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Themes: | executiondrug useracismgangsterprisonkidnapping |
Locations: | brotheltaxilondon englandtrainbar |
Characters: | boy cryingcrying boytalking to oneself in a mirrorbabyphotographerbrother sister relationshipteenage girlpolice |
Story: | changing a diaperdiaper changedrinking urinestolen phonecrack cocaineaccidental shootinglost babybaby strollerabandoned babyshot in the headshot in the chestcell phonethrowing a gun into a riverhit on the head with a brickmillennium dome β¦hit with a brickfire brigadecrack houseman forced to stripwoman beatercouncil estatemale tied upman hits womandiaperundershirtinitiationshothouse firebroken nosefall from heightpeer pressureurineshoutingforced to stripalleypolice raidshaved headphonesocial workerdrug overdosecrying womanpubhandguntied upsplit screenkicked in the facedrug addictargumentpublic nuditygunshotstabbed to deathcocainedrug dealermontagegangprostitutiondead bodyheld at gunpointshootingarrestpunched in the facecigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditysex scenebloodgunthreesome (See All) |
The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate the gang, but the attempt fails miser β¦ably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher. (Read More)
Themes: | gangster |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | police |
Story: | crack cocaineshot in the headshot in the chestcell phonepolice raiddrug addictpublic nuditycocainedrug dealermontagegangheld at gunpointshootingarrestpunched in the face β¦male rear nuditygunblood (See All) |
In TRIPLE 9, a crew of dirty cops are blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist. The only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for "officer down". Their plan is turned upside down when the unsuspecting rookie they set up to die foils the attack, trigge β¦ring a breakneck, action-packed finale filled with double-crosses, greed and revenge. (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterprisonkidnapping |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | police |
Story: | crack cocaineshot in the headshot in the chestcell phonepolice raidkicked in the facedrug addictcocainedrug dealermontagegangheld at gunpointarrestpunched in the facecigarette smoking β¦male rear nudityblood (See All) |
Themes: | racismgangsterprisonkidnapping |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | teenage girlpolice |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestcell phonedrug addictcocainedrug dealermontagegangheld at gunpointarrestpunched in the facebloodgun |
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. Bullied by the British police, he and four of his friends are coerced into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also i β¦mplicated in the crime. He spends 15 years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence with the help of a British attorney, Gareth Peirce. Based on a true story. (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterprison |
Locations: | london england |
Characters: | brother sister relationshippolice |
Story: | shoutingforced to strippolice raidpubdrug dealermontageheld at gunpointarrestpunched in the facecigarette smokingmale nudity |
This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA.
Themes: | executiongangsterprison |
Characters: | police |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestdrug overdosedrug addictcocainedrug dealergangheld at gunpointshootingarrestpunched in the facecigarette smokingbloodgun |
A successful cocaine dealer, who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite, plans an early retirement from the business. However, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess daughter of Jimmy's old pal Edward, a powerful construc β¦tion business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds' worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal Serbian gang and a whole series of double crossings. The title "LAYER CAKE" refers to the layers or levels anyone in business goes through in rising to the top. What is revealed is a modern underworld where the rules have changed. There are no 'codes', or 'families' and respect lasts as long as a line. Not knowing who he can trust, he has to use all his 'savvy', 'telling' and skills which make him one of the best, to escape his own. The ultimate last job, a love interest called Tammy, and an international drug ring threaten to draw him back into the 'cake mix'. But, time is running out and the penalty will endure a lifetime.. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usegangsterprisonkidnapping |
