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Plain-clothed police officers, on patrol in a police van in Mumbai's Khar Danda area, recount the story of five crooks: Sheshadari, Shiva, Prakash, Vikram, Shardul, and their Police Inspector friend, Kalyan. The tale revolves around a bag containing 2.5 Crore Rupees that goes missing - resulting in …lies, deception, betrayal, and death. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | affairgamblingtortureadulterybetrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | car in waterapartmentairportnightclubbushoteltrain |
Characters: | police |
Story: | thrown from a traincounterfeit moneygoa indiafalse nameloss of husbandchloroformaccidental killinghighwaydeath of protagonistcon artistensemble castdark humordebuttensionwristwatch …traitorcorrupt coplove interestdouble crossanti herononlinear timelineshot in the backcatshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingtitle spoken by charactergunblood (See All) |
Nicky Spurgeon is an extremely accomplished con man who takes an amateur con artist, Jess, under his wing. Nicky and Jess become romantically involved, and with Nicky's profession of being a liar and a cheater for a living, he realizes that deception and love are things that don't go together. They …split, only to see each other three years later... And things get messy. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | gamblingbetrayalmoney |
Locations: | airportnightclubhotel |
Story: | con artistwristwatchdouble crossanti heroshot in the chestbeatingtitle spoken by characterblood |
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 …(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)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | torturebetrayal |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | apartmentairportnightclubhotel |
Characters: | police |
Story: | ensemble castcorrupt copdouble crossshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingtitle spoken by characterblood |
Former criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London from his Icelandic hideaway when his son is involved in a heist gone wrong. This gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to catch the man he has always been after. As they face off, they start to uncover a deeper conspiracy they both … need to solve in order to survive. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | apartmentairportnightclubhotel |
Characters: | police |
Story: | corrupt copanti heroshot in the backshot in the chestshot to death |
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 …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)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | adulterymoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | car in waterhoteltrain |
Characters: | police |
Story: | tensionnonlinear timelineshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingbloodgun |
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 …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)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | torturebetrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | hotel |
Characters: | police |
Story: | corrupt copdouble crossanti heroshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingbloodgun |
A Puerto Rican ex-con pledges to stay away from his former drug dealing ways but finds himself being dragged back by his past connections and the naive machinations of his lawyer and best friend. Hoping to raise enough money to get away from New York, Carlito Brigante takes on the job of running a n …ightclub, renews an affair with a dancer but old associates and old instincts suck him back into a world of violence and mistrust. (Read More)
Themes: | affairbetrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | nightclubtrain |
Characters: | police |
Story: | death of protagonistlove interestanti heroshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingblood |
Danny Ocean wants to score the biggest heist in history. He combines an eleven member team, including Frank Catton, Rusty Ryan and Linus Caldwell. Their target? The Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand. All casinos owned by Terry Benedict. It's not going to be easy, as they plan to get in secretly … and out with $150 million. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | gambling |
Locations: | airportnightclubtrain |
Story: | false namecon artistensemble castshot in the backshot to deathbeating |
Peter Devereaux is a former CIA agent who is asked by the man he worked for to extract a woman who is in Russia and is presently close to a man running for President, who is believed to have committed crimes during the Chechen war. She can give them the name of someone who can prove it. His friend s …ays that she will only come to him. So he goes and she gets the info and tries to get out but the man finds out and tries to stop her. (Read More)
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | apartmentairportnightclubbushotel |
Story: | accidental killingdouble crossanti heroshot in the backcatshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingtitle spoken by characterblood |
Bill Pope (Ryan Reynolds) is a CIA agent on a mission in London tracking down a shadowy hacker nicknamed "The Dutchman." When he gets mysteriously ambushed and killed, an experimental procedure is used to transfer his memories into dangerous convict Jericho Stewart (Kevin Costner). When he wakes up …with the CIA agent's memories, his mission is to find The Dutchman and make the deal with him before the hacker launches ICBM's and starts World War III. But complications soon arise and the mission turns personal. (Read More)
Themes: | torturebetrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | car in waterairportbus |
Characters: | police |
Story: | loss of husbandwristwatchdouble crossanti herononlinear timelineshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingtitle spoken by characterblood |
Ricky Santoro is a flamboyant and corrupt Atlantic City cop with a dream: become so well connected that he can become mayor. In lieu of that, he'll settle for keeping his comfortable lifestyle. On the night of the heavyweight boxing championship, Rick becomes mixed up in the assassination of the Sec …retary of Defense, an assassination involving his best friend. Becoming the investigating officer in the case, Rick soon uncovers a conspiracy to kill the Secretary and a mysterious woman in white. The conspiracy was shocking, but not half as shocking as the identity of its mastermind. (Read More)
Themes: | gamblingbetrayal |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | hotel |
Story: | tensioncorrupt copnonlinear timelineshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingtitle spoken by character |
The crown jewel of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Agent Lorraine Broughton (Theron) is equal parts spycraft, sensuality and savagery, willing to deploy any of her skills to stay alive on her impossible mission. Sent alone into Berlin to deliver a priceless dossier out of the destabilized … city, she partners with embedded station chief David Percival (James McAvoy) to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies. (Read More)
Themes: | torturebetrayal |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | car in waterapartmentairportnightclubhoteltrain |
Characters: | police |
Story: | wristwatchtraitorlove interestdouble crossnonlinear timelineshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatinggunblood |
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: | torturebetrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | apartmentnightclubhotel |
Story: | double crossanti heroshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatinggunblood |
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.
