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After the passing of her mother, and the entry of a step-mother, Amrita Jayshankar retreats into herself. Her father is summoned to her school and is told that his daughter may require counseling, but he refuses to believe and instead makes a donation to the school. Then Amrita meets with three male β¦s and a female, namely Zuben, Dushant Sahu, Karan Chaudhary; and Tanya Sharma respectively. Together they live it up with drugs and alcohol until things get out of control when they accidentally kill a couple. A corrupt police constable demands Rs.25 Lakhs to eliminate their involvement. Unable to come up with so much cash, the five decide to fake a kidnapping, demand the cash from Amrita's father, and clear their respective names. Amrita accordingly goes 'missing', and her father involves the police, who assign this case to once-suspended police inspector, Arvind Mathur. With the media getting involved, Arvind begins his investigation, but will soon find it hampered - complicating not only his assignment - but also his personal life. (Read More)
Subgenre: | b movie |
Themes: | psychological traumachildhood traumapolice investigationpolice brutalitytraumatheatrecorruptiongangstertorturedrugskidnapping |
Locations: | following someone in a carslumpolice stationswimming poolchurch |
Characters: | police chasepolice arrestpolice officerfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | video gamerspin the bottlebreaking a bottle over someone's headransom demandmedia circusmedia frenzymedia coveragesexual jokecocaine usecocaine snortingsnorting cocainegovernment corruptionchurch servicefake kidnappingfoot chase β¦masturbating in front of computerunknown female corpseattempted briberytraced callflashback within a flashbackpushed into a swimming poolparsipushed from heightinformation leakholifemale corpserotting corpseburqapolice commissionerscratchingkidnapped girlintoxicationaccomplicecorrupt policegamerwiretappinghummermumbai indiamaverick coppolice chiefnihilismpiercingmental breakdownreference to facebookbottlepolice inspectorhit and runpolice officer shottough copblack and white scenetvattempted suicidepartnerfollowing someoneransomfestivalmovie theaterdrug abusemediagroup of friendsafricantrustattempted rapemodeljokesuicide attemptcocainealcoholurinationshootoutbased on true storychasemasturbationflashback (See All) |
In TRIPLE 9, a crew of dirty cops are blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist. The only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for "officer down". Their plan is turned upside down when the unsuspecting rookie they set up to die foils the attack, trigge β¦ring a breakneck, action-packed finale filled with double-crosses, greed and revenge. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationpolice brutalitycorruptiongangstertorturedrugskidnapping |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police chasepolice officerpolice |
Story: | cocaine snortingfoot chasemaverick copreference to facebookpolice officer shottough coppartnercocainealcoholshootoutchase |
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: | police brutalitygangster |
Locations: | police stationchurch |
Characters: | police chasepolice officerpolice |
Story: | cocaine snortingfoot chasecorrupt policetough copdrug abusecocaineshootoutchase |
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 β¦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: | police brutalitytorture |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police chasepolice |
Story: | breaking a bottle over someone's headmedia circusmedia coveragefoot chaseblack and white scenepartnerransommediaurinationchase |
Martin Riggs is an L.A. cop with suicidal tendencies and Roger Murtaugh is the unlucky police officer with whom Riggs is assigned. Together they uncover a huge drug-smuggling operation, and as their success rate grows so does their friendship.
