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Happy Singh lives in a small village in Punjab. He is always compassionate and helpful, but often ends up causing more damage so much so that the Village Panchayat gets together to reprimand him. When the community gets news that one of their residents, Lakhanpal Singh, is an underworld don in Austr …alia, they decide to delegate someone to counsel him. The villagers chose Happy, so that they can get rid of him. Happy's ticket and other costs are paid for, and the Panchayat even asks a reluctant Rangeela to accompany him. Due to a mix-up, both end up in Egypt, leading to romance in Happy's life when he meets with Sonia, a Criminologist, who would prefer to have criminals killed than reform them. Both friends do find their way to Australia, where they locate Lakhanpal, who humiliates them and asks them to leave. Both befriend a boutique owner and live in her house. When rival goons attack Lakhanpal, Happy rescues him, and gets him hospitalized. Lakhanpal does recover, but is paralyzed. His goons comically misunderstand that he wants Happy to be Don, and he undergoes a transformation and moves in to live a wealthy lifestyle in Lakhanpal's mansion. When the boutique owner's daughter returns home along with her fiance, Punit, Happy plans a charade to make her believe that the mansion belongs to her. Happy's life will soon be turned upside down when the daughter turns out to be none other than Sonia herself. Being aware of Sonia's dislike for criminals, he will have no option but to… (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedyfish out of water |
Themes: | blindnessredemptiongangsterweddingdrunkennessjealousykidnapping |
Locations: | car motorcycle chaseyachtaustraliawheelchairairporthelicopterhospital |
Characters: | thieftattoo |
Story: | power ambitionbirthday partypartial deafnessnuisancegangster's mollbhangravillage idiotsuccessorpunjabpushed down stairsbumblerparaglidingphysical comedymarriage ceremonymotorcyclist …punjabichange of hearthenhot dog standflower shopdiscothequeblind girlvillain turns goodjet skisong during end creditssikhintentionally misspelled titlejumping into watermallremorseparalysisbenchmeetingblind manroseegyptmisunderstandingambitionbreakfastjumping from heightrapcrime bossdestructioncasinoscene during end creditsevil manargumentattempted murdermarriage proposalgangassassinbirthdayrescueface slapshot in the chestshootoutchasepartycharacter name in titlefightgun (See All) |
Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up some neighborhood thugs who cause problems at the market. … Meanwhile, one of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head. Blinded by greed, his involvement draws his gang, the kid, Keong, and the whole neighborhood into a deadly crossfire. When the lazy cops fail to successfully resolve matters, Keong takes things into his own hands. Needless to say, much spectacular kung-fu and outrageous action sequences follow.... (Read More)
Subgenre: | fish out of water |
Themes: | gangsterweddingdrunkennesskidnapping |
Locations: | wheelchairairporthelicopter |
Characters: | tattoo |
Story: | jumping from heightcrime bossgangrescueface slapshot in the chestshootoutchasefight |
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 …s name, whilst keeping himself from getting killed or arrested, and keeping his girlfriend from leaving him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | gangsterkidnapping |
Story: | birthday partyphysical comedymisunderstandingjumping from heightcrime bossdestructionattempted murderbirthdayrescueshot in the chestshootoutchasefight |
Themes: | redemptiongangsterkidnapping |
Characters: | tattoo |
Story: | crime bossevil manattempted murdergangassassinbirthdayrescueface slapshot in the chestshootoutchasepartyfightgun |
In Melbourne, the Chinese Chef Jackie has a successful show on television. The drug lord Giancarlo and his gang are dealing cocaine with The Demons gang, but they fight against each other. During the shooting, the snoopy reporter Diana and her partner are accidentally exposed and they flee with a VH …S tape with the footage of the negotiation. On the street, she stumbles with Jackie and he helps her fighting against the gangsters. When they are escaping in his car, her tape accidentally mixes with other videotapes that Jackie has in a box on the backseat of his car. Jackie goes to his apartment and meets his girlfriend Miki while his nephews "borrow" the tape to watch. Meanwhile Giancarlo's gangsters are looking for the tape and abduct Miki. Jackie's friend Romeo, who is a police detective, chases the gangsters with other policemen while Jackie teams up with Diana and his friend Lakisha to release Miki from Giancarlo. (Read More)
Themes: | redemptiongangsterweddingkidnapping |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | tattoo |
Story: | change of heartmisunderstandingcrime bossdestructionattempted murdergangassassinrescueface slapshot in the chestshootoutchasefight |