Locations: | london englandbar |
Characters: | police |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestcell phonepolice raiddrug overdosetied updrug addictargumentgunshotcocainedrug dealergangdead bodycigarette smokinggun β¦blood (See All) |
Brazil, 1960s, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970s: Li'l Ze has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bene is the only one to keep him on t β¦he good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years, and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980s: Things are out of control between the last two remaining gangs...will it ever end? Welcome to the City of God. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usegangsterkidnapping |
Locations: | brothelbar |
Characters: | photographerteenage girlpolice |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestpolice raidhandgunsplit screendrug addictcocainedrug dealergangprostitutionshootingarrestmale nuditygunblood |
In England, retired Royal Marine Harry Brown spends his lonely life between the hospital, where his beloved wife Kath is terminally ill, and playing chess with his only friend Leonard Attwell in the Barge pub owned by Sid Rourke. After the death of Kath, Len tells his grieving friend that the local β¦gang is harassing him and he is carrying an old bayonet for self-defense; the widower suggests him to go to the police. When Len is beaten, then stabbed to death in an underground passage, Inspector Alice Frampton and her partner Sergeant Terry Hicock are sent to investigate. They pay Harry a visit but don't have good news; the police have not found any other evidence, other than the bayonet, in order to arrest the hoodlums. This mean that should the case go to trial the gang would claim self-defense. Harry Brown sees that justice will not be granted and decides to take matters into his own hands. (Read More)
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | london england |
Characters: | police |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestcell phonecouncil estatepolice raiddrug overdosepubdrug addictstabbed to deathdrug dealergangheld at gunpointshootingarrestcigarette smoking β¦gunblood (See All) |
Charles is worn down by his home life where he and his wife struggle to cope with the demands of their daughter's illness and his job. When he meets Lucinda on the train to work in Chicago, there is an immediate spark between them. Soon they are doing lunch; dinner and drinks follow. This leads to a β¦n adulterous rendezvous in a hotel. However, no sooner have they torn each other's clothes off than their room is invaded by a thief who beats Charles and rapes Lucinda. Because of the illicit nature of their relationship, Charles agrees with Lucinda who is reluctant to go to the police and soon finds he is powerless to resist the demands of the thief. (Read More)
Themes: | prison |
Locations: | taxitrainbar |
Characters: | police |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestcell phonebroken nosestabbed to deathdead bodyheld at gunpointshootingpunched in the facecigarette smokingbloodgun |
Russell and his younger brother Rodney live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, and have always dreamed of escaping and finding better lives. But when a cruel twist of fate lands Russell in prison, his brother becomes involved with one of the most violent and ruthless crime rings in the Northea β¦st - a mistake that will cost him everything. Once released, Russell must choose between his own freedom, or risk it all to seek justice for his brother. (Read More)
Themes: | drug useprison |
Locations: | trainbar |
Characters: | police |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestcell phonepolice raidkicked in the facedrug addictdrug dealerdead bodyheld at gunpointshootingpunched in the facecigarette smokingsex scenebloodgun |
An intertwined drama about the United States' war on drugs, seen through the eyes of a once conservative judge, now newly-appointed drug czar, his crack-addicted daughter, two DEA agents, a jailed drug kingpin's wife, and a Mexican cop who begins to question his boss's motives.
Themes: | drug usekidnapping |
Characters: | teenage girlpolice |
Story: | crack cocainecell phonecrack housedrug overdosedrug addictcocaineprostitutionshootingarrest |
"Gomorra" is a contemporary Neapolitan mob drama that exposes Italy's criminal underbelly by telling five stories of individuals who think they can make their own compact with Camorra, the area's Mafia.
