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Stu Shepard is a fast talking and wise cracking New York City publicist who gets out of trouble and lies with his clever charm, connections, and charisma. Stu's greatest lie is to his wife Kelly, who he is cheating on with his girlfriend, Pam. Upon answering a call in a phone booth in belief it is P …am, Stu is on the line with a dangerous yet intelligent psychopath with a sniper rifle. When realizing it is not a joke, Stu is placed in a powerful mind game of wits and corruption. The New York City Police eventually arrive thereafter and demand Stu comes out of the phone booth- but how can he when if he hangs up or leaves the booth he will die? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | psycho thrillersuspenseindependent film |
| Themes: | humiliationredemptionpsychopathadulterymarriagemurderdeath |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | sniper riflepimpsniperhostageactorpolice officerprostituteboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | prank telephone calltelephone boothtelevision newstelephone callalone against the oddsripped pantyhosetraced callcosmic zoomrubber bulletvillain escapesextortionistdistorted voicemedia circuscontainmenttoy robot …gun shotphone tapshot in the earbullet holesingle locationwiretapsingle set productionpublicistreference to oprah winfreypsychological manipulationrusestudio logo segues into filmhidden truthrevolving doorcat and mouseinternreal timemain character shottimes square manhattan new york citypizza deliveryhitchcockianbullet woundunsubtitled foreign languagemind gamemegaphoneminimal castyellinglasersightextortionwedding ringphone boothswat teamtouristdie hard scenariosplit screentragic eventproduct placementpay phoneliarstalkerthroat slittingvideo cameraambulanceshot in the backmanhattan new york citytelephonetelevisionslow motion sceneshotgunmachine guncell phonevoice over narrationsurprise endingtitle spoken by characterflashbackgun (See All) |
Recently divorced Meg Altman and her daughter Sarah have bought a new home in New York. On their tour around the mansion, they come across the panic room. A room so secure, that no one can get in. When three burglars break in, Meg makes a move to the panic room. But all her troubles don't stop there …. The criminals know where she is, and what they require the most in the house is in that very room. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | psycho thrillersuspense |
| Themes: | redemptionpsychopathdeathmurder |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | hostagepolice officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | alone against the oddscontainmentsingle set productionpsychological manipulationhidden truthcat and mousehitchcockianmind gameminimal castextortionswat teamdie hard scenarioproduct placementvideo cameraambulance …manhattan new york citytelephoneslow motion scenecell phonetitle spoken by charactergun (See All) |
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.
| Subgenre: | suspenseindependent film |
| Themes: | redemptiondeathmurder |
| Characters: | sniper riflepimpsniperhostagepolice officerprostitutehusband wife relationship |
| Story: | telephone callbullet woundunsubtitled foreign languageproduct placementpay phonestalkerambulanceshot in the backshotgunmachine guncell phonevoice over narrationsurprise endinggun |
Jack Mosley, a burnt-out detective, is assigned the unenviable task of transporting a fast-talking convict from jail to a courthouse 16 blocks away. However, along the way he learns that the man is supposed to testify against Mosley's colleagues, and the entire NYPD wants him dead. Mosley must choos …e between loyalty to his colleagues and protecting the witness, and never has such a short distance seemed so long... (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | redemptiondeathmurder |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperhostagepolice |
| Story: | telephone callextortionswat teamliarambulanceshot in the backmanhattan new york citytelephoneslow motion scenecell phonevoice over narrationsurprise endingtitle spoken by charactergunflashback |
Bill Marks, a former cop dealing with his daughter's death by drinking, is now a federal air marshal. While on a flight from New York to London, Marks gets a text telling him that unless 150 million dollars is transferred to an offshore account, someone will die every 20 minutes. Can he find the ter …rorist in time and save everyone? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | psycho thrillersuspense |
| Themes: | redemptiondeathmurder |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | hostagepolice officer |
| Story: | containmentpsychological manipulationhidden truthcat and mousehitchcockianmind gamedie hard scenarioproduct placementambulanceslow motion scenecell phonesurprise endingtitle spoken by character |
Jeff Talley, a former LAPD hostage negotiator, has moved himself away from his failed career outside of Los Angeles, and away from his wife and daughter when three perpetrators move in on an unsuspecting family. But the family's father has a secret which might compromise his kin, and one of the crim …inals is about to jump over the edge. Jeff Talley has to get everybody to survive the night......if he can. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | redemptiondeath |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperhostagepolice officerpolice |
| Story: | mind gameswat teamdie hard scenarioambulanceshot in the backshotgunsurprise endingtitle spoken by charactergun |
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)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | marriagemurderdeath |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperhostagepolice officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | mind gamelasersightswat teamdie hard scenarioslow motion sceneshotgunmachine gunsurprise endingtitle spoken by charactergun |
The story centers on a corporate climber who gets stuck working late on Christmas Eve and finds herself the target of an unhinged security guard. With no help in sight, the woman must overcome physical and psychological challenges to survive.