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | gamblingtorturebetrayalmoney |
Locations: | airporthotel |
Story: | double crossanti heroshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingblood |
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)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | betrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | airport |
Characters: | police |
Story: | double crossanti heroshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathgunblood |
JJ 'Jake' Gittes is a private detective who seems to specialize in matrimonial cases. He is hired by Evelyn Mulwray when she suspects her husband Hollis, builder of the city's water supply system, of having an affair. Gittes does what he does best and photographs him with a young girl but in the ens …uing scandal, it seems he was hired by an impersonator and not the real Mrs. Mulwray. When Mr. Mulwray is found dead, Jake is plunged into a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest, and municipal corruption all related to the city's water supply. (Read More)
Themes: | affairtortureadulterybetrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | apartment |
Characters: | police |
Story: | loss of husbandaccidental killingdouble crossanti heroshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingtitle spoken by character |
Based on a true story of James "Whitey" Bulger, an Irish Mob godfather and FBI informant who had a "secret trading" deal with his brother, William "Billy" Bulger, a state senator and a Boston public figure, and John Connolly, an FBI agent. They planned to take down the Italian mob and mafia in Bosto …n, which went awry and things turned massively violent. When the credence for each other began fading out, drug dealing, murders, and extortion started to rise, and forced the FBI's Boston office to confirm that Whitey Bulger was one of the most notorious criminals in US history and also one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List criminals. (Read More)
Themes: | gamblingtorturebetrayal |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | nightclubhotel |
Story: | ensemble castcorrupt copdouble crossnonlinear timelineshot in the backcatshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingblood |
An elite DEA team raids the safe house of a drug cartel and hide $10 million in the plumbing. When they go back to retrieve the money it is not there. The team is under investigation for the missing $10 million. Then after a couple months the investigation is lifted. The team trains together again a …nd then celebrates at a strip club. Then one of the team is murdered. He wakes up in his RV on railroad tracks. Then a second team member is nailed to the ceiling. The third team member is gunned down at his remote cabin. There is a female City of Atlanta investigator in charge of the murders. After investigating the cartel angle, the twisted truth comes to light. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | torturebetrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | apartment |
Story: | death of protagonistcorrupt copdouble crossanti heroshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathblood |
Gene Watson is a public accountant who arrives on a train at Union Station in Los Angeles, accompanied by his 6-year-old daughter Lynn. Because of his ordinary looks, he is approached by a pair of sinister people named Smith and Jones. Pretending to be cops, Smith and Jones kidnap Lynn and confront …Gene with a simple choice -- kill California governor Eleanor Grant in 90 minutes or less, or Lynn will die. Watson is given a gun, six bullets, and a name tag, and he is told to go to the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and kill Eleanor, who is giving an afternoon speech. While Jones is watching Lynn in a van, Smith watches Watson in order to prevent Watson from alerting the authorities. Watson must quickly find some way to get himself and Lynn out of this seemingly impossible situation. (Read More)
Themes: | torturebetrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | hoteltrain |
Story: | dark humortensionwristwatchcorrupt copdouble crossshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingbloodgun |
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 …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 spe… (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | gamblingtorturebetrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | nightclubhoteltrain |
Characters: | police |
Story: | corrupt coplove interestdouble crossanti herononlinear timelineshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingblood |
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 …ring a breakneck, action-packed finale filled with double-crosses, greed and revenge. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | torturebetrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | apartmentnightclub |
Characters: | police |
Story: | accidental killingcorrupt copdouble crossshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingtitle spoken by characterblood |
Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a …murder, they have to pretend to be each other. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | money |
Locations: | apartmentairportnightclubtrain |
Characters: | police |
Story: | corrupt copanti heroshot in the chestshot to deathtitle spoken by charactergunblood |
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
Themes: | torturemoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | airportnightclubbushotel |
Characters: | police |
Story: | accidental killinganti herononlinear timelineshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatinggunblood |
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)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | betrayalmoney |
Locations: | apartment |