Themes: | drug usegangster |
Characters: | babyphotographerpolice |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestinitiationcocainedrug dealergangdead bodyheld at gunpointshootingarrestcigarette smokinggunblood |
An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly under the scrutiny of internal affairs. They follow l β¦eads, informants turn up dead, Nick's wife is unhappy he's back on the street, Henry's protective of the dead cop's wife. Nick reads and re-reads the case file, broods, watches Oak's heavy-handed style, sometimes joining in. The brass want to close out the case, Nick and Henry stay on it, and bits of evidence point them to an auto body shop. What actually happened; will Nick ever know? (Read More)
Characters: | babypolice |
Story: | diaper changeshot in the headshot in the chestcell phonebroken nosedrug overdosesplit screendrug addictpunched in the facemale rear nuditymale nudityblood |
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, β¦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: | gangsterkidnapping |
Locations: | taxibar |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipteenage girlpolice |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestcell phonealleypolice raidsplit screenkicked in the facemontagegangheld at gunpointarrestpunched in the faceblood |
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 β¦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: | prisonkidnapping |
Locations: | trainbar |
Characters: | brother sister relationshippolice |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestcell phonepolice raidkicked in the facedrug addictstabbed to deathdrug dealergangheld at gunpointarrestpunched in the facecigarette smokingblood |
Lazy court-process clerk and stoner Dale Denton has only one reason to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver: to purchase weed, specifically, a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. But when Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop and the city's most dangerous drug lord, h β¦e panics and dumps his roach of Pineapple Express at the scene. Dale now has another reason to visit Saul: to find out if the weed is so rare that it can be traced back to him--and it is. As Dale and Saul run for their lives, they quickly discover that they're not suffering from weed-fueled paranoia: incredibly, the bad guys really are hot on their trail and trying to figure out the fastest way to kill them both. All aboard the Pineapple Express. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usegangsterkidnapping |
Characters: | teenage girlpolice |
Story: | accidental shootingshot in the headshot in the chestcell phonesplit screenkicked in the facedrug addictgunshotdrug dealermontagedead bodyheld at gunpointshootingarrestpunched in the face β¦bloodgun (See All) |
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: | executiongangsterprison |
Characters: | police |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestcell phonedrug addictstabbed to deathcocainedrug dealerheld at gunpointcigarette smokingblood |
Professional Brooklyn hitman Jimmy Conlon is more commonly known as THE GRAVEDIGGER. Jimmy was a mob hit-man, who was best friends with his boss Sean Maguire. But when Jimmy's son, Michael, is marked for death by the mob, Jimmy must go up against Sean to protect Michael at all costs. Together, he an β¦d Michael must avoid corrupt cops, contract killers and the mob to survive the night. (Read More)
Themes: | gangster |
Locations: | taxibar |
Characters: | brother sister relationshippolice |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestcell phonepubstabbed to deathcocainedrug dealerheld at gunpointarrestpunched in the facecigarette smokingblood |
In Talbot, Ohio, a father's need for surgeries puts the family in a financial bind. His son Vince, an electrician, overhears a man talking about making a fortune in just a day. When the man overdoses on drugs, Vince finds instructions and a cell phone that the man has received and substitutes himsel β¦f: taking a train to New York and awaiting contact. He has no idea what it's about. He ends up at a remote house where wealthy men bet on who will survive a complicated game of Russian roulette: he's number 13. In flashbacks we meet other contestants, including a man whose brother takes him out of a mental institution in order to compete. Can Vince be the last one standing? (Read More)
Locations: | taxitrain |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestcell phoneforced to stripphonedrug overdosepunched in the facecigarette smokingblood |
In Melbourne, the Chinese Chef Jackie has a successful show on television. The drug lord Giancarlo and his gang are dealing cocaine with The Demons gang, but they fight against each other. During the shooting, the snoopy reporter Diana and her partner are accidentally exposed and they flee with a VH β¦S tape with the footage of the negotiation. On the street, she stumbles with Jackie and he helps her fighting against the gangsters. When they are escaping in his car, her tape accidentally mixes with other videotapes that Jackie has in a box on the backseat of his car. Jackie goes to his apartment and meets his girlfriend Miki while his nephews "borrow" the tape to watch. Meanwhile Giancarlo's gangsters are looking for the tape and abduct Miki. Jackie's friend Romeo, who is a police detective, chases the gangsters with other policemen while Jackie teams up with Diana and his friend Lakisha to release Miki from Giancarlo. (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterkidnapping |
Locations: | taxi |
Characters: | brother sister relationshippolice |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestcell phonehandguntied upkicked in the facecocainedrug dealergangheld at gunpointshootingarrestpunched in the face |
Three amateurs stickup a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. Brad Pitt plays the hitman hired to track them down and restore order.
