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Lisa and Julien are married and lead a happy uneventful life with their son Oscar. But their life radically changes one morning, when the police comes to arrest Lisa on murder charges. She's sentenced to 20 years of prison. Convinced of his wife's innocence, Julien decides to act. How far will he be β¦ willing to go for her? (Read More)
Themes: | escape from prisonprison escapepolice investigationescapeprisonmurder |
Mood: | murder caseneo noir |
Locations: | shootout in a hospitalpolice carpolice stationairportchurchhospital |
Characters: | police arrestprison doctorpolice chasepolice detectivelawyerpolice officerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | escape from jailprison escape planyears in jailget out of jailjail breakairport securitywrongful arrestescape planfemale prison guardprison escapeeprison breakprison guardmurder accusationhospital staffaccused of murder β¦false accusation of murdernorth africanforged documentrental carfake idinsulinplanningjailbreakhospital bedhospital roomwrongful convictioninmateex conroadblocklatin americablood stainblack marketarmed robberyhorse racingphysicianpolice inspectorlaptop computersirenplaygroundfalse identitytape recorderbabysitterhotel roomfalse accusationjudgesuicide attemptdrug dealerwomanjailarrestwatching tvshot to deathbeatingshootoutpistolchaseguninterview (See All) |
When Nick Parsons appears to be murdered his wife Libby is tried and convicted. Six years later Libby is paroled and with the help of Travis Lehman (her parole officer) she sets out to find her son and the truth behind the "murder".
Themes: | escapeprisonmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carpolice stationhospital |
Characters: | police arrestpolice chaselawyerpolice officerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | wrongful arrestprison guardinmatewrongful convictionbabysitterjudgearrestwatching tvshot to deathshootoutpistolchase |
A well respected Chicago surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble has found out that his wife, Helen, has been murdered ferociously in her own home. The police found Kimble and accused him of the murder. Then, Kimble (without Justifiable Reason) was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. However, on the way to β¦ prison, Kimble's transport crashed. Kimble escapes and is now on the run. Deputy Samuel Gerard from Chicago takes charge of the chase of Kimble. Meanwhile, Kimble takes up his own investigation to find who really killed his wife, and to lure Gerard and his team into it as well. (Read More)
Themes: | escape from prisonprison escapeescapeprisonmurder |
Locations: | police carpolice stationhospital |
Characters: | police detectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | prison guardfake idwrongful convictiontape recorderhotel roomfalse accusationjudgedrug dealerjailarrestshot to deathbeatingshootoutpistolchase |
After a successful mission against drug lords, the efficient Captain Damien Tomaso is framed at home with three kilograms of heroin planted by the police in his kitchen and he is arrested. Meanwhile a group of teenagers film the action of dirty agents led by Roland from the security agency executing β¦ policemen in their car and then leaving the car with the corpses in the 13th District to blame the gangs and begin a civil war. Behind these events, the corrupt chief of the security agency Walter Gassman had received a huge amount as kickback from the constructor Harriburton that has interest to construct buildings in the poor area and uses the situation to force the President of France to authorize to nuke five towers in the district. The teenager with the film is hunted by the police but he delivers the memory card to Leito meanwhile Damien calls him from the precinct asking for help. The friends team-up with five dangerous bosses to gather evidences to prove to the president that Gassman has provoked the conflict in their district. (Read More)
Themes: | escape from prisonprison escapeprison |
Locations: | police car |
Characters: | police arrestpolice chasepolice |
Story: | escape from jailget out of jailjail breakwrongful arrestprison breakfalse accusationjailshootoutpistolchase |
When a prisoner transport plane crashes, one prisoner, Mark Sheridan, skillfully escapes and saves lives at the same time. Deputy Sam Gerard and his team of U.S. Marshals pursue relentlessly, but Gerard begins to suspect that there is more to the exceptional fugitive than what he has been told. Mean β¦while, Sheridan struggles to avoid capture while seeking answers of his own. Until the final scene, both Gerard and Sheridan are in jeopardy of the unknown. (Read More)
Themes: | prison escapeescapeprisonmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carairporthospital |
Characters: | police arrestpolice |
Story: | wrongful convictionroadblocklaptop computersirentape recorderfalse accusationwatching tvshot to deathshootoutpistolchase |
Courtroom thriller about a slick, hotshot lawyer who takes the seemingly unwinnable case of a young altar boy accused of murdering an eminent catholic priest.