Themes: | gangsterkidnapping |
Locations: | car motorcycle chaseyachtwheelchairhospital |
Story: | jumping from heightcrime bosscasinoscene during end creditsattempted murderassassinrescueface slapshot in the chestshootoutchasecharacter name in titlegunfight |
When his daughter is kidnapped and held in exchange for priceless diamonds, the leader of a crew of highly skilled urban thieves (DMX) forges an unlikely alliance with a Taiwanese Intelligence officer (Jet Li) to rescue her. Their race against the clock to find the precious stones ultimately unravel …s a plot to distribute a deadly new weapon of war. (Read More)
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | wheelchairairporthelicopter |
Story: | intentionally misspelled titlescene during end creditsevil manattempted murderrescueface slapshot in the chestshootoutchase |
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and almost everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There's Max, a man of actio …n and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland. (Read More)
Themes: | blindnessredemptionkidnapping |
Locations: | car motorcycle chaseaustraliawheelchair |
Characters: | tattoo |
Story: | jumping from heightdestructionevil mangangassassinrescueshot in the chestshootoutchasecharacter name in titlefight |
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 … 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: | gangsterweddingdrunkenness |
Locations: | yachthelicopterhospital |
Characters: | tattoo |
Story: | crime bossassassinrescueface slapshot in the chestshootoutchaseparty |
It's vacation time for Det. James Carter and he finds himself alongside Det. Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. Things get compli …cated as the pair stumble onto a counterfeiting plot by L.A. crime boss Steven Reign and Triad Ricky Tan, an ex-cop who played a mysterious part in the death of Det. Lee's father. Throw in a power struggle between Tan and the gorgeous but dangerous Hu Li and the boys are soon up to their necks in fist fights and life-threatening situations. A trip back to the U.S. may provide the answers about the bombing, the counterfeiting, and the true allegiance of sexy customs agent Isabella. Then again, it may turn up more excitement than Carter was looking for during his vacation. (Read More)
Themes: | gangster |
Locations: | yachtairport |
Characters: | tattoo |
Story: | jumping from heightcrime bosscasinogangassassinface slapshot in the chestshootoutchasepartygun |
A young FBI agent infiltrates an extraordinary team of extreme sports athletes he suspects of masterminding a string of unprecedented, sophisticated corporate heists. Deep undercover, and with his life in danger, he strives to prove these athletes are the architects of the mind-boggling crimes that …are devastating the world's financial markets. (Read More)
Themes: | redemption |
Locations: | car motorcycle chaseyachthelicopter |
Characters: | thieftattoo |
Story: | jet skijumping from heightrescueshot in the chestshootoutchasepartyfight |
The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Themes: | gangsterdrunkennessjealousy |
Locations: | wheelchairairporthospital |
Story: | birthday partycrime bosscasinoevil manassassinshot in the chestshootoutparty |
It feels good to be bad...Assemble a team of the world's most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government's disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has deter …mined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren't picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it's every man for himself? (Read More)
Themes: | redemptiongangsterkidnapping |
Locations: | wheelchairairporthelicopter |
Characters: | thieftattoo |
Story: | villain turns goodjumping from heightcrime bossdestructioncasinoscene during end creditsgangassassinrescueshot in the chestshootoutfight |
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 …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: | gangsterkidnapping |
Locations: | car motorcycle chasewheelchairhelicopterhospital |
Characters: | thieftattoo |
Story: | jumping from heightcrime bossdestructionevil manattempted murdermarriage proposalgangassassinrescueface slapshot in the chestshootoutchasepartyfight |
Tang Lung arrives in Rome to help his cousins in the restaurant business. They are being pressured to sell their property to the syndicate, who will stop at nothing to get what they want. When Tang arrives he poses a new threat to the syndicate, and they are unable to defeat him. The syndicate boss …hires the best Japanese and European martial artists to fight Tang, but he easily finishes them off. The American martial artist Colt is hired and has a showdown with Tang in Rome's famous Colosseum. (Read More)
Subgenre: | fish out of water |
Themes: | gangsterkidnapping |
Locations: | airport |
Story: | meetingrosecrime bossargumentgangassassinpartyfightgun |