Themes: | drug usegangster |
Locations: | bar |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestkicked in the facedrug addictdrug dealermontageheld at gunpointarrestpunched in the facecigarette smokingblood |
Narcotics cops Mike Lowrey ('Will Smith (I)' (qv)) and Marcus Burnett ('Martin Lawrence (I)' (qv)) head up a task force investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami. Their search leads to a dangerous kingpin Johnny Tapia ('Jordi Molla' (qv)), whose plan to control the city's drug traffic has touched β¦ off an underground war. Meanwhile, things get sexy between Mike and Syd ('Gabrielle Union' (qv)), Marcus's sister. (Read More)
Themes: | racismgangster |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | brother sister relationshippolice |
Story: | accidental shootingshot in the headshot in the chestkicked in the facedrug dealerheld at gunpointshootingpunched in the facecigarette smokinggunblood |
Needing extra cash, two brothers conspire to pull off the perfect, victimless crime. No guns, no violence, no problem. But when an accomplice ignores the rules and crosses the line, his actions trigger a series of events in which no one is left unscathed.
Themes: | drug use |
Locations: | taxibar |
Characters: | babybrother sister relationshippolice |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestcell phonegunshotcocainedrug dealercigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditysex scenegun |
A seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings (Idris Elba), John Rahway (Paul Walker), A.J. (Hayden Christensen), and brothers Jake (Michael Ealy) and Jesse (Chris Brown) Attica successfully complete their latest heist and lead a life of luxury while planning their next job. When Ghost β¦(Tip T.I. Harris), a former member of their team, is released from prison he convinces the group to strike an armored car carrying $20 million. As the "takers" carefully plot their strategy and draw nearer to exacting the grand heist, a reckless police officer (Matt Dillon) inches closer to apprehending the criminals. (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterprisonkidnapping |
Locations: | taxibar |
Characters: | brother sister relationshippolice |
Story: | shot in the chestcell phonepolice raidkicked in the facedrug addictdrug dealerheld at gunpointarrestpunched in the facecigarette smokingmale rear nudityblood |
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for brutally killing two black men who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that co β¦mmitted acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did. (Read More)
Themes: | racismprison |
Characters: | brother sister relationship |
Story: | shot in the chestcrack houseshaved headhandgunkicked in the facegunshotgangheld at gunpointshootingarrestpunched in the facecigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditygun β¦blood (See All) |
Two Irish brothers accidentally kill mafia thugs. They turn themselves in and are released as heroes. They then see it as a calling by God and start knocking off mafia gang members one by one. Willem Dafoe plays the detective trying to figure out the killings, but the closer he comes to catching the β¦ Irish brothers, the more he thinks the brothers are doing the right thing. (Read More)
Themes: | executiondrug useprison |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | photographerpolice |
Story: | accidental shootingshot in the headshot in the chestalleyhandgungangdead bodyheld at gunpointshootingpunched in the facecigarette smokingmale nuditygunblood |
The lonely teenager Brendan finds his former girlfriend Emily dead in the entrance of a tunnel of sewage and recalls her phone call two days ago, when she said to him that she was in trouble. Brendan, who still loved Emily, met bad elements of his high-school trying to contact her, and when he succe β¦eded, she told him that she was OK. He hides her body in the tunnel and decides to investigate the meaning and connection of four words, including "brick" and "pin", that Emily told him to find who killed her. Using the support of his nerd friend Brain, he successively meets the small time drug dealers Kara, Dode, Brad Bramish, Laura and Tugger, to reach the teenager powerful drug dealer The Pin. Slowly, Brendan unravels the motives why Emily was killed and plots a revenge. (Read More)
Themes: | drug use |
Characters: | teenage girl |
Story: | shot in the chestcell phonebroken nosephonedrug overdosedrug addictcocainedrug dealerdead bodypunched in the facecigarette smokingbloodgun |
Ten years after a global economic collapse, a cold-blooded drifter traverses the scorched Australian outback on a mission to track down the men who stole his last remaining possession - his car. When he crosses paths with a badly wounded member of the gang, he takes the vulnerable, naive young man a β¦long as his unwitting accomplice. (Read More)