Themes: | police investigationmurder |
Locations: | police carpolice stationchurch |
Characters: | police arrestlawyerpolice officer |
Story: | police inspectorsirenjudgejailwatching tvbeatingchaseinterview |
Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Her husband, John would spend the next few years trying to get her released, but there's no evidence that negates the ev β¦idence against her. And when the strain of being separated from her family, especially her son, gets to her, John decides to break her out. So he does a lot of research to find a way. (Read More)
Themes: | escapemurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | murder accusationforged documentinsulinplanninghospital bedwrongful convictionroadblockblood staindrug dealerwoman |
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: | escape from prisonprison escapeescapeprisonmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carpolice stationhospital |
Characters: | lawyerpolice officerpolice |
Story: | escape from jailprison breakprison guardjudgewomanjailarrestshot to deathbeatingshootoutpistolchasegun |
The story of Jacques Mesrine, France's public enemy No. 1 during the 1970s. After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats - from multiple bank robberies and to prison breaks.
Themes: | escape from prisonprison escapeescapeprison |
Characters: | police arrestpolice chaselawyerfather son relationship |
Story: | armed robberytape recorderjudgeshot to deathshootoutinterview |
An ex-con, fresh out of prison, goes to L.A. to try to learn who murdered his daughter. However, he quickly finds that he is completely out of place with no understanding of the culture he finds. His investigations are helped by another ex-con. Together they learn that his daughter had been having a β¦n affair with a record producer, who is presently having an affair with another young woman. An aging actress, who also knew his daughter, forces him to look at his own failures as a father. The movie does focus on the drama of the situation and the inter-relationships of the characters and seldom slips into an action piece. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationprisonmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | airport |
Characters: | police officerpolice |
Story: | inmateex conblack marketarmed robberysirenplaygroundjudgewomanwatching tvshot to deathbeatingshootoutpistolchasegun |
Dr. Miranda Grey is a psychiatrist who works in a penitentiary, in the mental institution sector. She is married with Dr. Douglas Grey, the chief of department where Dr. Pete Graham also works. Chloe Sava, a patient of Dr. Miranda formerly abused by her stepfather, claims that she is frequently rape β¦d by the devil in her cell. After leaving the asylum in a stormy night, Dr. Miranda has a car accident, and when she wakes up, she is an inmate of the institution, being accused of an horrible crime and having no memory of the incident. (Read More)
Themes: | escape from prisonescapeprisonmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carpolice stationhospital |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | prison guardinmateroadblockblood stainfalse accusationsuicide attemptwomanwatching tvpistolchaseguninterview |
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: | escapeprisonmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police stationchurch |
Characters: | police chasepolice detectivepolice officerpolice |
Story: | prison guarddrug dealerwomanshot to deathshootoutpistolchase |
Chronicles the experiences of a formerly successful banker as a prisoner in the gloomy jailhouse of Shawshank after being found guilty of a crime he did not commit. The film portrays the man's unique way of dealing with his new, torturous life; along the way he befriends a number of fellow prisoners β¦, most notably a wise long-term inmate named Red. (Read More)
Themes: | escape from prisonprison escapeprisonmurder |
Locations: | police car |
Characters: | police arrest |
Story: | wrongful arrestprison guardwrongful convictioninmateblack marketsirenfalse accusationjudgejailshot to deathbeating |
Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's framed and incarcerated in a master prison he designed himself. He β¦ needs to escape and find the person who put him behind bars. (Read More)
Themes: | prison escapeescapeprisonmurder |
Characters: | lawyer |
Story: | escape planprison guardplanningfalse identityarrestshot to deathbeatingshootoutpistolchase |
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: | police investigationprisonmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police stationairporthospital |
Characters: | police chasepolice detectivepolice officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | planningarmed robberydrug dealerarrestshot to deathbeatingshootoutpistolinterview |
Angela Bennett's a software engineer type who works from home and has few friends outside of cyberspace. Taking her first vacation in years, she becomes embroiled in a web of computer espionage.
