | escape attemptstabbed in the legpartnerratshot in the legpolice officer killeddouble crosssubwaystrangulationshotgunsurprise ending |
When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and ma …ke them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story." (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathescapemurderdeath |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | serial murderfire extinguisherpartnerransomdie hard scenarioshot in the legshotgun |
A State Department employee newly posted to the American embassy in London is charged with stopping terrorists from getting into the U.S. That puts her right in the line of fire and she is targeted for death and framed for crimes. Discredited, she is forced to go on the run while she tries to clear …her name and stop a large-scale terrorist attack set for New Year's Eve in Times Square. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | assumed identityfire extinguisherdie hard scenarioratsubwaydisguisesurprise ending |
CIA chief Hunley (Baldwin) convinces a Senate committee to disband the IMF (Impossible Mission Force), of which Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is a key member. Hunley argues that the IMF is too reckless. Now on his own, Hunt goes after a shadowy and deadly rogue organization called the Syndicate.
| Themes: | escapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Story: | car flipface maskfalling to deathstabbed in the legdouble crosssubwaydisguisesurprise endingsequel |
Vincent Downs is a cop in Las Vegas, who's partnered with a crooked cop. His partner asks him to steal some drugs, which they do. But what they don't know is that the drugs belong to a crime family, the Novaks who goes after anyone who crosses them. And Rob Novak the man who was handling the drug sa …le sets his sights on the man who sold him the drugs, casino boss Rubino. Rubino discovers Downs was the one who stole the drugs so he has Downs' son abducted and tells Downs to bring the drugs to his casino. Jennifer Bryant, an idealistic cop who wants to take down every criminal including the Novaks. Recently one her busts went bust and she did everything by the book. She thinks all the men are patronizing her. When she meets Downs she gets a vibe off of him and follows him. Downs brings the drugs to the casino and hides the drugs. Downs meets with Rubino and asks for his drugs. Downs wants his son first before he gives him the drugs. Rubino shows him his son and goes to get the drugs but Bryant finds the drugs and takes them. When Downs learns what she did he scrambles to find a way to save his son. And Novak needs the drugs desperately and goes after everyone especially Downs who is latter asisted by his wife and son to defeat these foes. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapekidnappingdeathmurder |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | fire extinguisherface maskpartnerdie hard scenarioshot in the legpolice officer killeddouble crossdisguisestrangulationshotgunsurprise ending |
James Bond goes on his first ever mission as a 00. Le Chiffre is a banker to the world's terrorists. He is participating in a poker game at Montenegro, where he must win back his money, in order to stay safe among the terrorist market. The boss of MI6, known simply as M sends Bond, along with Vesper … Lynd to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. Bond, using help from Felix Leiter, Mathis and having Vesper pose as his partner, enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career. But if Bond defeats Le Chiffre, will he and Vesper Lynd remain safe? (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathmurderdeath |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Story: | secret servicedead woman with eyes openplot twistpartnershot in the legdouble crossstrangulationshotgunsurprise endingbased on novelsequel |
Phil Broker is a former DEA agent who has gone through a crisis after his actions against a biker gang went horribly wrong and it cost the life of his bosses son. He is recently widowed and is left with a 9 year old daughter, Maddy. He decides to quit the turbulent and demanding life of thrill for M …addy's sake and retires to a small town. His daughter fights off a boy who is bullying her at school, and this sets in motion a round of events that end in his direct confrontation with the local Meth drug lord. His past history with the biker gang also enters the arena, making matters more complex. But he has a mission in his mind to protect his daughter and he is ready to pay any cost that it demands. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapekidnappingdeathmurder |
| Locations: | boathelicopterschool |
| Story: | tween girldie hard scenarioshot in the legpolice officer killeddisguisestrangulationshotgunsurprise endingbased on novel |
Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as an L.A.P.D. detecti …ve... (Read More)
| Themes: | escapemurderdeath |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | escape attemptshoediamonddouble crossdisguiseshotgun |
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. W …ith MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M is left with one ally she can trust: Bond. 007 takes to the shadows - aided only by field agent, Eve (Naomie Harris) - following a trail to the mysterious Silva (Javier Bardem), whose lethal and hidden motives have yet to reveal themselves. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapekidnappingdeathmurder |
| Locations: | boathelicopter |
| Story: | dead woman with eyes openfalling to deathratshot in the legpolice officer killeddouble crosssubwaydisguiseshotgunsurprise endingsequel |
Jack Ryan is back and this time the bad guys are in his own government. When Admiral James Greer becomes sick with cancer, Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. Almost before he can draw a breath in his new position, one of the president's closest friends and his family are m …urdered in their sleep by what appears to by drug cartels. Ryan is called in to investigate, but unknown to him the CIA has already sent a secret field operative to lead an illegal paramilitary force in Colombia against cartels. Things get even more complicated when his team is set up and he loses an agent in the field and a friend of his wife's, who was the murdered agent's secretary, is murdered that same day. Ryan must then risk not only his career, but his life to expose the truth behind the mystery. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapekidnappingdeathmurder |
| Locations: | boathelicopter |
| Story: | tween girldead woman with eyes openwashington d.c.double crossfour word titledisguisestrangulationshotgunsurprise endingbased on novelsequel |
When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential Secret Service Agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As our national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced t …o rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapekidnappingdeathmurder |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Story: | secret serviceshot multiple timesstabbed in the legwashington d.c.die hard scenarioshot in the legpolice officer killeddisguisestrangulation |
After the British Prime Minister has passed away under mysterious circumstances, all leaders of the Western world must attend his funeral. But what starts out as the most protected event on earth, turns into a deadly plot to kill the world's most powerful leaders and unleash a terrifying vision of t …he future. The President of the United States, his formidable secret service head and a British MI-6 agent who trusts no one are the only people that have any hope of stopping it. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | boathelicopter |
| Story: | secret servicestabbed in the legwashington d.c.die hard scenarioshot in the legsubwaystrangulationsurprise endingsequel |
The film starts in the early 1980s. Young Martin Asher took a bus for Canada. He meets another teen on the bus Matt Soulsby. When the bus broke they decided to rent a car and drive to Seattle. On the road the car gets a flat tire, and Matt starts changing the tire Martin comments on how he and Matt …are about the same height and he quickly pushes Matt in the way of an oncoming truck causing a huge accident where Matt and the driver both die. He took Matt's guitar and left singing like Matt did. Twenty years later, an FBI profiler, Illeana Scott comes to Canada to help hunting down a serial killer Martin Asher who killed multiple men and lived by their identities. Martin's mother claims that she saw Martin in Quebec city and she tells the police that Martin is evil. The police also has an eyewitness James Costa who saw Asher kill his last victim... (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathescapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | escape attemptstakeoutfarmhouseassumed identitypolice officer killeddouble crossdisguisestrangulationsurprise endingbased on novel |
Michael Mason, a pick-pocket living in Paris steals a bag with a teddy bear in it. Not realizing the toy contains a timed bomb, he tosses it aside on a busy street. A few seconds later it explodes, killing four people. CCTV footage reveals Masons face and the French police tag him as a terrorist thr …eat. The explosion, although botched, was set up by a select group of the French Interior Ministry as a decoy so they can make a half billion dollar digital transfer from a bank, (closed on French National Day) -hence the title Bastille Day. In a separate CIA investigation the unruly agent Sean Briar, discovers the real story behind Masons "terrorist attack". The two men, on different sides of the law, collaborate to bring the corrupt members of the Ministry down. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | escape attemptface maskshot in the legdouble crosssubwayinternetdisguiseshotgunsurprise ending |
William Friedkin's gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between 'Popeye' Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, … and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | telephone boxstakeoutpartnerwashington d.c.police officer killedsubwaydisguiseshotgunbased on novel |
Picking up three years after the events in Magnum Force, a threatening terrorist group called, The People's Revolutionary Strike Force declare war to the city of San Francisco and demand a ransom to be paid, otherwise they plan to blow the city apart. While Inspector 'Dirty' Harry Callahan is at a l …imbo following his unorthodox method during a robbery, he's at it to dispatch the terrorist group, by playing their game by being more dirty than ever. But this time, he's got a new partner, which might prove the task to be somewhat more difficult than ever, unless the two can work together. (Read More)
| Themes: | kidnappingmurder |
| Locations: | boathelicopter |
| Story: | female villainpartnerransomshotgunsurprise endingsequel |