Locations: | train |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestundershirtshoutingcrying womantied upargumentgunshotganggunblood |
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 19 β¦72 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Thao, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood. (Read More)
Themes: | racismgangsterkidnapping |
Locations: | taxibar |
Characters: | babybrother sister relationshippolice |
Story: | shot in the chestcell phonepeer pressurehandgunkicked in the facemontagegangheld at gunpointarrestpunched in the facecigarette smokingbloodgun |
Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris, a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Getting together with his father, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper (a contract killer) who also happens to be a police de β¦tective. The plan is that the money will go to Chris' sister Dottie. However due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usegangster |
Locations: | trainbar |
Characters: | babybrother sister relationshipteenage girlpolice |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestbroken nosekicked in the facedrug dealershootingpunched in the facecigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditybloodgun |
John Singleton's portrayal of social problems in inner-city Los Angeles takes the form of a tale of three friends growing up together 'in the 'hood.' Half-brothers Doughboy and Ricky Baker are foils for each other's personality, presenting very different approaches to the tough lives they face. Rick β¦y is the 'All-American' athlete, looking to win a football scholarship to USC and seeks salvation through sports, while 'Dough' succumbs to the violence, alcohol, and crime surrounding him in his environment, but maintains a strong sense of pride and code of honor. Between these two is their friend Tre, who is lucky to have a father, 'Furious' Styles, to teach him to have the strength of character to do what is right and to always take responsibility for his actions. (Read More)
Themes: | racismgangster |
Characters: | babyteenage girlpolice |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestdrug addictdrug dealermontagegangheld at gunpointshootingarrestpunched in the facecigarette smokingmale rear nuditybloodgun |
Ronnie Barnhardt lives with his alcoholic mother. He's chief security guard at Forest Ridge Mall, where he's in love with Brandi, a cosmetic sales clerk, and gets a free coffee each day from Nell, a cheery clerk in the food court. A flasher haunts the mall's parking lot, and at night, thefts occur. β¦Ronnie is intent on catching the criminals but has no investigative skills, is delusional about his abilities, and makes mad accusations. His bete noire is Detective Harrison, the city cop sent to investigate. Ronnie thinks he could be an officer, thinks he stands a chance with Brandi, and slowly loses his self control. Will reality set in? What about redemption? (Read More)
Story: | crack cocaineshot in the chestsplit screenkicked in the facedrug addictpublic nuditydrug dealermontageheld at gunpointpunched in the facemale rear nuditymale nuditysex sceneblood |
The middle-aged stewardess Jackie Brown smuggles money from Mexico to Los Angeles for the arms dealer Ordell Robbie. When she gets caught by the agents Ray Nicolet and Mark Dargus with ten thousand dollars and cocaine in her purse, they propose a deal to her to help them to arrest Ordell in exchange β¦ of her freedom. Meanwhile Ordell asks the 56-year-old Max Cherry, who runs a bail bond business, to release Jackie Brown with the intention of eliminating her. Jackie suspects of Ordell's intention and plots a complicated confidence game with Max to steal half a million dollars from Ordell. (Read More)
Themes: | gangster |
Locations: | bar |
Story: | crack cocaineshot in the headshot in the chestcell phonesplit screencocaineheld at gunpointarrestcigarette smokinggunblood |
Boston, 1926. The '20s are roaring. Liquor is flowing, bullets are flying, and one man sets out to make his mark on the world. Prohibition has given rise to an endless network of underground distilleries, speakeasies, gangsters, and corrupt cops. Joe Coughlin, the youngest son of a prominent Boston β¦police captain, has long since turned his back on his strict and proper upbringing. Now having graduated from a childhood of petty theft to a career in the pay of the city's most fearsome mobsters, Joe enjoys the spoils, thrills, and notoriety of being an outlaw. But life on the dark side carries a heavy price. In a time when ruthless men of ambition, armed with cash, illegal booze, and guns, battle for control, no one-neither family nor friend, enemy nor lover-can be trusted. Beyond money and power, even the threat of prison, one fate seems most likely for men like Joe: an early death. But until that day, he and his friends are determined to live life to the hilt. Joe embarks on a dizzying journey up the ladder of organized crime that takes him from the flash of Jazz Age Boston to the sensual shimmer of Tampa's Latin Quarter to the sizzling streets of Cuba. Live by Night is a riveting epic layered with a diverse cast of loyal friends and callous enemies, tough rumrunners and sultry femmes fatales, Bible-quoting evangelists and cruel Klansmen, all battling for survival and their piece of the American dream. At once a sweeping love story and a compelling saga of revenge, it is a speβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | racismgangsterprisonkidnapping |