Fletcher Reede, a fast talking attorney, habitual liar, and divorced father is an incredibly successful lawyer who has built his career by lying. He has a habit of giving precedence to his job and always breaking promises to be with his young son Max, but Fletcher lets Max down once too often, for m …issing his own son's birthday party. But until then at 8:15 Max has decided to make an honest man out of him as he wishes for one whole day his dad couldn't tell a lie. When the wish comes true all Fletcher can do is tell the truth and cannot tell one lie. Uh-oh for Fletcher! (Read More)
Locations: | airport |
Story: | birthday partyphysical comedychange of heartmarriage proposalbirthdayface slapchaseparty |
Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate … espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible - inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming. (Read More)
Themes: | redemptionkidnapping |
Locations: | car motorcycle chaseairporthelicopter |
Characters: | thief |
Story: | jumping from heightcasinoattempted murderassassinrescueface slapshot in the chestshootoutchasegunfight |
Susan Cooper is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, and the unsung hero behind the Agency's most dangerous missions. But when her partner falls off the grid and another top agent is compromised, she volunteers to go deep undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent a glo …bal crisis. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedyfish out of water |
Themes: | redemptionkidnapping |
Locations: | car motorcycle chaseairporthelicopter |
Story: | casinoassassinrescueshot in the chestshootoutchasepartyfight |
A remake of the television series, Matthew Broderick stars as Gadget, who suffers an accident at the beginning of the film, and befriends Brenda, a robotic surgeon who repairs Gadget so that he can defeat the villain Claw. In the meantime, Gadget and Brenda fall in love.
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | helicopterhospital |
Story: | physical comedyjumping from heightscene during end creditsevil manrescuechasepartycharacter name in title |
Paul Blart is a mild-mannered man who works as a security guard in a New Jersey mall. For years, he has applied to become a cop, but he always fails the physical exam because he is overweight. One day, a gang of organized criminals put the mall under siege and take hostages. Blart becomes trapped in …side, and because of his sense of duty, refuses to leave. He thus becomes the police department's eyes on the inside and attempts to stop the criminals on his own. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennesskidnapping |
Characters: | tattoo |
Story: | mallscene during end creditsgangrescueshootoutcharacter name in title |
Playboy Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) becomes the new publisher of Los Angeles' "The Daily Sentinel" after the sudden death of his father. Britt's party life is about to change when he and his driver and kung fu expert, Kato (Jay Chou), stop a robbery. With the help of Kato, Britt starts a new career of f …ighting crime as the masked superhero "The Green Hornet". (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterdrunkennessjealousy |
Locations: | helicopter |
Story: | crime bossargumentgangassassinface slapshot in the chestshootoutpartycharacter name in titlegunfight |
Benjamin Finnegan is a deep-sea treasure hunter certain he's onto the find of the century in waters near an island close to Key West owned by a murderous rap star to whom Ben is in debt. Ben's flat broke and recently divorced from Tess, his long-time research and diving partner whom he still loves. …She's nearby, working as a steward aboard the yacht of Nigel Honeycutt, a multimillionaire. The rapper has hired a rival treasurer hunter. Can Ben convince Nigel to bankroll his search, convince Tess to work with him, keep the rapper and his thugs at bay, and find a Spanish treasure hidden for centuries and rich beyond imagination? (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterweddingdrunkenness |
Locations: | yachthelicopter |
Story: | jet skirapattempted murderrescuechasegun |
After witnessing the brutal murders of a convenience store owner and his son, firefighter Jeremy Coleman barely escapes with his life. As he is forced to testify against the crime lord, Hagan, he is placed in the witness protection program under the watch of the U.S. Marshals. When his new identity …becomes compromised Jeremy is forced to take an unexpected course of action in order to get his life back and save the lives of those he loves. (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterkidnapping |
Locations: | airporthospital |
Characters: | tattoo |
Story: | crime bossevil manattempted murdergangassassinrescueshot in the chestshootoutchasefight |
A man is murdered. Two men witness it. A blind man who hears the killer, and a deaf man who sees them. The police don't think they're credible witnesses, but the killers don't want to take any chances. The two men must now work together to save themselves and bring the killers to justice.