Themes: | police brutalitytorturedrugskidnapping |
Locations: | police stationswimming pool |
Characters: | police officerfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | foot chasemaverick coptough copsuicide attemptcocaineshootoutchase |
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: | gangsterdrugs |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police chasepolice officerpolice |
Story: | foot chasewiretappingpolice chieftough coppartnerfollowing someoneshootoutbased on true storychase |
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: | police brutalitygangsterkidnapping |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police chasepolice officerfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | media coveragefoot chasepolice commissionermaverick coppolice chiefpolice inspectortough coppartnerfollowing someoneshootoutchaseflashback |
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: | police brutalitycorruptiondrugskidnapping |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police chasepolice officerpolice |
Story: | foot chasecorrupt policehummermaverick coppolice chieftough coppartnertrustshootoutchase |
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 β¦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: | corruptiongangstertorture |
Locations: | police stationswimming pool |
Characters: | police officerpolice |
Story: | media coveragewiretappingmaverick coppolice chiefpolice officer shottough copattempted rapeshootoutbased on true story |
Detroit cop Axel Foley is delighted when he receives a surprise visit from his best friend Mikey Tandino, who lives in California. Not long after Mikey arrives in Detroit, Mikey is killed, right in front of Axel, by a man named Zack. Axel follows Zack to Beverly Hills, California, where Beverly Hill β¦s police department Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil assigns Detective Billy Rosewood and Rosewood's partner, Sergeant John Taggart, to keep an eye on Axel. Axel visits his friend Jenny Summers, who works in an art gallery. With Jenny's help, Axel discovers that Zack works for Jenny's boss, Victor Maitland, the man who owns the art gallery. Maitland is a drug kingpin who is using the gallery as a front, and Maitland had Zack kill Mikey after Maitland accused Mikey of stealing some of Maitland's bonds. With the help of Jenny, Billy, and Taggart, Axel does what he can to make sure Maitland and Zack won't kill any more people. (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalitydrugskidnapping |
Locations: | police stationswimming pool |
Characters: | police chasepolice |
Story: | foot chasemaverick coppolice chiefpolice inspectortough coppartnercocaineshootoutchase |
San Francisco Police Inspector 'Dirty' Harry Callahan and his new partner, Early Smith have been temporarily reassigned from Homicide to Stakeout Duty. You Meanwhile, those of the city's criminals who manage to avoid punishment by the courts are nevertheless being killed by unknown assassins. Callah β¦an begins to investigate the murders despite orders from his superior officer, Lieutenant Briggs. A man has to know his limitations... (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalitycorruptiongangsterdrugs |
Locations: | police stationswimming pool |
Characters: | police officerpolice |
Story: | media coveragecocaine snortingfoot chasepolice inspectorpolice officer shotpartnershootoutchase |
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 β¦murder, they have to pretend to be each other. (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalitygangsterdrugs |
Locations: | police stationswimming pool |
Characters: | police chasepolice |
Story: | foot chasemaverick coptough coppartnershootoutchase |
Themes: | police brutalitycorruptiongangstertorturedrugskidnapping |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police chasepolice |
Story: | foot chasemaverick coptough copshootoutchaseflashback |
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 investigationpolice brutalitygangstertorturekidnapping |
Locations: | police stationswimming pool |
Characters: | police chasepolice officerfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | foot chasecorrupt policepolice officer shotpartnershootout |
Picking up three years after the events in Magnum Force, a threatening terrorist group called, The People's Revolutionary Strike Force declare war to the city of San Francisco and demand a ransom to be paid, otherwise they plan to blow the city apart. While Inspector 'Dirty' Harry Callahan is at a l β¦imbo following his unorthodox method during a robbery, he's at it to dispatch the terrorist group, by playing their game by being more dirty than ever. But this time, he's got a new partner, which might prove the task to be somewhat more difficult than ever, unless the two can work together. (Read More)
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | church |
Characters: | police officer |
Story: | foot chasemaverick cophit and runtough coppartnerransomshootoutchase |
The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate the gang, but the attempt fails miser β¦ably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationpolice brutalitycorruptiongangstertorturedrugs |
Locations: | police stationswimming pool |
Characters: | police chasepolice officerpolice |
Story: | maverick coptough coppartnercocaineshootoutchaseflashback |
Cultures clash and tempers flares as the two cops named Detective Inspector Lee a Hong Kong Detective and Detective James Carter FBI, a big-mouthed work-alone Los Angeles cop who are from different worlds discovers one thing in common: they can't stand each other. With time running out, they must jo β¦in forces to catch the criminals and save the eleven-year-old Chinese girl of the Chinese consul named Soo Yung. (Read More)