Locations: | brotheltrainbar |
Characters: | photographerbrother sister relationshipteenage girlpolice |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestbroken nosecrying womandrug addictmontagegangheld at gunpointarrestpunched in the facecigarette smokingsex sceneblood |
After completing a lengthy prison sentence, one-time drug kingpin Frank White returns to New York intent on reestablishing his empire and making things as they were before he left. Others of course have taken over the business during his absence but that clearly isn't going to stop White. While he i β¦s gunning down the opposition, he decides he's going to give away the money he'll make to modernize the hospital in his old neighborhood. Drug dealers aren't the only thing he has to worry about however: a group of rogue cops decide they are going to take him down. (Read More)
Themes: | executiondrug usegangsterprison |
Locations: | brotheltaxitrainbar |
Characters: | police |
Story: | shot in the headpolice raidcocainedrug dealergangarrestcigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nudity |
Jules Winnfield ('Samuel L. Jackson' (qv)) and Vincent Vega ('John Travolta (I)' (qv)) are two hit men who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace ('Ving Rhames' (qv)). Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia ('Uma Thurman' (qv)) out a few da β¦ys later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge ('Bruce Willis' (qv)) is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usegangster |
Locations: | brotheltaxibar |
Characters: | talking to oneself in a mirror |
Story: | accidental shootingshot in the headshot in the chestshoutingdrug overdosecocainedrug dealerheld at gunpointpunched in the facemale nuditygunblood |
Matt Scudder is a former cop now a private eye. He is asked by a drug dealer to find the men who kidnapped his wife. It seems like they killed her even after he paid them. Scudder refuses. But the man later goes to see him and tells him how his wife was killed. Scudder takes the job. He does some re β¦search and thinks the men he is looking for have done this more than once. And that everyone they grabbed is connected to a drug dealer. He was about to give up when they grab another girl and Scudder tries make sure she's returned alive. (Read More)
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | taxibar |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestcell phonekicked in the facedrug addictstabbed to deathdrug dealermontageheld at gunpointpunched in the facecigarette smokingblood |
This is the story of the last few years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger. He loved what he did and could imagine little else that would make him happier. Living openly in 1930s Chicago, he had the run of the city with little fear of reprisals from the authorities. It's there that he meets β¦ Billie Frechette with whom he falls deeply in love. In parallel we meet Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent who would eventually track Dillinger down. The FBI was is in its early days and Director J. Edgar Hoover was keen to promote the clean cut image that so dominated the organization through his lifetime. Purvis realizes that if he is going to get Dillinger, he will have to use street tactics and imports appropriate men with police training. Dillinger is eventually betrayed by an acquaintance who tells the authorities just where to find him on a given night. (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterprisonkidnapping |
Locations: | brotheltrainbar |
Characters: | photographerpolice |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestwoman beaterhandgungangheld at gunpointshootingarrestpunched in the facecigarette smokingsex scenegunblood |
1999, Claremont, California. Middle-class kids, in their 20s, talk trash, wave guns, hang out in a pack. Johnny Truelove, drug dealer and son of a underworld figure, threatens Jake Mazursky, an explosive head case who owes Johnny money; Jake responds by breaking into Johnny's house. On impulse, John β¦ny and a couple pals kidnap Jake's 15-year-old brother, Zach. Zach's okay with it, figuring his brother will pay the debt soon. Johnny assigns his buddy Frankie to be Zach's minder, and they develop a brotherly friendship. Zach parties with his captors as things begin to spin out of control. Group think, amorality, and fear of prison assert a hold on the pack. Is Zach in danger? (Read More)