Themes: | prisonmurder |
Locations: | police carairporthospital |
Characters: | police arrestlawyerpolice officerpolice |
Story: | laptop computersirenwomanarrestwatching tvshot to deathpistolchase |
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: | prison |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | wrongful arrestprison guardfalse accusation of murderpolice inspectorfalse accusationjudgedrug dealerarrestbeatingpistolchase |
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: | escapeprisonmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police stationhospital |
Characters: | police chasepolice detectivepolice officerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | drug dealerarrestwatching tvshot to deathbeatingshootoutpistolchasegun |
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 β¦logist personally requested to talk him down from the ledge. However, things aren't as they seem. (Read More)
Themes: | prison escapeprison |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police chasepolice detectivepolice |
Story: | false identityhotel roomfalse accusationwomanarrestshot to deathshootoutpistolchasegun |
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
Themes: | prisonmurder |
Locations: | police carchurch |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | prison guardfalse accusation of murderwrongful convictionarmed robberyfalse accusationjudgewomanarrestwatching tvbeatinggun |
Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lif β¦estyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another. (Read More)
Themes: | escape from prisonprison escapeprison |
Locations: | churchhospital |
Characters: | lawyerpolice officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | prison breakprison guardfake idinsulinjudgesuicide attemptjailarrestbeating |
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 β¦question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carpolice stationairporthospital |
Characters: | police arrestpolice detectivelawyerpolice officerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | wrongful arrestfalse accusationwomanarrestwatching tvinterview |
Mick Haller is a defense lawyer who works out of his Lincoln. When a wealthy Realtor is accused of assaulting a prostitute, Haller is asked to defend him. The man claims that the woman is trying to get some money out of him. But when Haller looks at the evidence against him, he learns that this case β¦ might be linked to an old case of his. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | police detectivelawyermother son relationship |
Story: | accused of murderfalse accusation of murderjudgewomanjailarrestshot to deathbeatingpistol |
After accomplishing the assignment of dismantling a human trafficking organization, the former military and drifter Jack Reacher goes to Washington to invite his liaison, Major Susan Turner, to have dinner with him. However, he meets her substitute, Colonel Sam Morgan, who explains that Major Turner β¦ has been arrested and accused of espionage. Jack seeks out her veteran lawyer, Colonel Bob Moorcroft, who explains that Major Turner has also been accused of the murders of two soldiers in Afghanistan. Further, he also tells Jack he is being sued, accused by a woman of being the father of her fifteen year-old daughter, Samantha. When Moorcroft is murdered, Jack is accused of being the killer and sent to a prison. He sees that Turner and he have been framed and also that Turner will be killed by two assassins. However, he rescues her and they flee. Soon, they realize that there is a conspiracy involving military people from the army and a government contractor that is a powerful arms dealer. Jack also learns that Samantha is in danger and Turner and he rescue her. They decide to protect her since a skilled assassin is hunting them down while they try to find the motive of the conspiracy. Who can be trusted? (Read More)
Themes: | prison escapeescapeprisonmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carairportchurch |
Characters: | lawyerpolice officerpolice |
Story: | wrongful arrestprison breakprison guardfalse accusationwomanarrestwatching tvshot to deathbeatingshootoutpistolchase |
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that L β¦eone never sees the light of day. (Read More)
Themes: | escape from prisonprison escapeprisonmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Story: | prison escape planprison guardinmatejailbeatingpistolchase |
Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as an L.A.P.D. detecti β¦ve... (Read More)
Themes: | escapeprisonmurder |
Locations: | police carpolice station |
Characters: | police chasepolice detectivelawyerpolice officerpolice |
Story: | false identitydrug dealerjailarrestshot to deathshootoutpistolchase |