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police officerfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | foot chasemaverick coppolice chiefpolice officer shottough coppartnerransomtrustshootoutchase |
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 β¦rt negotiator, and find out who's running the conspiracy before it's too late. (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalitycorruptionkidnapping |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police officerpolice |
Story: | media coveragewiretappingtough coppartnershootout |
Sometime in the 1970's, police officers from New York City wanted a safe haven to live, away from the dangers of the streets of New York City, this is when they established a "Cop Land" in the small New Jersey town of Garrison. Freddy Heflin who was always admired by the New York cops wanted to beco β¦me one, but because he was deaf in one ear this prevents him from achieving his goal, but has become sheriff of Garrison. Recently there have been a dark omen surrounding the NYPD, and Freddy is now investigating on this case, then Internal Affairs officer Mo Tilden is also on the case and asks Freddy for help, but Freddy could not. Now Freddy suspects that a New York City cop named Ray Donlan might be one of the many cops who is corrupted by the mob and other criminals. Now, Freddy must find a cop who is nicknamed "Superboy" who can testify against Donlan and protect him, before Donlan finds Superboy and kills him. (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalitycorruptiongangsterkidnapping |
Locations: | police stationswimming pool |
Characters: | police chasepolice officerpolice |
Story: | media coveragefoot chasemaverick coptough copcocaineshootoutbased on true storychaseflashback |
Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Arthur wears two masks -- the one he paints for his day job as a clown, and the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel like he's part of the world around him. Isolated, bullied and β¦disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as the Joker. (Read More)
Themes: | psychological traumachildhood traumapolice brutalitycorruptiongangster |
Characters: | police chasepolice officerpolice |
Story: | media coveragefoot chasenihilismmental breakdownfollowing someonemovie theaterjokeurinationchaseflashback |
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 β¦nd is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of blackmail, murder and rape. Will he survive and solve the case? (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalitycorruption |
Locations: | swimming poolchurch |
Characters: | police |
Story: | breaking a bottle over someone's headcocaine snortingfoot chasepolice commissionercorrupt policeshootoutchaseflashback |
Based on the true story of Daniel Lugo ('Mark Wahlberg (I)' (qv)) a Miami bodybuilder who wants to live the American dream. He would like to have the money that other people have. So he enlists the help of fellow bodybuilder Adrian Doorbal ('Anthony Mackie' (qv)) and ex-convict, Christian bodybuilde β¦r Paul Doyle ('Dwayne Johnson (I)' (qv)). Their kidnapping and extortion scheme goes terribly wrong since they have muscles for brains and they're left to haphazardly try to hold onto the elusive American dream. (Read More)
Themes: | torturekidnapping |
Locations: | swimming poolchurch |
Characters: | police chasepolice |
Story: | cocaine snortingsnorting cocainefoot chasepolice chiefcocainealcoholurinationbased on true storychasemasturbationflashback |
LAPD Detective Sergeant Mitch Preston cares only about doing his job and nailing crooks. LAPD Patrol Officer Trey Sellars joined the force as a day job until his acting career took off. During an undercover drug buy Mitch was working that Trey botched by calling in for backup and drawing media atten β¦tion, Mitch's partner is shot with a very exotic 12-gauge automatic weapon; Mitch then shoots the video camera out of the hands of a reporter filming the action when the cameraman refused to shut it down. Faced with a $10 million lawsuit, the department agrees to let producer Chase Renzi film Mitch's investigation for a new reality TV show, and constantly tries to make everything more "viewer friendly" by changing everything about Mitch's life to fit the stereotypical view of police officers--and partners him with Trey. (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterdrugs |
Characters: | police chasepolice |
Story: | foot chasemaverick coptough coppartnermediashootoutchase |
After a clumsy operation trying to capture a drug dealer, the N.Y.P.D Detectives Jimmy Monroe and Paul Hodges are suspended for one month by their Captain Romans. Jimmy decides to sell his rare baseball card to pay for his daughter's expensive wedding while his jealous partner believes that his wife β¦ is cheating on him with their next-door neighbor. When Jimmy sells his card to a memorabilia store, the place is burgled by two small-time thieves and the detective loses his card. They track down the thieves. (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalitygangstertorturekidnapping |
Locations: | police stationswimming poolchurch |
Characters: | police chasefather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | foot chasemaverick coppartnershootoutchaseflashback |
An intertwined drama about the United States' war on drugs, seen through the eyes of a once conservative judge, now newly-appointed drug czar, his crack-addicted daughter, two DEA agents, a jailed drug kingpin's wife, and a Mexican cop who begins to question his boss's motives.