| Subgenre: | psycho thrillersuspenseindependent film |
| Themes: | psychopathdeathmurder |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | hostagepolice officerpolice |
| Story: | telephone callsingle set productioncat and mousereal timemind gameyellingdie hard scenarioproduct placementstalkervideo cameraambulancemanhattan new york citycell phonesurprise ending |
Army Captain Colter Stevens finds himself working on a special program where his consciousness can be inserted into another human being. The only catch is can only be there for 8 minutes at any given time. That morning, a bomb exploded on a commuter train just outside Chicago. He occupies the body o …f teacher going to work on that train and is confused as to what he is doing or why he is there as his last memory is of flying his helicopter on a combat mission in Afghanistan. Those in charge of the program explain to him that there is a bomb on the train, and that he must locate it. More importantly, he must identify the bomber as another bombing is expected later that day. He is also told however that he cannot change the past and can only gather information. As he develops a liking for his traveling companion Christina, he sets out to test that theory. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | psycho thrillersuspense |
| Themes: | psychopathdeathmurder |
| Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
| Story: | containmentsingle set productionpsychological manipulationhidden truthcat and mousehitchcockianmind gameminimal castswat teamdie hard scenariotragic eventvideo cameraslow motion scenecell phonesurprise ending …title spoken by charactergunflashback (See All) |
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: | suspense |
| Themes: | psychopathadulterymarriagemurderdeath |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperhostageprostituteboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | swat teamtragic eventpay phoneambulancetelephonetelevisionshotgunmachine guncell phonesurprise endingtitle spoken by charactergun |
Waking groggy in pitch darkness, Paul Conroy, an American truck driver working in Iraq in 2006, slowly realizes he is trapped inside a wooden coffin, buried alive. With his cigarette lighter, he can see the trap he is in, and he quickly realizes that there's not enough air for him to live long. He f …inds within the coffin a working cellphone, which allows him contact with the outside world. But the outside world proves not to be very helpful at finding a man buried in a box in the middle of the Iraqi desert. Paul must rely on his best resource--himself. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | psycho thrillersuspenseindependent film |
| Themes: | murderdeath |
| Characters: | hostagehusband wife relationship |
| Story: | single set productionhitchcockianminimal castyellingwedding ringdie hard scenariotragic eventvideo cameraslow motion scenemachine guncell phonesurprise endingtitle spoken by character |
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)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | redemptionpsychopathdeathmurder |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperhostagepolice officerboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | lasersightphone boothswat teamdie hard scenariosplit screenproduct placementambulanceshot in the backslow motion sceneshotgunmachine guncell phonesurprise endingflashback |
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)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | psychopathmurderdeath |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperhostagepolice officerpolice |
| Story: | telephone callswat teamdie hard scenariothroat slittingambulanceshot in the backslow motion sceneshotgunmachine gunsurprise endingtitle spoken by charactergunflashback |
Southland Tales is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star develo …ping her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | deathmurder |
| Characters: | sniper riflepimpsniperhostageactorpolice officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | telephone callextortionswat teamsplit screentragic eventproduct placementvideo cameraambulanceshot in the backtelevisionslow motion sceneshotgunmachine guncell phonevoice over narration …surprise endinggunflashback (See All) |
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: | psychopathdeathmurder |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperhostagehusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | lasersightswat teamdie hard scenarioshot in the backslow motion sceneshotgunmachine guncell phonetitle spoken by characterflashback |
In the real-time, high stakes thriller Money Monster, George Clooney and Julia Roberts star as financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty, who are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor who has lost everything (Jack O'Connell) forcefully takes over their studio. During a tense st …andoff broadcast to millions on live TV, Lee and Patty must work furiously against the clock to unravel the mystery behind a conspiracy at the heart of today's fast-paced, high-tech global markets. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | death |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperhostageboyfriend girlfriend relationshippolice |
| Story: | revolving doorreal timeswat teamdie hard scenariomachine guncell phonesurprise endingtitle spoken by charactergun |
The President of the United States is in Salamanca, Spain, about to address the city in a public square. We see a plain-clothes cop, his girlfriend with another man, a mother and child, an American tourist with a video camera, and a Secret Service agent newly returned from medical leave. Shots ring …out and the President falls; a few minutes later, we hear a distant explosion, then a bomb goes off in the square. Those minutes are retold, several times, emphasizing different characters' actions. Gradually, we discover who's behind the plot. Is the Secret Service one step ahead, or have the President's adversaries thought of everything? (Read More)