Adrian Doria, a wealthy businessman named Man of the Year due to his high-tech company and his trade agreements with the Asian market, meets Virginia Goodman, a veteran lawyer expert in witness preparation and judicial declaration, recommended by Adrian's lawyer Felix Leiva in order to create a cred β¦ible defense. Arrested by the police in a mountain hotel room with the corpse of his lover at his side, photographer Laura Vidal, Adrian talks Virginia about the crime and his relationship with Laura, revealing that both suffered a car crash where a man called Daniel Garrido died, and how Laura manipulated Adrian to avoid the jail by Daniel's death. At the same time that Felix is looking for a clue that it could change the course of the events, Virginia and Adrian keep talking about the case but her, unconvinced of the Adrian's testimony, forces him to clear the dark points of his history, in a puzzle where the truth and the lie are easily exchangeable. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationmurder |
Locations: | police carpolice stationairporthospital |
Characters: | police detectivelawyerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | hospital roomsirenfalse identityhotel roomfalse accusationjudgejailwatching tvinterview |
Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violen β¦t war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he's only dealing with the tip of the iceberg. (Read More)
Themes: | escapeprisonmurder |
Locations: | police carairport |
Characters: | prison doctorpolice chaselawyerpolice officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | prison breakroadblockarmed robberyjudgewomanjailarrestwatching tvshot to deathbeatingshootoutpistolchaseguninterview |
Kevin Chan (aka Jackie) is a Hong-Kong cop, who scores his first big hit by virtually single-handedly capturing and arresting a big drug- lord. Of course, the drug-lord isn't too happy about this, and frames Kevin with the murder of another cop (who happened to be on the take). Kevin has to clear hi β¦s name, whilst keeping himself from getting killed or arrested, and keeping his girlfriend from leaving him. (Read More)
Themes: | escapemurder |
Locations: | police carpolice station |
Characters: | police chasepolice detectivelawyerpolice officerpolice |
Story: | roadblockpolice inspectorfalse accusationjudgearrestshot to deathbeatingshootoutpistolchase |
Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught with the murder weapon at the scene of the crime, the t β¦wo have no alibi. Thrown into prison with most of the criminals they helped convict, it appears that they are going to have to trust each other if they are to clear their names and catch the evil Perret. (Read More)
Themes: | escapeprisonmurder |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police detectivelawyerpolice |
Story: | prison breakprison guardwrongful convictiontape recorderjudgedrug dealershootoutpistolchase |
A mysterious and mythical motorcycle racer, Luke, (Ryan Gosling) drives out of a traveling carnival globe of death and whizzes through the backstreets of Schenectady, New York, desperately trying to connect with a former lover, Romina, (Eva Mendes) who recently and secretly gave birth to the stunt r β¦ider's son. In an attempt to provide for his new family, Luke quits the carnival life and commits a series of bank robberies aided by his superior riding ability. The stakes rise as Luke is put on a collision course with an ambitious police officer, Avery Cross, (Bradley Cooper) looking to quickly move up the ranks in a police department riddled with corruption. The sweeping drama unfolds over fifteen years as the sins of the past haunt the present days lives of two high school boys wrestling with the legacy they've inherited. The only refuge is found in the place beyond the pines. (Read More)
Locations: | police carpolice stationchurchhospital |
Characters: | police arrestpolice chasepolice detectivelawyerpolice officerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | tape recorderdrug dealerjailarrestwatching tvbeatingpistolchasegun |
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: | escapemurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carpolice stationhospital |
Characters: | police chasepolice detectivelawyerpolice officerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | jailbreakarmed robberypolice inspectorarrestshot to deathbeatingshootoutpistolchase |
Police ambush and kill several gang members in Los Angeles. Gang members make a pact of blood to strike back at police, and conduct a siege on the police station which is almost abandoned and due to be closed. Staff of the closing precinct and the criminals being held there while in transit must wor β¦k together to fight off the attacking gang members. (Read More)