Characters: | police |
Story: | con artistwristwatchcorrupt copdouble crossanti heroshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingtitle spoken by characterblood |
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)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | torturebetrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | apartmenttrain |
Characters: | police |
Story: | wristwatchdouble crossshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingtitle spoken by characterblood |
After five years in prison, Tony le Stephanois meets his dearest friends Jo and the Italian Mario Ferrati and they invite Tony to steal a couple of jewels from the show-window of the famous jewelry Mappin & Webb Ltd, but he declines. Tony finds his former girlfriend Mado, who became the lover of the … gangster owner of the night-club L' Age d' Or Louis Grutter, and he humiliates her, beating on her back for being unfaithful. Then he calls Jo and Mario and proposes a burglary of the safe of the jewelry. They invite the Italian specialist in safes and elegant wolf Cesar to join their team and they plot a perfect heist. They are successful in their plan, but the Don Juan Cesar makes things go wrong when he gives a valuable ring to his mistress. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | gamblingtorturebetrayalmoney |
Locations: | nightclubtrain |
Characters: | police |
Story: | chloroformwristwatchdouble crossshot in the backbeatingbloodgun |
Four tales of crime adapted from Frank Miller's popular comics, focusing around a muscular brute who's looking for the person responsible for the death of his beloved Goldie, a man fed up with Sin City's corrupt law enforcement who takes the law into his own hands after a horrible mistake, a cop who … risks his life to protect a girl from a deformed pedophile, and a hitman looking to make a little cash. (Read More)
Themes: | torturebetrayal |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | police |
Story: | ensemble castdark humortensiontraitorcorrupt copanti herononlinear timelineshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingtitle spoken by characterblood |
Hunters and their prey--Neil and his professional criminal crew hunt to score big money targets (banks, vaults, armored cars) and are, in turn, hunted by Lt. Vincent Hanna and his team of cops in the Robbery/Homicide police division. A botched job puts Hanna onto their trail while they regroup and t …ry to put together one last big 'retirement' score. Neil and Vincent are similar in many ways, including their troubled personal lives. At a crucial moment in his life, Neil disobeys the dictum taught to him long ago by his criminal mentor--'Never have anything in your life that you can't walk out on in thirty seconds flat, if you spot the heat coming around the corner'--as he falls in love. Thus the stage is set for the suspenseful ending.... (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | gamblingadulterybetrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | apartmentairporthotel |
Characters: | police |
Story: | death of protagonistshot in the chestshot to deathtitle spoken by charactergunblood |
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)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | torture |
Mood: | neo noir |
Story: | corrupt copdouble crossnonlinear timelineshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingtitle spoken by characterblood |
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. Soon afterward, Max, his good friend and financial partner, comes along with an offer Nick can't …refuse: A historical and priceless French scepter 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's man inside, the young, talented and aggressive thief Jack Teller to get the precious item. Only one question remains: Who will trick whom out of their share? (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | betrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | airportnightclubbus |
Story: | con artistwristwatchdouble crossanti herobeatingtitle spoken by character |
Henry Hill might be a small time gangster, who may have taken part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who might have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners could kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to think about climbing up th …rough the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, might be badly affected by his partners' success, but will he consider stooping low enough to bring about the downfall of Jimmy and Tommy? (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | adulterybetrayal |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | airportnightclub |
Story: | dark humordouble crossnonlinear timelineshot in the backshot in the chestbeatingtitle spoken by character |
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 … 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: | betrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | airport |
Story: | con artistdouble crossnonlinear timelineshot in the chestshot to deathtitle spoken by charactergunblood |
A mysterious man who has multiple jobs as a garage mechanic, a Hollywood stuntman and a getaway driver seems to be trying to escape his shady past as he falls for his neighbor - whose husband is in prison and who's looking after her child alone. Meanwhile, his garage mechanic boss is trying to set u …p a race team using gangland money, which implicates our driver as he is to be used as the race team's main driver. Our hero gets more than he bargained for when he meets the man who is married to the woman he loves. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | money |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | apartment |
Story: | tensionwristwatchdouble crossanti heroshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingtitle spoken by charactergunblood |