Hardcore Henry is an action film told from a first person perspective: You remember nothing. Mainly because you've just been brought back from the dead by your wife (Haley Bennett). She tells you that your name is Henry. Five minutes later, you are being shot at, your wife has been kidnapped, and yo …u should probably go get her back. Who's got her? His name's Akan; he's a powerful warlord with an army of mercenaries, and a plan for world domination. You're also in an unfamiliar city of Moscow, and everyone wants you dead. Everyone except for a mysterious British fellow called Jimmy. He may be on your side, but you aren't sure. If you can survive the insanity, and solve the mystery, you might just discover your purpose and the truth behind your identity. Good luck, Henry. You're likely going to need it... (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathescapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Story: | escape attempttaseredshot multiple timesstabbed in the legshot in the legpolice officer killeddouble crosssubwaydisguisestrangulationshotgunsurprise ending |
A group of thieves steal a rare gem, but in the process, two of the men double cross the leader of the thieving group, Patrick, and take off with the precious stone. Ten years later, prominent psychiatrist Nathan Conrad is invited to examine a disturbed young woman named Elisabeth. Patrick immediate …ly kidnaps Nathan's daughter, forcing Nathan to attempt to get Elisabeth to reveal a secret number which will ultimately lead Patrick to the whereabouts of the precious gem that has eluded him. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | hidden messagestabbed in the legdiamondpolice officer killeddouble crosssubwayshotgunsurprise endingbased on novel |
Based on the hit T.V. series. Jim Phelps was sent to Prague for a mission to prevent the theft of classified material. His wife Claire and his trusted partner Ethan Hunt were members of Phelps' team. Unfortunately, something went horribly wrong and the mission failed, leaving Ethan Hunt the lone sur …vivor. After he reported the failed mission, Kettridge the head of the agency suspects Ethan of being the culprit for the failed mission. Now, Ethan uses unorthodox methods (Which includes the aid of an arms dealer going by the name "Max") to try to find who set him up and to clear his name. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Story: | face maskpartnerdie hard scenarioratdouble crosssubwayinternetdisguisesurprise ending |
Four adopted brothers come to avenge their mother's death in what appears to be a random killing in a grocery store robbery. However, the boys' investigation of the death reveals more nefarious activities involving the one brother's business dealings with a notorious local hoodlum. Two cops who are …trying to solve the case may also not be what they seem. (Read More)
| Themes: | deathmurder |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | fire extinguishershot in the legpolice officer killeddouble crossshotgunsurprise ending |
Jeff and Amy Taylor are moving to California and must drive across the country. When they find themselves stranded in the middle of a desert with hardly anyone or anything around, their trip comes to a sudden halt. Amy had taken a ride with a friendly trucker to a small diner to call for help, but a …fter a long time, Jeff becomes worried. He finds that no one in the diner has seen or heard from his wife. When he finds the trucker who gave Amy the ride, the trucker swears he has never seen her. Now Jeff must attempt to find his wife, who has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom. But who can he trust? (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathescapekidnappingmurder |
| Story: | escape attemptfall to deathransomdie hard scenariostrangulationshotgun |
In Texas, after the death of his mother, the unemployed oil and gas worker Toby Howard is losing his ranch to the Texas Midlands Bank. Toby is divorced from his wife who lives with their two sons. When his brother Tanner Howard is released from the prison, they team up to rob agencies of the Texas M …idlands Bank to raise money to pay the loan so that Toby may leave the real estate to his sons. Meanwhile the Texas Ranger Marcus Hamilton who is near retirement and his Indian descendant partner Alberto Parker try to anticipate the next move of the thieves. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapedeathmurder |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | stakeoutfarmhouseshot multiple timespartnerpolice officer killeddouble crossfour word titleshotgunsurprise ending |
In New Orleans, the notorious bank thief and family man Will Montgomery steals $10m with his partners Vincent, Riley Jeffers and Hoyt. However, he has an argument with Vincent in the runaway and Hoyt leaves Will behind. He tries to flee but the FBI agent Tim Harlend organizes a manhunt and Will is c …aptured, but he burns the stolen money to get rid of the evidence against him. Eight years later, Will leaves the prison and he goes to the house of his teenage daughter Alison Loeb, who has issues against him. Alison leaves Will alone in a coffee shop and takes a cab to go to a session with her shrink. However, a couple of minutes later, Will receives a phone call from Vincent, who is presumed dead, telling that he has abducted Alison and will kill her unless he receives the $10m of the last robbery. Now Will has twelve hours to find a way to rescue his daughter from the hands of the psychopath Vincent. (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathescapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | boathelicopter |