Themes: | prisonkidnapping |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | teenage girl |
Story: | shot in the chestcell phonesplit screendrug dealermontagegangarrestpunched in the facecigarette smokingmale rear nuditysex scenethreesome |
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 β¦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: | gangster |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | police |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestcell phonekicked in the facegangheld at gunpointshootingcigarette smokinggunblood |
Porter is bad, but his neighbours are worse. Street-wise and tough, an ex-marine, he is betrayed by a one-time partner, and shot in the back by his junkie wife. He survives and returns, looking to recover his share from the robbery of an Asian crime gang. The money has passed into the hands of "the β¦Outfit", a slick gangster organisation that runs the city. He has to make his way through a world populated by heroin dealers, prostitutes, sado-masochists, gunmen and crooked cops, a place where torture is a way of life. His only friend is a former employer, a prostitute, and her loyalty is in question, given she now works for the Outfit. He makes good early progress, but then falls into the hands of Fairfax, the crime boss. (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterkidnapping |
Locations: | taxi |
Characters: | police |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestwoman beatershotdrug overdosedrug addictgangprostitutionshootingcigarette smokinggunblood |
A frustrated and clumsy bank clerk overhears the conversation of three coworkers in the toilet about a fix in a horse race, and bets a large amount. He loses the bet and owes the money to the dangerous and powerful mobster Fingers. A gangster who works for Fingers has the ability of foreseeing piece β¦s of the future; he is assigned to collect money for the boss, with his troublemaker nephew Tony, and is beaten up by a gang. The manager of pop-star Trista loses her contract to Fingers without her agreement and she is threatened by the gangster. A dedicated doctor seeks a blood donor that might have a rare blood type to save the life of his secret and unrequited passion, a beautiful epidemiologist who's married to a friend. (Read More)
Themes: | gangster |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | photographerpolice |
Story: | shot in the chestcell phonealleykicked in the facemontagegangheld at gunpointshootingpunched in the facecigarette smokingbloodgun |
In the near future, the worst ghettos of Paris, France are literally walled off and among the worst is District B13. Controlled by the ruthless crime lord, Taha, a young righteous punk named Leito is determined to bring him down. When the boss retaliates by kidnapping his sister, Lola, a rescue atte β¦mpt by Leito is destroyed by betrayal that gets him arrested and Lola kept in the clutches in Taha. Six months later, a crackerjack undercover cop named Damien is given a urgent mission: a neutron bomb has been stolen by Taha in District B13 which has an automatic timer function engaged and set to detonate in less than 24 hours. Now with time running out, Damien and Leito must work together to find and stop the bomb, but there is far more to this crisis than any of the field players realize. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usegangsterprisonkidnapping |
Characters: | brother sister relationshippolice |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestcell phonetied upkicked in the facedrug dealergangheld at gunpointarrestpunched in the face |
Four Jack-the-lads find themselves heavily - seriously heavily - in debt to an East End hard man and his enforcers after a crooked card game. Overhearing their neighbours in the next flat plotting to hold up a group of out-of-their-depth drug growers, our heros decide to stitch up the robbers in tur β¦n. In a way the confusion really starts when a pair of antique double-barrelled shotguns go missing in a completely different scam. (Read More)
Themes: | gangster |
Locations: | london englandbar |
Story: | shot in the chestcell phonepubsplit screendrug addictdrug dealergangdead bodyheld at gunpointpunched in the facecigarette smokingblood |
Two petty if violent criminals kidnap a girl being paid $1m to be a surrogate mother. As the baby is for a gangster the pair's demand for money sees several henchmen and assorted other ruthless characters head after them to Mexico. Bullets rather than talking are always going to settle this one.