Themes: | corruptiontorturedrugskidnapping |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | father daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | wiretappingdrug abusejokecocainechaseflashback |
Based off of a one time T.V. show, two Los Angeles S.W.A.T. officers Jim Street and Brian Gamble were sent in to foil an extremely violent bank robbery. Although they thwarted the robbery, they shot a hostage in the process. Street was suspended from S.W.A.T. while Gamble was fired altogether. After β¦ 6 months, a veteran S.W.A.T. officer, Daniel Harrelson or "Hondo", is told to assemble a S.W.A.T. team for his division. He chooses other S.W.A.T. officers as well as 3 rookies. However, after they pass the S.W.A.T. training, they receive a message that a French crime boss, known as Alex Montell is trying to escape from prison. This will not be easy to prevent, especially after Montell promises $100 Million to his rescuers. (Read More)
Themes: | police brutality |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police chasepolice officerpolice |
Story: | media coveragefoot chasemaverick coptough coppartnertrustshootoutchase |
In the near future, the worst ghettos of Paris, France are literally walled off and among the worst is District B13. Controlled by the ruthless crime lord, Taha, a young righteous punk named Leito is determined to bring him down. When the boss retaliates by kidnapping his sister, Lola, a rescue atte β¦mpt by Leito is destroyed by betrayal that gets him arrested and Lola kept in the clutches in Taha. Six months later, a crackerjack undercover cop named Damien is given a urgent mission: a neutron bomb has been stolen by Taha in District B13 which has an automatic timer function engaged and set to detonate in less than 24 hours. Now with time running out, Damien and Leito must work together to find and stop the bomb, but there is far more to this crisis than any of the field players realize. (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalitycorruptiongangstertorturedrugskidnapping |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police |
Story: | cocaine snortinggovernment corruptionfoot chasepolice commissionershootoutchase |
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: | police investigationpolice brutalitytorturekidnapping |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police chasefather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | foot chasepartnershootoutchaseflashback |
Ben must prove he is good enough to date cop James' sister. By doing this he goes on a "Ride Along" to show that he is not weak and he will do whatever it takes to get James' approval but along the way runs into a few obstacles that he has to overcome in a very funny way.
Themes: | police investigationpolice brutalitytorturekidnapping |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police chasepolice |
Story: | foot chasemaverick coppolice officer shottough copshootoutchase |
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: | gangsterkidnapping |
Locations: | slumpolice stationswimming pool |
Characters: | police chasepolice officerpolice |
Story: | foot chasemaverick coppolice inspectortough copshootoutchase |
Vincent Downs is a cop in Las Vegas, who's partnered with a crooked cop. His partner asks him to steal some drugs, which they do. But what they don't know is that the drugs belong to a crime family, the Novaks who goes after anyone who crosses them. And Rob Novak the man who was handling the drug sa β¦le sets his sights on the man who sold him the drugs, casino boss Rubino. Rubino discovers Downs was the one who stole the drugs so he has Downs' son abducted and tells Downs to bring the drugs to his casino. Jennifer Bryant, an idealistic cop who wants to take down every criminal including the Novaks. Recently one her busts went bust and she did everything by the book. She thinks all the men are patronizing her. When she meets Downs she gets a vibe off of him and follows him. Downs brings the drugs to the casino and hides the drugs. Downs meets with Rubino and asks for his drugs. Downs wants his son first before he gives him the drugs. Rubino shows him his son and goes to get the drugs but Bryant finds the drugs and takes them. When Downs learns what she did he scrambles to find a way to save his son. And Novak needs the drugs desperately and goes after everyone especially Downs who is latter asisted by his wife and son to defeat these foes. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationcorruptiongangstertorturedrugskidnapping |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police officerpolice |
Story: | police officer shottough coppartnerfollowing someonecocaineshootoutchase |
The year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years - and it's meant billions for OmniCorp's bottom line. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they β¦see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) - a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit - is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine pursuing justice. (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalitycorruptiontorture |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police officerpolice |
Story: | media coveragemaverick coppolice chieftough coppartnershootoutchaseflashback |
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)
Subgenre: | b movie |
Themes: | police brutality |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police officerfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | foot chasepolice officer shottough copshootoutchase |
Themes: | gangsterdrugskidnapping |
Characters: | father daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | cocaine snortingnihilismpolice officer shotmovie theatercocainealcoholurinationshootoutchase |
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: | police brutalitygangsterdrugs |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police chasepolice officerpolice |
Story: | foot chaseblack and white scenecocaineshootoutchaseflashback |
A series of strange robberies brings Axel Foley back to Beverly Hills to help his two fellow cops solve the case. All the familiar faces of the first film are back...