Themes: | escapeprisonmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carpolice station |
Characters: | police officerpolice |
Story: | prison guardwomanjailshot to deathbeatingshootoutpistolchase |
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: | escapemurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carpolice station |
Characters: | police arrestpolice officerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | wrongful arrestsirenarrestshot to deathbeatingshootoutpistolinterviewgun |
Orin Boyd (Seagal) is a Detroit cop who doesn't follow rules. After he saved the Vice President by violating every order he received he is transferred to one of the worst precincts in the city. There he quickly encounters some corrupt cops selling heroin to drug dealers. The problem is, it's very di β¦fficult to tell who is the bad guy and who you can trust. (Read More)
Themes: | escapeprisonmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carpolice station |
Characters: | police chasepolice detectivepolice officerpolice |
Story: | inmatedrug dealerwomanjailarrestshot to deathbeatingshootoutpistolchase |
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enor β¦mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)
Themes: | escape from prisonprison escapeescapeprisonmurder |
Locations: | church |
Characters: | police arrestlawyerpolice officermother son relationshippolice |
Story: | prison breakinmatesirenhotel roomjudgearrestshootoutpistolchaseinterviewgun |
A vicious serial-killer is on the loose in San Francisco and the police trace a link to a small town further down the coast. When Harry Callahan upsets the press and the mayor in his usual style, he's shipped out of town to investigate while the heat is on. With the help of his new Magnum handgun Ha β¦rry goes on the trail leaving behind the usual trail of dead criminals along the way. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carhospital |
Characters: | lawyerpolice officerpolice |
Story: | armed robberyphysiciansirenjudgeshot to deathbeatingshootoutchase |
A career bank robber busts out of jail (Clooney) with the help of his buddy (Rhames) and kidnaps a US Marshal (Lopez) in the process. When the two cons head for Detroit to pull off their final big scam, the Marshal is put on their case but she finds she is attracted to one of them and has second tho β¦ughts about bringing them in. (Read More)
Themes: | prison escapeprisonmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carairporthospital |
Story: | jail breakprison guardjailarrestshootoutpistol |
Themes: | escapeprisonmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police chasepolice detectivepolice |
Story: | prison guardfalse accusationdrug dealerarrestbeatingshootoutpistolchase |
Oddball cop and tough guy, Jack Cates is the only survivor of a cop shooting and in hunting down the murderer collects Reggie Hammond from jail for 48 hours. Hammond is oddly motivated to help. The killer is searching for his stash of cash. Cates and Hammond who have the Black-white, cop-crook thing β¦ to work out make surprisingly good partners as they navigate through the city looking for their suspect. (Read More)
Themes: | prison escapemurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police detectivepolice |
Story: | jail breakprison breakjailshot to deathshootoutpistolchasegun |
Set within a year after the events of Batman Begins, Batman, Lieutenant James Gordon, and new district attorney Harvey Dent successfully begin to round up the criminals that plague Gotham City until a mysterious and sadistic criminal mastermind known only as the Joker appears in Gotham, creating a n β¦ew wave of chaos. Batman's struggle against the Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to "confront everything he believes" and improve his technology to stop him. A love triangle develops between Bruce Wayne, Dent and Rachel Dawes. (Read More)
Themes: | prison escapeescapeprisonmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police stationhospital |
Characters: | police chasepolice detectivelawyerpolice officerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | wrongful arrestprison guardjailbreakfalse accusationjudgedrug dealerarrestshot to deathbeatingshootoutpistolchaseinterview |
Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time offender courtesy of mandatory minimum sentence laws, Jason has nothing to offer for leniency in good conscience. Desperately, John β¦ convinces the DEA and the opportunistic DA Joanne Keeghan to let him go undercover to help make arrests big enough to free his son in return. With the unwitting help of an ex-con employee, John enters the narcotics underworld where every move could be his last in an operation that will demand all his resources, wits and courage to survive. (Read More)