| Themes: | deathmurder |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperhostagepolice officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | telephone calltouristvideo cameraambulanceshot in the backslow motion scenemachine guncell phonevoice over narrationsurprise endinggunflashback |
Darryl Revok is the most powerful of all the scanners, and is the head of the underground scanner movement for world domination. Scanners have great psychic power, strong enough to control minds; they can inflict enormous pain/damage on their victims. Doctor Paul Ruth finds a scanner that Revok hasn …'t, and converts him to their cause - to destroy the underground movement. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspenseindependent film |
| Themes: | psychopathmurderdeath |
| Story: | telephone boothtelephone callrevolving doorbullet woundyellingphone boothproduct placementpay phoneshot in the backtelephoneshotgunmachine gunsurprise endingtitle spoken by characterflashback |
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.
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | psychopathadulterymurderdeath |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperhostagepolice officerboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | phone boothswat teamdie hard scenarioproduct placementpay phoneshot in the backslow motion sceneshotgunmachine gunsurprise endinggunflashback |
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: | psychopathmurderdeath |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | hostageprostituteboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | telephone callmedia circustimes square manhattan new york citydie hard scenarioproduct placementpay phonevideo cameraambulancemanhattan new york cityshotguncell phonetitle spoken by character |
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.
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | murderdeath |
| Characters: | sniperhostagepolice officerpolice |
| Story: | ripped pantyhosemain character shotlasersightdie hard scenarioshot in the backtelephoneshotgunmachine guncell phonesurprise ending |
Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going just as planned until a chance encounter with an acquaintance from Simon's high school sends their world into a harrowing tailspin. Simon doesn't recognize Gordo at first, but after a series of uninvited encounters and mysterious gifts p …rove troubling, a horrifying secret from the past is uncovered after more than 20 years. As Robyn learns the unsettling truth about what happened between Simon and Gordo, she starts to question: how well do we really know the people closest to us, and are past bygones ever really bygones? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | psycho thrillersuspense |
| Themes: | humiliationpsychopath |
| Characters: | husband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | containmentsingle set productionpsychological manipulationhidden truthcat and mousehitchcockianmind gameminimal caststalkersurprise endingflashback |
In an America wracked by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government has sanctioned an annual 12-hour period in which any and all criminal activity-including murder-becomes legal. The police can't be called. Hospitals suspend help. It's one night when the citizenry regulates itself without thought … of punishment. On this night plagued by violence and an epidemic of crime, one family wrestles with the decision of who they will become when a stranger comes knocking. When an intruder breaks into James Sandin's (Ethan Hawke) gated community during the yearly lockdown, he begins a sequence of events that threatens to tear a family apart. Now, it is up to James, his wife, Mary (Lena Headey), and their kids to make it through the night without turning into the monsters from whom they hide. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | psycho thrillersuspense |
| Themes: | psychopathmurderdeath |
| Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | containmentsingle set productioncat and mouseminimal castdie hard scenarioshot in the backshotgunmachine guncell phonesurprise endingtitle spoken by character |
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)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | adulterydeathmurder |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | hostagepolice officerprostituteboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | telephone callmain character shotlasersightswat teamthroat slittingshot in the backmanhattan new york citytelephoneslow motion sceneshotgunmachine guncell phonesurprise endingtitle spoken by charactergun …flashback (See All) |
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)
| Subgenre: | suspenseindependent film |
| Themes: | deathmurder |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperhostagepolice |
| Story: | times square manhattan new york citydie hard scenarioproduct placementpay phoneambulanceslow motion scenemachine guncell phonesurprise endingflashback |
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: | suspense |
| Themes: | murderdeath |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperpolice officerboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | main character shotlasersightswat teamproduct placementshot in the backslow motion sceneshotgunmachine guncell phonesurprise endingtitle spoken by character |
The husband of aviation engineer Kyle Pratt has just died in Berlin. Now she is flying back to New York with his coffin and their six-year-old daughter Julia. Three hours into the flight Kyle awakens to find that Julia is gone! It's a big double-decker plane, so very concerned mother has a lot of te …rritory to cover in order to find her daughter. But as Kyle fights to discern the truth, she takes matters into her own hands. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | psycho thrillersuspense |
| Themes: | redemptiondeathmurder |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | police officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | telephone callcontainmenthitchcockianswat teamdie hard scenarioliarambulanceslow motion scenesurprise endinggunflashback |
Every seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself carries the legendary million dollar a bullet price tag.