Set in the year 1999 during the last days of the old millennium, the movie tells the story of Lenny Nero, an ex-cop who now deals with data-discs containing recorded memories and emotions. One day he receives a disc which contains the memories of a murderer killing a prostitute. Lenny investigates a …nd is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of blackmail, murder and rape. Will he survive and solve the case? (Read More)
Themes: | betrayal |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | apartmentnightclubhoteltrain |
Characters: | police |
Story: | corrupt copdouble crossshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingblood |
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 …ably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher. (Read More)
Themes: | tortureadulterybetrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | apartmentnightclub |
Characters: | police |
Story: | tensiondouble crossanti heroshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingtitle spoken by charactergunblood |
An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The nearest New York Police officer immediately responds to a screaming woman and calls dispatch. More Officers arrive with SWAT and tactical command along with fire-fighters. The police then dispatch a police psycho …logist personally requested to talk him down from the ledge. However, things aren't as they seem. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | betrayal |
Locations: | hotel |
Characters: | police |
Story: | corrupt coplove interestanti heroshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathtitle spoken by charactergun |
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.
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | adulterybetrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | police |
Story: | loss of husbandnonlinear timelineshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatinggun |
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 …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: | gamblingtorturemoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | airportbus |
Characters: | police |
Story: | ensemble castnonlinear timelineshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatinggunblood |
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: | betrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | apartmentbus |
Characters: | police |
Story: | wristwatchcorrupt copdouble crossanti herononlinear timelineshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingblood |
Nick Hathaway, an extremely talented hacker who has gone astray, finds his way out of a 15 year prison sentence when parts of a computer code he once wrote during his youth appears in a malware that triggered a terrorist attack in a nuclear power plant in China. This opportunity will reunite him wit …h an old friend but will also put him in the middle of a power game between the American and Chinese government as well as an arch villain hacker whose identity he has to find if he wants to keep his freedom and his life. (Read More)
Themes: | betrayal |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | apartmentairportnightclubhotel |
Characters: | police |
Story: | anti heroshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingtitle spoken by character |
In South Boston, the state police force is waging war on Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Frank Costello. While Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan, a hardened young criminal wh …o has infiltrated the state police as an informer for the syndicate is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by their double lives, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations they have penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the mob and the police that there is a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy - and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save themselves. But is either willing to turn on their friends and comrades they've made during their long stints undercover? (Read More)
Themes: | torturebetrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | apartmentairporttrain |
Characters: | police |
Story: | accidental killingdeath of protagonistensemble castdark humorcorrupt copdouble crossshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingtitle spoken by characterbloodgun |
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: | torturebetrayal |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | apartmentairporttrain |
Characters: | police |
Story: | tensiondouble crossshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathtitle spoken by characterblood |
When a CIA agent is killed during a nuclear arms purchase, his partner Oakes, recruits his twin brother, Jake Hayes. Jake had no idea he had a twin brother, let alone that he worked for the CIA. Jake, a.k.a. Michael Turner, has nine days to fill his brother's place. However, the enemy terrorists lea …rn of his secret identity and kidnap his girlfriend/fiancee. He has to rescue them and save New York city from an imminent nuclear terrorist act. (Read More)
Themes: | betrayal |
Locations: | apartmentnightclubhoteltrain |
Story: | false namedouble crossshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathgunblood |
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 …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)
Themes: | gambling |
Locations: | train |
Story: | death of protagonistensemble castdouble crossnonlinear timelineshot in the chestshot to deathtitle spoken by characterblood |
Hitman Jef Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught. One night however, after killing a night-club owner, he's seen by witnesses. His efforts to provide himself with an alibi fail and more and more he gets driven into a corner.