Themes: | prisonmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | wrongful arrestex contape recorderdrug dealerwomanarrestshot to deathbeatingshootoutpistol |
Mesrine: Killer Instinct -- the first of two parts -- charts the outlaw odyssey of Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel), the legendary French gangster of the 1960s and 1970s who came to be known as French Public Enemy No. 1 and The Man of a Thousand Faces. Infamous for his bravado and outrageously darin β¦g prison escapes, Mesrine carried out numerous robberies, kidnappings and murders in a criminal career that spanned continents until he was shot dead in 1979 by France's notorious anti-gang unit. Thirty years after his death, his infamy lives on. Mesrine was helped along the way by beautiful and equally reckless Jeanne Schneider (CA(C)cile de France), a Bonnie to match his Clyde. Mesrine made up his own epic, between romanticism and cruelty, flamboyance and tragedy. (Read More)
Themes: | prison escapeprisonmurder |
Characters: | police arresthusband wife relationship |
Story: | escape planprison breakprison guardarmed robberyshot to deathbeatingshootoutgun |
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: | prisonmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carpolice station |
Characters: | father son relationshippolice |
Story: | prison guardroadblockhorse racingplaygrounddrug dealerwatching tvshot to deathbeatingshootoutpistolchasegun |
London is terrorised by a vicious sex killer known as the neck tie murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.
Themes: | prison escapepolice investigationprisonmurder |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | husband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | wrongful arrestpolice inspectorfalse accusationwomanjailarrest |
Despite his tarnished reputation after the events of The Dark Knight, in which he took the rap for Dent's crimes, Batman feels compelled to intervene to assist the city and its police force which is struggling to cope with Bane's plans to destroy the city.
Themes: | prison escapeescapeprisonmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police stationairporthospital |
Characters: | police chasepolice detectivelawyerpolice officerpolice |
Story: | prison guardhospital bedroadblockfalse accusationjudgewatching tvshot to deathbeatingshootoutpistolchase |
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, β¦ and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police stationairport |
Characters: | police chasepolice detectivepolice officerpolice |
Story: | roadblockdrug dealerarrestshootoutpistolchase |
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 β¦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: | prison escapeprisonmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | shootout in a hospitalhospital |
Characters: | lawyerpolice |
Story: | jailbreaktape recordershot to deathbeatingshootoutpistolchase |
On April 15, 2013 Boston, Massachusetts, Police Sgt, Tommy Saunders is pulling security duty on the annual Boston Marathon when the Tsarnaev brothers strike with their homemade bombs in an act of terrorism. In the resulting chaos as the wounded are cared for, Saunders and his comrades join forces wi β¦th the FBI to get to the bottom of this attack. As the investigation continues, the Tsarnaev brothers realize that the authorities are close to identifying them and attempt to flee the city to continue their fanatical mayhem. To stop them, a police manhunt is performed that would have bloody confrontations and a massive dragnet shutting down the City of Boston to make sure there is no escape from the law. (Read More)
Themes: | escapemurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | police carpolice stationchurchhospital |
Characters: | police chasepolice detectivepolice officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | drug dealerarrestwatching tvshot to deathbeatingshootoutpistolchasegun |
Rose Cooper is an uptight and by-the-book cop whose name has become a verb synonymous with screw-ups, and she's found a chance to redeem herself. She has been assigned to protect a federal witness, Daniella Riva, the vivacious and outgoing widow of a drug boss. As the two polar opposites race throug β¦h Texas, they find themselves pursues by everyone from crooked cops to murderous gunmen. However, their greatest obstacle to making this out alive may be themselves as they learn that Cooper has now been considered a fugitive fleeing with Danielle. (Read More)
Themes: | escapemurder |
Locations: | police carpolice station |
Characters: | police arrestpolice detectivepolice officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | hotel roomdrug dealerwomanwatching tvshot to deathchasegun |