| Story: | escape attemptransomdie hard scenarioshot in the legstrangulationshotgunsurprise ending |
In 2079, in Washington, the ex-CIA Operative Snow is brutally interrogated, accused of treason against the United States. The chief of the secret service Scott Langral believes that he shot the agent Frank in a hotel room. Meanwhile, the idealistic daughter of the president of the USA, Emilie Warnoc …k, is visiting MS One, a maximum security prison in outer space expecting to find evidence that the prisoners are actually guinea pigs of a huge corporation. When one of her bodyguards loses a hidden pistol to the dangerous prisoner Hydell, he subdues the staff in the central control room and releases the prisoners, including his brother Alex who becomes the leader of the riot. Now the veteran agent Harry Shaw offers freedom to Snow if he succeeds in rescuing the president's daughter. But the idealistic Emilie does not want to leave MS-One without the hostages. (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathkidnappingmurder |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Story: | secret servicefalling to deathwashington d.c.shot in the legdisguisestrangulationshotgunsurprise ending |
Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio "The Wolf" Perrini. Frustrated with the official investigation and haunted by the thought that the man responsible for murdering his … family might never be brought to justice, Brewer takes matters into his own hands and tracks his quarry ultimately to Colombia. (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathmurder |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Story: | hero kills a womandead woman on floordead woman with eyes openwashington d.c.die hard scenariosurprise ending |
An executive mortgages all he owns to stage a coup and gain control of the National Shoe Company, with the intent of keeping the company out of the hands of incompetent and greedy executives. He needs the same money, though, to pay the ransom that will possibly save a child's life. His resolution of … that dilemma -- the certain loss of the company vs. the probable loss of the child -- makes for one distinct drama, and an ensuing elaborate police procedure makes for a second. (Read More)
| Themes: | kidnappingmurder |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | kidnapping a childshoeransomdisguisebased on novel |
Earl Brooks is a highly respected businessman and was recently named Portland's Man of the Year. He hides a terrible secret however: he is a serial killer known as the Thumbprint Killer. He has been attending AA meetings and has kept his addiction to killing under control for two years now but his a …lter ego, Marshall, has re-appeared and is pushing him to kill again. When he does kill a couple while they are making love, he is seen and photographed by someone who also has his own death and murder fetish. In a parallel story, the police detective investigating the murder is having problems of her own. She is going through a messy divorce and a violent criminal who had vowed revenge some years before has escaped from prison and is after her. (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathkidnappingmurderdeath |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | intercomserial murderdead woman with eyes openshot in the legdouble crossdisguisesurprise ending |
A well respected Chicago surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble has found out that his wife, Helen, has been murdered ferociously in her own home. The police found Kimble and accused him of the murder. Then, Kimble (without Justifiable Reason) was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. However, on the way to … prison, Kimble's transport crashed. Kimble escapes and is now on the run. Deputy Samuel Gerard from Chicago takes charge of the chase of Kimble. Meanwhile, Kimble takes up his own investigation to find who really killed his wife, and to lure Gerard and his team into it as well. (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathescapedeathmurder |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Characters: | police detective |
| Story: | stakeoutpolice officer killeddouble crosssubwaydisguiseshotgunsurprise ending |
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 expe …rt negotiator, and find out who's running the conspiracy before it's too late. (Read More)
| Themes: | kidnappingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Story: | partnerdie hard scenariopolice officer killeddouble crossshotgunsurprise ending |
David Mamet takes this story of thieves along many twists and turns, some of which work and some of which don't. Gene Hackman plays the brilliant leader of a gang (Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay & Rebecca Pigeon as Hackman's youngish wife), which pulls off complex heists for a despicable fence (Danny DeVit …o). After stiffing the gang on a jewelry robbery, DeVito forces the gang to go after a Swiss gold shipment and to use his nephew (Sam Rockwell) in the crime. No one trusts anyone and every step is shaded with the unexpected. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapedeathmurder |
| Locations: | boat |
| Story: | face maskpartnershot in the legdouble crossdisguiseshotgunsurprise ending |
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