Themes: | gangster |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | police chasefather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | police chiefpolice inspectortough coptrustshootoutchase |
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 investigation |
Locations: | police stationswimming pool |
Characters: | police arrestpolice officerpolice |
Story: | media circusmedia frenzymedia coveragemediaurinationflashback |
The RIDE ALONG 2 sequel picks up about a year after our heroes' last adventure. Plans for a quick trip to Miami go bad. With the wedding upcoming, James reluctantly takes Ben with him to Miami to follow up on a lead connected to a drug ring case he's been trying to crack. In Miami, they meet Maya, a β¦ no-BS homicide detective who lets them know Miami is her turf. They also encounter AJ, a shady cocky computer hacker who reveals evidence that implicates a well-respected local businessman, the wealthy Antonio Pope. Pope harbors a vicious streak and rules South Florida's drug trade. If Ben and James can convince the authorities that Pope is a brutal crime boss they'll stop his spree. If they fail, well there may not be a wedding after all. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationcorruptiongangsterdrugs |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police chasepolice officerpolice |
Story: | foot chasewiretappingtough coppartnershootoutchase |
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: | kidnapping |
Locations: | police stationchurch |
Characters: | police chasepolice officerpolice |
Story: | media coveragepolice commissionerhummerpolice chiefpolice officer shotshootoutbased on true storychase |
Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people being bombarded by media and government with messages like "Stay Asleep", "No Imagination", "Submit to Authority". Even scarier is that he is able t β¦o see that some usually normal-looking people are in fact ugly aliens in charge of the massive campaign to keep humans subdued. (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalitykidnapping |
Locations: | slumchurch |
Characters: | police officerpolice |
Story: | media coverageblack and white scenemediashootoutchase |
Liam Neeson returns as ex-covert operative Bryan Mills, whose long awaited reconciliation with his ex-wife is tragically cut short when she is brutally murdered. Consumed with rage, and framed for the crime, he goes on the run to evade the relentless pursuit of the CIA, FBI and the police. For one l β¦ast time, Mills must use his "particular set of skills," to track down the real killers, exact his unique brand of justice, and protect the only thing that matters to him now - his daughter. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationtorturekidnapping |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police chasefather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | foot chasereference to facebookpolice inspectorshootoutflashback |
Set in the 1970s in a metropolis called "Bay City," this is the tale of two police detective partners, Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson, and Dave Starsky, who always seem to get the toughest cases from their boss, Captain Dobey, rely on omniscient street informer Huggy Bear and race to the scene of the crimes β¦ in their souped-up 1974 Ford Torino hot rod, telling the story of their first big case (as a prequel to the TV show), which involved a former college campus drug dealer who went on to become a white collar criminal. (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalitygangstertorturedrugs |
Locations: | police stationswimming pool |
Characters: | police chasepolice officerfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | foot chasepartnercocaineshootout |
Friday and Streebek are assigned to some very strange robberies, like i.e. the stealing of one bat, a 30 foot long snake and the mane of a lion from a zoo. All the latest BAIT magazines were also recently stolen, and some chemicals that when are mixed correctly develops a very deadly gas. All these β¦thefts have one thing in common; visit cards with the word "PAGAN" left at the crime scenes. Solving these crimes, including why plenty of police vehicles have been stolen lately, involves the usual; to drink coffee at strip tease bars, rescue kidnapped virgins from drowning and lose their jobs. (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalitycorruptionkidnapping |
Locations: | police stationswimming pool |
Characters: | police chasepolice |
Story: | foot chasepolice commissionerpartnershootoutchase |
How far would you go to protect your family? Keller Dover is facing every parent's worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their s β¦treet. Heading the investigation, Detective Loki arrests its driver, Alex Jones, but a lack of evidence forces his release. As the police pursue multiple leads and pressure mounts, knowing his child's life is at stake the frantic Dover decides he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family? (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationtorturekidnapping |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police chasefather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | media coveragefoot chasealcoholshootoutchaseflashback |