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | blindnessgangsterkidnapping |
Locations: | helicopter |
Story: | blind mancrime bossshootoutchasegun |
Robert Rath is a seasoned hitman who just wants out of the business with no back talk. But, as things go, it ain't so easy. A younger, peppier assassin named Bain is having a field day trying to kill said older assassin. Rath teams up with a computer hacker named Electra to defeat the obsessed Bain.
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | helicopter |
Characters: | thief |
Story: | villain turns goodevil manassassinrescueshot in the chestshootoutchasegun |
Set against the backdrop of 1977 Los Angeles, The Nice Guys opens when single father and licensed PI Holland March (Gosling) is hired to investigate the apparent suicide of famous porn star Misty Mountains. As the trail leads him to track down a girl named Amelia (Qualley), he encounters less licens …ed and less hands-off private eye Jackson Healey (Russell Crowe) and his brass knuckles, both hired by the young hippie. However, the situation takes a turn for the worse when Amelia vanishes and it becomes apparent that March wasn't the only party interested. As both men are forced to team up, they'll have to take on a world filled with eccentric goons, strippers dressed as mermaids and even a possible government conspiracy. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | redemptiondrunkenness |
Locations: | wheelchairairporthospital |
Story: | birthday partyjumping from heightattempted murderassassinbirthdayrescueshot in the chestshootoutchasepartyfight |
Inspector Wing of the Hong Kong Police Force has become the victim of a gang, led by the evil Joe. When his entire team is killed, Wing becomes a hapless drunk, feeling guilty for the deaths of his team. A young man with a troubled past pretends to be a police officer working on the case with Wing, …to get him back on his feet and begin an adventure to get revenge on the evil Joe and his Gang of Five, especially when it becomes personal. (Read More)
Themes: | redemptiongangsterdrunkennesskidnapping |
Locations: | helicopterhospital |
Characters: | thief |
Story: | jumping from heightmarriage proposalgangbirthdayrescueshot in the chestshootoutchasepartyfight |
Jupiter Jones was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning other people's houses and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine Wise, a genetically engineered ex- …military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along - her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos. (Read More)
Themes: | redemptionweddingkidnapping |
Characters: | tattoo |
Story: | destructionevil manattempted murdermarriage proposalassassinrescueface slapshot in the chestshootoutchasecharacter name in titlegunfight |
Rowan Atkinson returns to the role of the accidental secret agent who doesn't know fear or danger in the comedy spy-thriller Johnny English Reborn. In his latest adventure, the most unlikely intelligence officer in Her Majesty's Secret Service must stop a group of international assassins before they … eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos. In the years since MI-7's top spy vanished off the grid, he has been honing his unique skills in a remote region of Asia. But when his agency superiors learn of an attempt against the Chinese premier's life, they must hunt down the highly unorthodox agent. Now that the world needs him once again, Johnny English is back in action. With one shot at redemption, he must employ the latest in hi-tech gadgets to unravel a web of conspiracy that runs throughout the KGB, CIA and even MI-7. With mere days until a heads of state conference, one man must use every trick in his playbook to protect us all. For Johnny English, disaster may be an option, but failure never is. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | redemption |
Locations: | yachtwheelchairhelicopter |
Story: | birthday partycasinoscene during end creditsassassinshot in the chestchasecharacter name in titlefight |
Amal is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens, where the latest trends are out of date when they get there. Young Elin has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to guys, but the fact is that she is inexperienced in that matter. Another girl in her school, Agnes, is in love with her … but is too shy to do anything about it. For a number of reasons, Elin ends up at Agnes' birthday party as the only guest. They have a girl's night out together but after that Elin desperately avoids Agnes, refusing to even consider her own feelings toward Agnes. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness |
Locations: | wheelchair |
Story: | birthday partyparalysisbirthdayface slappartyfight |