| Themes: | redemptionpsychopathdeathmurder |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniper |
| Story: | telephone boothtelephone calllasersightwedding ringphone boothproduct placementvideo camerashot in the backslow motion sceneshotgunmachine guncell phonevoice over narrationsurprise endingtitle spoken by character …flashback (See All) |
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark …question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathadulterymarriagemurderdeath |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | police officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | telephone callmedia circuspsychological manipulationwedding ringthroat slittingvideo cameramanhattan new york citytelephonetelevisioncell phonevoice over narrationsurprise endingflashback |
A couple are driving home when their car breaks down just as the Purge commences. Meanwhile, a police sergeant goes out into the streets to get revenge on the man who killed his son, and a mother and daughter run from their home after assailants destroy it. The five people meet up as they attempt to … survive the night in Los Angeles. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | psychopathmurderdeath |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperhostageboyfriend girlfriend relationshippolice |
| Story: | die hard scenarioambulanceshot in the backslow motion sceneshotgunmachine guncell phonesurprise ending |
Bomber terrorist's elevator plan backfires, so he rigs a bomb to a LA city bus. The stipulation is: once armed, the bus must stay above 50 mph to keep from exploding. Also if LAPD Officer tries to unload any passengers off, Payne will detonate it. Joe Morton co-stars as Jack's superior, and Jeff Dan …iels supports Jack helping him try to defuse the bomb. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | psychopathmurder |
| Characters: | hostagepolice officerpolice |
| Story: | telephone boothstudio logo segues into filmextortionswat teamdie hard scenariopay phoneambulanceshotgunmachine guntitle spoken by character |
Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. Lola has 20 min to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along …Lola's run. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | adulterydeath |
| Characters: | hostagepolice officerboyfriend girlfriend relationshippolice |
| Story: | telephone boothtelephone callphone boothsplit screenpay phoneambulancetelephoneslow motion scenegunflashback |
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)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | deathmurder |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperhostagepolice |
| Story: | villain escapesswat teamdie hard scenarioambulanceshot in the backshotgunmachine guncell phonesurprise endingtitle spoken by characterflashback |
After her father, mother, older sister and little brother are killed by her father's employers, the 12-year-old daughter of an abject drug dealer is forced to take refuge in the apartment of a professional hitman who at her request teaches her the methods of his job so she can take her revenge on th …e corrupt DEA agent who ruined her life by killing her beloved brother. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | redemptionmurderdeath |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniper |
| Story: | bullet woundlasersightswat teamdie hard scenariotragic eventthroat slittingshot in the backmanhattan new york cityshotgunmachine guntitle spoken by characterflashback |
Now that Dom and Letty are on their honeymoon and Brian and Mia have retired from the game-and the rest of the crew has been exonerated-the globetrotting team has found a semblance of a normal life. But when a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of crime he can't seem to escape and a betraya …l of those closest to him, they will face trials that will test them as never before. From the shores of Cuba and the streets of New York City to the icy plains off the arctic Barents Sea, the elite force will crisscross the globe to stop an anarchist from unleashing chaos on the world's stage... and to bring home the man who made them a family. (Read More)
| Themes: | redemptionmurderdeath |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperhostagehusband wife relationship |
| Story: | rubber bulletpsychological manipulationtimes square manhattan new york cityyellingswat teamproduct placementshot in the backmanhattan new york cityslow motion sceneshotgunmachine guncell phonesurprise endingflashback |
Frank Horrigan is a secret service agent who keeps thinking back to November 22, 1963, when, as a hand-picked agent by President Kennedy, he became one of the few agents to have lost a President to an assassin when Kennedy died. Now, former CIA assassin Mitch Leary is stalking the current President, … who is running for re-election. Mitch has spent long hours studying Horrigan, and he taunts Horrigan, telling him of his plans to kill the President. Leary plans to kill the president because Leary feels betrayed by the government -- Leary was removed from the CIA, and the CIA is now trying to have him killed. After talking to Leary, Horrigan makes sure he is assigned to presidential protection duty, working with fellow secret service agent Lilly Raines. Horrigan has no intention of failing his President this time around, and he's more than willing to take a bullet. White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent refuses to alter the President's itinerary, while Horrigan's boss, Secret Service Director Sam Campagna, is supportive of Horrigan. As the election gets closer, Horrigan begins to doubt his own abilities, especially when Horrigan's colleague Al D'Andrea is killed by Leary. But Horrigan may be the only one who can stop Leary. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | redemptionpsychopathdeathmurder |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperhostage |
| Story: | telephone callrevolving doormind gameswat teamdie hard scenariopay phoneliarstalkershotgunmachine gungunflashback |
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)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | sniperactorpolice officerpolice |
| Story: | telephone boothwiretaprevolving doormegaphoneshot in the backmanhattan new york citytelevisionshotgun |
This stylish Brian De Palma thriller plays off the theme of the unsuspecting witness who discovers a crime and is thereby put in grave danger, but with a novel twist. Jack Terry is a master sound recordist who works on grade-B horror movies. Late one evening, he is recording sounds for use in his mo …vies when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the better of him when the media become involved, and he begins to unravel the pieces of a nefarious conspiracy. As he struggles to survive against his shadowy enemies and expose the truth, he does not know whom he can trust. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | psycho thrillerindependent film |
| Themes: | psychopathmurderdeath |
| Characters: | prostitute |
| Story: | television newsphone tapwiretaphitchcockianphone boothsplit screentragic eventpay phonetelephonesurprise endingtitle spoken by charactergunflashback |
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | deathmurder |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperpolice officer |
| Story: | times square manhattan new york cityproduct placementthroat slittingshot in the backmanhattan new york cityslow motion sceneshotgunmachine guncell phonesurprise endinggunflashback |
Sam Bell has a three year contract to work for Lunar Industries. For the contract's entire duration, he is the sole employee based at their lunar station. His primary job responsibility is to harvest and periodically rocket back to Earth supplies of helium-3, the current clean and abundant fuel used … on Earth. There is no direct communication link available between the lunar station and Earth, so his only direct real-time interaction is with GERTY, the intelligent computer whose function is to attend to his day to day needs. With such little human contact and all of it indirect, he feels that three years is far too long to be so isolated; he knows he is beginning to hallucinate as the end of his three years approaches. All he wants is to return to Earth to be with his wife Tess and their infant daughter Eve, who was born just prior to his leaving for this job. With two weeks to go, he gets into an accident at one of the mechanical harvesters and is rendered unconscious. Injured, he awakens back at the station in the infirmary, he assumes assisted by GERTY. GERTY tells him that a rescue team named Eliza will come to the station to clean up the aftermath of the accident. After his recuperation, he takes an unauthorized trip back to the broken harvester, where he makes an unexpected discovery. Because of his find, he begins to doubt his sanity, then his true identity, then the company and GERTY's willingness to do what is best for him. Because of his resulting beliefs, his sole m… (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspenseindependent film |
| Themes: | marriagedeath |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | telephone callalone against the oddscontainmentsingle locationsingle set productionpsychological manipulationhidden truthreal timehitchcockianmind gameminimal castwedding ringdie hard scenarioliarvoice over narration …title spoken by characterflashback (See All) |
Xander "XXX" Cage is a thrill seeker who until now has been deemed untouchable by the law. NSA Agent Gibbons forces XXX to cooperate with the government to infiltrate an underground Russian crime ring, and avoid going to prison. Gibbons sends XXX to enter this world of crime undetected where others …have failed, using his natural athletic prowess and a whole lot of attitude. Xander must combat an organization led by a clever, ruthless and nihilistic Yorgi whose first target is the city of Prague. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | redemptiondeathmurder |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperpolice officerpolice |
| Story: | gun shotlasersightswat teamproduct placementvideo camerashot in the backtelephoneslow motion sceneshotgunmachine guncell phonetitle spoken by charactergun |
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)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | psychopathmurderdeath |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperhostagepolice officerpolice |
| Story: | phone boothswat teamdie hard scenariopay phonethroat slittingambulancemanhattan new york cityshotgunmachine gunsurprise endingflashback |
A young man receives a call on his cellular phone from a woman who says she's been kidnapped, and thinks she's going to be killed soon, along with her husband and son who the kidnappers have gone after next. The catch? She doesn't know where she is... and his cell phone battery might go dead soon.