In New Orleans, the hit men James Bonomo, a.k.a. Jimmy Bobo, and Louis Blanchard execute the dirty cop Hank Greely in a hotel room. But they are betrayed and Louis is stabbed in a bar by the mercenary Keegan while waiting for the payment of the contract. Meanwhile the Washington D.C. police detectiv β¦e Taylor Kwon comes to New Orleans to investigate the murder of Greely, who had stolen evidences from the Police Department. Soon he is shot by two dirty detectives but Jimmy saves his life. Jimmy brings Taylor to the shop of his daughter Lisa and she removes the bullet from his shoulder and nurses him. Taylor and Jimmy form the most unlikely partnership to investigate the crimes and after contacting the intermediate Ronnie Earl that had hired Jimmy and Louis, they discover a network of corruption formed by the lawyer Marcus Baptiste and the entrepreneur Robert Nkomo Morel. (Read More)
Themes: | corruptiongangsterkidnapping |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police officerfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | breaking a bottle over someone's headpolice officer shotblack and white scenecocaineshootoutflashback |
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs in β¦to the United States. As a result, his product is superior to what is currently available on the street and his prices are lower. His alliance with the New York Mafia ensures his position. It is also the story of a dedicated and honest policeman, Richie Roberts, who heads up a joint narcotics task force with the Federal government. Based on a true story. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationpolice brutalitycorruptiongangsterdrugs |
Locations: | slumchurch |
Characters: | police |
Story: | church servicecocaineshootoutbased on true storychaseflashback |
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)
Themes: | corruptionkidnapping |
Locations: | police stationswimming poolchurch |
Characters: | police chasepolice arrestpolice officerpolice |
Story: | church servicepolice chiefpolice officer shotchase |
Welcome to a world where time has become the ultimate currency. You stop aging at 25, but there's a catch: you're genetically-engineered to live only one more year, unless you can buy your way out of it. The rich "earn" decades at a time (remaining at age 25), becoming essentially immortal, while th β¦e rest beg, borrow or steal enough hours to make it through the day. When a man from the wrong side of the tracks is falsely accused of murder, he is forced to go on the run with a beautiful hostage. Living minute to minute, the duo's love becomes a powerful tool in their war against the system. (Read More)
Themes: | corruptiongangsterkidnapping |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police chasepolice officerfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | media coveragefoot chasepolice officer shotransomshootoutchaseflashback |
Boston, 1926. The '20s are roaring. Liquor is flowing, bullets are flying, and one man sets out to make his mark on the world. Prohibition has given rise to an endless network of underground distilleries, speakeasies, gangsters, and corrupt cops. Joe Coughlin, the youngest son of a prominent Boston β¦police captain, has long since turned his back on his strict and proper upbringing. Now having graduated from a childhood of petty theft to a career in the pay of the city's most fearsome mobsters, Joe enjoys the spoils, thrills, and notoriety of being an outlaw. But life on the dark side carries a heavy price. In a time when ruthless men of ambition, armed with cash, illegal booze, and guns, battle for control, no one-neither family nor friend, enemy nor lover-can be trusted. Beyond money and power, even the threat of prison, one fate seems most likely for men like Joe: an early death. But until that day, he and his friends are determined to live life to the hilt. Joe embarks on a dizzying journey up the ladder of organized crime that takes him from the flash of Jazz Age Boston to the sensual shimmer of Tampa's Latin Quarter to the sizzling streets of Cuba. Live by Night is a riveting epic layered with a diverse cast of loyal friends and callous enemies, tough rumrunners and sultry femmes fatales, Bible-quoting evangelists and cruel Klansmen, all battling for survival and their piece of the American dream. At once a sweeping love story and a compelling saga of revenge, it is a speβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | corruptiongangstertorturedrugskidnapping |
Locations: | police stationchurch |
Characters: | police chasepolice officerfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | corrupt policepolice chiefpolice inspectormovie theatertrustalcoholshootoutchase |
Based on the first of a trilogy by Tom Rob Smith and set in the Stalin era of the Soviet Union. The plot is about an idealistic pro-Stalin security officer who decides to investigate a series of child murders in a country where supposedly this sort of crime doesn't exist. The state would not hear of β¦ the existence of a child murderer let alone a serial killer. He gets demoted and exiled but decides, with just the help of his wife, to continue pursuing the case. (Read More)
Themes: | childhood traumapolice investigationtraumatorture |
Story: | foot chasefollowing someonesuicide attemptshootoutbased on true storyflashback |