Hardcore Henry is an action film told from a first person perspective: You remember nothing. Mainly because you've just been brought back from the dead by your wife (Haley Bennett). She tells you that your name is Henry. Five minutes later, you are being shot at, your wife has been kidnapped, and yo …u should probably go get her back. Who's got her? His name's Akan; he's a powerful warlord with an army of mercenaries, and a plan for world domination. You're also in an unfamiliar city of Moscow, and everyone wants you dead. Everyone except for a mysterious British fellow called Jimmy. He may be on your side, but you aren't sure. If you can survive the insanity, and solve the mystery, you might just discover your purpose and the truth behind your identity. Good luck, Henry. You're likely going to need it... (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterdrunkennesskidnapping |
Locations: | car motorcycle chasewheelchairhelicopter |
Characters: | tattoo |
Story: | jumping from heightcrime bossdestructionevil manattempted murderassassinrescueshot in the chestshootoutchasecharacter name in titlegunfight |
Fate deals young orphan Matt Murdock a strange hand when he is doused with hazardous waste. The accident leaves Matt blind but also gives him a heightened "radar sense" that allows him to "see" far better than any man. Years later Murdock has grown into a man and becomes a respected criminal attorne …y. But after he's done his "day job" Matt takes on a secret identity as "The Man Without Fear," Daredevil, the masked avenger that patrols the neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen and New York City to combat the injustice that he cannot tackle in the courtroom. (Read More)
Themes: | blindnessredemptiongangster |
Locations: | airporthelicopterhospital |
Story: | blind manrosecrime bossscene during end creditsassassinchasepartycharacter name in titlefight |
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: | blindnessredemptionkidnapping |
Locations: | car motorcycle chaseairporthelicopterhospital |
Characters: | thieftattoo |
Story: | jumping from heightrapdestructionevil manassassinrescueshot in the chestshootoutchasepartyfight |
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 … 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: | gangsterweddingkidnapping |
Characters: | thieftattoo |
Story: | scene during end creditsevil mangangrescueface slapshot in the chestshootoutchase |
David Mamet takes this story of thieves along many twists and turns, some of which work and some of which don't. Gene Hackman plays the brilliant leader of a gang (Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay & Rebecca Pigeon as Hackman's youngish wife), which pulls off complex heists for a despicable fence (Danny DeVit …o). After stiffing the gang on a jewelry robbery, DeVito forces the gang to go after a Swiss gold shipment and to use his nephew (Sam Rockwell) in the crime. No one trusts anyone and every step is shaded with the unexpected. (Read More)
Themes: | gangster |
Locations: | airport |
Characters: | thieftattoo |
Story: | crime bossgangface slapshot in the chestshootoutfightgun |
Elise (Angelina Jolie) sits next to an American tourist, Frank (Johnny Depp), on a train going to Venice. She has chosen him as a decoy, making believe that he is her lover who is wanted by police. Not only will they need to evade the police, but also the mobster whose money her lover stole.
Themes: | gangster |
Locations: | airport |
Story: | misunderstandingjumping from heightcrime bosscasinogangassassinface slapparty |
Spencer Aimes is just your average, undercover, government-hired super-assassin accustomed to a life of exotic European locales, flashy sports cars and even flashier women. But when he meets Jen Kornfeldt, a beautiful, fun-loving computer tech recovering from a bad break-up, he finds true love...and … happily trades international intrigue for domestic bliss. Three years later, Spencer and Jen are still enjoying a picture-perfect marriage - that is, until the morning after Spencer's 30th birthday. That's when Spencer and Jen learn he's the target of a multi-million dollar hit. Even worse, the hired killers have been stalking the happy couple for years, and could be anyone: friends, neighbors, the grocery store clerk, even that crabby old guy shuffling across the street. Now Spencer and Jen are on the run for their lives. As their suburban paradise turns into a paranoid game of dodge-the-bullet, they must find out who wants Spencer dead and why, all the while trying to save their marriage, manage his in-laws, keep up neighborly appearances ... and just plain survive. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness |
Locations: | yachthelicopter |
Story: | birthday partyassassinbirthdayshot in the chestshootoutchasepartygunfight |
An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. A "Lethal Weapon" style cop team tries to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the "Wilderness Girls" cookie drive.