Themes: | gamblingbetrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | nightclubhoteltrain |
Characters: | police |
Story: | death of protagonistdouble crossanti heroshot in the backbeatinggun |
A fine art auctioneer mixed up with a gang joins forces with a hypnotherapist to recover a lost painting. As boundaries between desire, reality and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur the stakes rise faster than anyone could have anticipated.
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | gamblingtorturemoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | apartmentnightclub |
Story: | double crossshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingtitle spoken by characterblood |
A tale of double cross and revenge, centered upon the members of an elite U.S. Special Forces unit sent into the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. The team-Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar -find themselves the target of a lethal betrayal instigated from inside by a powerful enemy … known only as Max. Presumed dead, the group makes plans to even the score when they're joined by the mysterious Aisha, a beautiful operative with her own agenda. Working together, they must remain deep undercover while tracking the heavily-guarded Max, a ruthless man bent on embroiling the world in a new high-tech global war. (Read More)
Themes: | torturebetrayalmoney |
Locations: | airportbushotel |
Story: | dark humorwristwatchtraitordouble crossshot in the chesttitle spoken by characterblood |
It's 1949 Los Angeles, and gangster Mickey Cohen has moved in, with the intention of controlling all criminal activity in the city. He has bought local judges and police, and no one is willing to cross him or testify against him. Everyone except Sergeant John O'Mara, a former World War II soldier, w …hose goal is to settle with his family in a peaceful Los Angeles. Police Chief William Parker decides to form a special unit whose mission is to take down Cohen, and chooses O'Mara to lead the unit. O'Mara chooses 4 cops and asks another cop and vet, Jerry Wooters to join him but Wooters is not interested. But when he witnesses the murder of a young boy by Cohen's people, he joins them, and they decide to take apart Cohen's organization. Cohen wonders if a rival is going after him, but eventually he realizes it's the cops. (Read More)
Themes: | torture |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | airportnightclubhotel |
Characters: | police |
Story: | accidental killingcorrupt copanti heroshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingtitle spoken by characterblood |
Corky, a lesbian ex con hired to work in an apartment as a plumber, meets neighbors Caesar, who launders money for the Mafia, and his girlfriend Violet. The two women have a love affair and decide to steal $2,000,000 that Caesar has in custody before he gives them back to Mafia boss Gino Marzone. Ca …esar is set up by the two scheming women as a scapegoat but things start to go wrong when he reacts in an unexpected way... (Read More)
Themes: | affairtorturemoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | apartment |
Characters: | police |
Story: | double crossshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingbloodgun |
Marv is unconscious on a highway surrounded by corpses. When he awakes, he has amnesia and tries to recall his last steps from the Kadie's saloon on the Saturday night. He recalls that he found four playboys burning a homeless man alive and defended the poor man. Marv hunts them down and kills the g …roup. The cocky gambler Johnny hits jackpot in slot machines in the Kadie's saloon and invites the waitress Marcie to go with him to play poker game against the powerful Senator Roark. He wins the game and suffers the consequence of his arrogance. The private detective Dwight McCarthy is contacted by his former lover Ava Lord that asks to meet him at the Kadie's saloon. Ava asks him for forgiveness for leaving him to marry the wealthy Damian Lord. However her strong chauffeur Manute takes her home. Dwight snoops around Ava's house but is found and beaten by Manute and the bodyguards. When he returns home, Ava is waiting for him naked in the bed and seduces him again. Then she tells that Damian and Manute torture her and soon she will be killed. Once again Manute takes Ava with him and hits Dwight that invites Marv to help him to rescue Ava. Damian denies the accusation but Dwight beats him to death while Marv tear Manute's eye out. But soon Dwight finds that he was lured by Ava that shoots him. Marv rescues Dwight and takes him to the Old Town where Dwight finds his former lover Gail that helps him to recover while Dwight plots revenge against Ava. (Read More)
Themes: | tortureadulterybetrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | apartmenthotel |
Story: | highwayensemble castcorrupt copdouble crossanti herononlinear timelineshot in the backshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingtitle spoken by characterbloodgun |