Themes: | gangsterkidnapping |
Locations: | brothelbar |
Characters: | baby |
Story: | shot in the chestcell phonegunshotheld at gunpointarrestpunched in the facecigarette smokinggunblood |
Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up some neighborhood thugs who cause problems at the market. β¦ Meanwhile, one of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head. Blinded by greed, his involvement draws his gang, the kid, Keong, and the whole neighborhood into a deadly crossfire. When the lazy cops fail to successfully resolve matters, Keong takes things into his own hands. Needless to say, much spectacular kung-fu and outrageous action sequences follow.... (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterkidnapping |
Locations: | taxibar |
Characters: | brother sister relationshippolice |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestcell phonebroken nosealleykicked in the facegangheld at gunpointpunched in the facemale rear nudityblood |
After a clumsy operation trying to capture a drug dealer, the N.Y.P.D Detectives Jimmy Monroe and Paul Hodges are suspended for one month by their Captain Romans. Jimmy decides to sell his rare baseball card to pay for his daughter's expensive wedding while his jealous partner believes that his wife β¦ is cheating on him with their next-door neighbor. When Jimmy sells his card to a memorabilia store, the place is burgled by two small-time thieves and the detective loses his card. They track down the thieves. (Read More)
Themes: | executiongangsterkidnapping |
Locations: | trainbar |
Characters: | police |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestcell phonedrug dealermontagegangheld at gunpointpunched in the faceblood |
In Ruggsville, Texas, the police under the command of Sheriff John Quincy Wydell attack the house of the sadistic serial killers Firefly family (a.k.a. The Devil's Reject) and they arrest mother Firefly, but Otis B. Driftwood and Baby Firefly escape from the siege. Tiny is wandering nearby the house β¦ and also escapes. Otis and Baby call their patriarch, the mad clown Captain Spaulding and they schedule to reunite at an isolated motel in the desert. When Otis and Baby arrive, they kidnap two families of singers, using sadism and violence against the harmless persons. Meanwhile, Sheriff Wydell promises to capture and kill the runaways, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, the Deputy George Wydell. (Read More)
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | brothelbar |
Characters: | brother sister relationshippolice |
Story: | shot in the headshot in the chestforced to stripsplit screenstabbed to deathcocainedrug dealerdead bodyheld at gunpointarrestpunched in the facecigarette smokingmale rear nuditysex sceneblood |
After Katrina, police sergeant Terence McDonagh rescues a prisoner, hurts his back in the process and earns a promotion to lieutenant plus an addiction to cocaine and painkillers. Six months later, a family is murdered over drugs; Terence runs the investigation. His drug-using prostitute girlfriend, β¦ his alcoholic father's dog, run-ins with two old women and a well-connected john, gambling losses, a nervous young witness, and thefts of police property put Terence's job and then his life in danger. He starts seeing things. He wants a big score to get out from under mounting debts, so he joins forces with drug dealers. The murders remain unsolved. A bad lieutenant gets worse. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usegangsterprison |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | police |
Story: | crack cocaineshot in the chestpolice raiddrug addictcocainedrug dealerdead bodyheld at gunpointarrestblood |