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Locations: | yachthelicopter |
Story: | attempted murderassassinface slapshot in the chestshootoutchasegun |
Ivan is a priest in a rural church known for the apples that grow on a large tree in front. He's odd: seeing the world through rose-colored glasses, in denial about personal facts, and convinced he's at war with Satan. The rectory is a half-way house for recently paroled convicts. Adam arrives for 1 …2 weeks, a large, tough neo-Nazi, first baffled by Ivan's thick-headed optimism, then angry. He vows to break Ivan's faith. Meanwhile, in exasperation at Ivan's insistence, Adam sets a personal goal: to bake an apple pie. All goes awry for the tree: crows, worms, lightening. The Book of Job gives Adam perverse insight, and his hooligan mates provide the resolution's spring. (Read More)
Themes: | redemptiondrunkenness |
Locations: | wheelchairhospital |
Characters: | thieftattoo |
Story: | paralysisrosegangbirthdayface slapshot in the chestcharacter name in titlegun |
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 …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: | gangster |
Characters: | tattoo |
Story: | birthday partycrime bosscasinoargumentshot in the chestchasepartygunfight |
June has a garage in Boston. At an airport heading home, a man bumps into her a few times and tries to keep her off the plane. He's under FBI surveillance; they wonder if he and she are working together, so they let both on a flight full of armed men wanting to arrest the stranger. He's Roy, he shoo …ts his way out of trouble and tells her she's in danger. She's home the next day, miraculously, when agents pick her up; Roy saves her again, and a transcontinental chase ensues with Roy convincing her that he's the good guy, protecting an energy source that a rogue agent wants to sell on the black market. Can she trust Roy, and will trust matter when the bullets start flying? (Read More)
Themes: | weddingkidnapping |
Locations: | car motorcycle chaseairporthelicopterhospital |
Story: | jumping from heightassassinrescueshot in the chestshootoutchasecharacter name in titlefight |
MI6's top assassin (Mark Strong) has a brother. Unfortunately for him, he's a football hooligan (Sacha Baron Cohen) from the town of Grimsby. Nobby has everything a man from the poor English fishing town of Grimsby could want - 9 children and the most attractive girlfriend in northern England (Rebel … Wilson). There's only one thing missing in his life: his little brother, Sebastian. After they were adopted by different families as children, Nobby spent 28 years searching for him. Upon hearing of his location, Nobby sets off to reunite with his brother, unaware that not only is his brother an MI6 agent, but he's just uncovered a plot that puts the world in danger. On the run and wrongfully accused, Sebastian realizes that if he is going to save the world, he will need the help of its biggest idiot. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedyfish out of water |
Themes: | redemptiondrunkennesskidnapping |
Locations: | wheelchairhelicopterhospital |
Characters: | tattoo |
Story: | jumping from heightscene during end creditsassassinrescueshot in the chestshootoutchasecharacter name in titlegunfight |
A coming of age comedy/drama for the post hip hop generation. Malcolm is a geek, carefully surviving life in The Bottoms, a tough neighborhood in Inglewood, CA filled with gangsters and drug dealers, while juggling his senior year of college applications, interviews and the SAT. His dream is to atte …nd Harvard. A chance invitation to a big underground party leads Malcolm and his friends into an "only in Los Angeles" gritty adventure filled with offbeat characters and bad choices. If Malcolm can persevere, he'll go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness |
Story: | birthday partyscene during end creditsgangface slapshot in the chestshootoutparty |