| Themes: | psychopathmarriagemurder |
| Characters: | hostagehusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | telephone calldie hard scenarioproduct placementpay phonevideo camerashot in the backslow motion scenecell phone |
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: | suspense |
| Themes: | adulterydeathmurder |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | police officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | telephone callextortionpay phoneliarambulanceshot in the backmanhattan new york citycell phonesurprise endinggunflashback |
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)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | redemptiondeathmurder |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperhostagepolice officerprostitutepolice |
| Story: | gun shotbullet holebullet woundproduct placementshot in the backslow motion sceneshotgunmachine guncell phonesurprise endingtitle spoken by charactergun |
In the US-government's special ops, Scott is a shooter, not a planner, doing the job without regard to quaint or obsolete convention. When a Harvard undergrad goes missing (the daughter of a US leader), it's Scott who applies the pressure, first to her boyfriend, then to a madam whose cathouse is th …e initial stop en route to a white slavery auction in Dubai. The abductors may not know the girl's identity, but once they figure it out, she's doomed. Deadly double crosses force Scott to become a planner. Through it all, earnest TV newscasters read the drivel they're handed. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | adulterymurderdeath |
| Characters: | sniperhostageprostituteboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
| Story: | telephone callwedding ringproduct placementpay phonestalkerthroat slittingshot in the backshotgunmachine guncell phonesurprise endingtitle spoken by charactergun |
After his partner Tom Lone and family are killed apparently by the infamous and elusive assassin Rogue, FBI agent John Crawford becomes obsessed with revenge as his world unravels into a vortex of guilt and betrayal. Rogue eventually resurfaces to settle a score of his own, setting off a bloody crim …e war between Asian mob rivals Chang of the Triad's and Yakuza boss Shiro. When Jack and Rogue finally come face to face, the ultimate truth of their pasts will be revealed. (Read More)
| Themes: | death |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperprostitute |
| Story: | villain escapesmain character shotlasersightproduct placementshot in the backslow motion sceneshotgunmachine gunsurprise endingtitle spoken by character |
Frank (Bruce Willis) is retired, bored, and lonely living off his government pension in a nondescript suburb in an equally nondescript house. The only joy in Frank's life is his calls to the government pension processing center when he gets to talk to his case worker, Sarah (Mary-Louis Parker). Sara …h is as bored and lonely as Frank and marks her conversations with the unknown Frank and her spy novels as the only things fun in her life. When something in Frank's past forces Frank back into his old line of work and puts an unwitting Sarah in the middle of the intrigue, Frank and Sarah begin a journey into Frank's past and the people he used to work with. Like Frank they are all RED ... Retired Extremely Dangerous. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperhostagepolice |
| Story: | traced callbullet woundunsubtitled foreign languagelasersightswat teamdie hard scenariopay phoneambulanceshot in the backmachine guncell phonesurprise endingtitle spoken by characterflashback |
After escaping from the emotional and physical pain he previously encountered. Jason Bourne and his girlfriend Marie begin a new life as far away as possible. But when an assassination attempt on Bourne goes horribly wrong, Bourne must re-enter the life he wanted to leave behind, in order to find ou …t the truth why they are still after him. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | death |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | sniperpolice |
| Story: | telephone callhidden truthswat teamdie hard scenarioshot in the backmanhattan new york citymachine gunsurprise endinggunflashback |
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 …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)
| Subgenre: | suspenseindependent film |
| Themes: | redemptionpsychopathmurderdeath |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | sniper riflesniperhostagehusband wife relationship |
| Story: | unsubtitled foreign languagepay phoneshot in the backtelephoneslow motion scenemachine guncell phoneflashback |
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