Boston, 1926. The '20s are roaring. Liquor is flowing, bullets are flying, and one man sets out to make his mark on the world. Prohibition has given rise to an endless network of underground distilleries, speakeasies, gangsters, and corrupt cops. Joe Coughlin, the youngest son of a prominent Boston …police captain, has long since turned his back on his strict and proper upbringing. Now having graduated from a childhood of petty theft to a career in the pay of the city's most fearsome mobsters, Joe enjoys the spoils, thrills, and notoriety of being an outlaw. But life on the dark side carries a heavy price. In a time when ruthless men of ambition, armed with cash, illegal booze, and guns, battle for control, no one-neither family nor friend, enemy nor lover-can be trusted. Beyond money and power, even the threat of prison, one fate seems most likely for men like Joe: an early death. But until that day, he and his friends are determined to live life to the hilt. Joe embarks on a dizzying journey up the ladder of organized crime that takes him from the flash of Jazz Age Boston to the sensual shimmer of Tampa's Latin Quarter to the sizzling streets of Cuba. Live by Night is a riveting epic layered with a diverse cast of loyal friends and callous enemies, tough rumrunners and sultry femmes fatales, Bible-quoting evangelists and cruel Klansmen, all battling for survival and their piece of the American dream. At once a sweeping love story and a compelling saga of revenge, it is a spe… (Read More)
Themes: | redemptiongangsterkidnapping |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | thief |
Story: | ambitioncrime bossdestructioncasinoattempted murdergangassassinrescueface slapshot in the chestshootoutchaseparty |
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: | drunkennessjealousy |
Locations: | airport |
Characters: | thief |
Story: | hot dog standrosescene during end creditsattempted murdermarriage proposalface slapshot in the chestchasefight |
George Lazenby steps into the role of James Bond and is sent on his first mission. For help with Draco, he must become very close friends with his daughter, Tracy, and heads off to hunt down Ernst Stavro Blofeld one more time. This takes him to Switzerland, where he must pose as Sir Hilary Bray to f …ind out the secret plan of Blofeld. The facility is covered with Blofeld's guards as well as his hench-woman, Irma Bunt. What has Blofeld got in mind this time? Can Bond keep up this act for much longer? Are ANY Bond girls safe? (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterweddingkidnapping |
Locations: | helicopter |
Story: | birthday partycasinoevil manassassinbirthdayrescueshootoutchasepartygun |
Jason Bourne is again being hunted by the CIA. It begins when Nicky Parson a former CIA operative who helped Bourne, who went under and now works with a man who's a whistle blower and is out to expose the CIA's black ops. Nicky hacks into the CIA and downloads everything on all their Black Ops, incl …uding Treadstone which Bourne was a part of. And Heather Lee, a CIA agent, discovers the hack and brings it to the attention of CIA Director Dewey, the man behind the Black Ops. He orders Parsons be found and, hopefully, Bourne, too. (Read More)
Themes: | redemptionkidnapping |
Locations: | car motorcycle chaseairporthelicopterhospital |
Characters: | tattoo |
Story: | jumping from heightcasinoassassinrescueshot in the chestshootoutchasecharacter name in titlefight |
El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor...a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The drug lord and his henchmen mistake El Mariachi for the killer, Azul, and chase him around town tryin …g to kill him and get his guitar case. (Read More)
Subgenre: | fish out of water |
Themes: | gangsterkidnapping |
Story: | crime bossevil manattempted murdergangassassinshot in the chestshootoutchasecharacter name in titlegun |
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)
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | car motorcycle chaseairporthelicopterhospital |
Story: | jumping from heightevil mangangrescueshot in the chestshootoutchasefightgun |
In Johannesburg, a small time criminal, Tsotsi, is a teenager without feelings, hardened by his tough life. After a series of violent gang hits, Tsotsi hijacks a car. However, whilst driving, Tsotsi finds that there is a baby on the back seat. He brings the baby to his house in the slum. The next si …x days bring about a change in him that couldn't be foreseen. (Read More)
Themes: | redemptiongangsterdrunkennesskidnapping |
Locations: | wheelchairhospital |
Characters: | thief |
Story: | change of heartparalysisgangcharacter name in titlefightgun |