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Taking place in the American Northwest in the early 1880s, the film dramatizes the last seven months in the life of famed outlaw Jesse James, beginning with the Blue Cut train robbery of 1881 and culminating in his assassination at the hands of Robert Ford the following April. In the time between th β¦ese two fateful events, the young and jealous Ford befriends the increasingly mistrustful outlaw, even as he plots his demise. (Read More)
Themes: | depressiondrunkennessbetrayalfriendshiprevenge |
Mood: | train robbery |
Characters: | suicide by gunshotcousin cousin relationshipolder man younger woman relationshipphotographerbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | reference to p.t. barnumpinkerton agentpalm sundaycelebrity criminalreference to jezebelkansas city missourigood fridaykilling a snakeapril fool's dayhero worshipcolt 45cold blooded killerlast supperreference to mark twainamazing grace hymn β¦photo studiofrozen lakeknife held to throatcowardiceshot in the footshot in the handamerican civil warknocked unconscioustheatre productionno title at beginninggun held to headsecret identityrainstormtheatre audiencesociopathbank robberyshot in the legassassinationno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the headmale rear nuditymale nudity (See All) |
Having seen his father killed in a major gang fight in New York, young Amsterdam Vallon is spirited away for his own safety. Some years later, he returns to the scene of his father's death, the notorious Five Points district in New York. It's 1863 and lower Manhattan is run by gangs, the most powerf β¦ul of which is the Natives, headed by Bill "The Butcher" Cutting. He believes that America should belong to native-born Americans and opposes the waves of immigrants, mostly Irish, entering the city. It's also the time of the Civil War and forced conscription leads to the worst riots in US history. Amid the violence and corruption, young Vallon tries to establish himself in the area and also seek revenge over his father's death. (Read More)
Themes: | betrayalrevenge |
Characters: | father son relationship |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | reference to p.t. barnumamazing grace hymnamerican civil warno title at beginningassassinationno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the head |
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: | drunkennessbetrayalrevengefriendship |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | shot in the handrainstormno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the head |
In the 1930s, an elderly Tonto tells a young boy the tale of John Reid, the Lone Ranger. An idealistic lawyer, he rides with his brother and fellow Texas Rangers in pursuit of the notorious Butch Cavendish. Ambushed by the outlaw and left for dead, John Reid is rescued by the renegade Comanche, Tont β¦o, at the insistence of a mysterious white horse and offers to help him to bring Cavendish to justice. Becoming a reluctant masked rider with a seemingly incomprehensible partner, Reid pursues the criminal against all obstacles. However, John and Tonto learn that Cavendish is only part of a far greater injustice and the pair must fight it in an adventure that would make them a legend. (Read More)
Themes: | betrayalrevenge |
Mood: | train robbery |
Characters: | brother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | shot in the handno title at beginningbank robberyshot in the legno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the head |
The true story of 'Desmond T. Doss' (qv), the conscientious objector who, at the Battle of Okinawa, won the Medal of Honor for his incredible bravery and regard for his fellow soldiers. We see his upbringing and how this shaped his views, especially his religious view and anti-killing stance. We see β¦ Doss's trials and tribulations after enlisting in the US Army and trying to become a medic. Finally, we see the hell on Earth that was Hacksaw Ridge. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | cowardiceshot in the legno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the headmale rear nuditymale nudity |
While exploring g uncharted wilderness in 1823, legendary fronjitiersman Hugh Glass sustains injuries from a brutal bear attack. When his hunting team leaves him for dead, Glass must utilize his survival skills to find a way back home while avoiding natives on their own hunt. Grief-stricken and fuel β¦ed by vengeance, Glass treks through the wintry terrain to track down John Fitzgerald, the former confidant who betrayed and abandoned him. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessbetrayalrevengefriendship |
Characters: | father son relationship |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | shot in the footshot in the handgun held to headrainstormshot in the legno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the headmale rear nudity |
Director Antoine Fuqua brings his modern vision to a classic story in The Magnificent Seven. With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue, the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns. As they prepa β¦re the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessbetrayalfriendshiprevenge |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | cowardiceshot in the footshot in the handsociopathshot in the legshot in the backshot in the head |
Butch and Sundance are the two leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch is all ideas, Sundance is all action and skill. The west is becoming civilized and when Butch and Sundance rob a train once too often, a special posse begins trailing them no matter where they run. Over rock, through towns, a β¦cross rivers, the group is always just behind them. When they finally escape through sheer luck, Butch has another idea, "Let's go to Bolivia". Based on the exploits of the historical characters. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessbetrayalfriendship |
Mood: | train robbery |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | shot in the handbank robberyshot in the legshot in the back |
When drug violence worsens on the USA Mexico border, the FBI sends an idealistic agent, Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) on a mission to eradicate a drug cartel responsible for a bomb that had killed members of her team.
Themes: | betrayalfriendshiprevenge |
Characters: | husband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | no title at beginninggun held to headshot in the legassassinationno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the headmale rear nudity |
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: | betrayalrevenge |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | amazing grace hymnassassinationno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the head |
Kyle and Sarah Miller have it all: a huge gated house on the water, fancy cars, and the potential for romance in their relationship. He's just back from a business trip (he brokers diamonds) and their teen daughter Avery is sneaking out to a party, when four thugs in security uniforms and ski masks β¦stage a home invasion. They want what's in the safe: cash and diamonds. Kyle stalls them, trying to negotiate for Sarah's freedom. Over the next few hours, the back stories of the four robbers (two brothers, a girlfriend, and the representative of a local drug kingpin) as well as the fault lines in Kyle and Sarah's marriage come into play. Is there room here for heroism? (Read More)
Themes: | betrayal |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | knife held to throatshot in the footgun held to headshot in the legno opening creditsshot in the back |
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: | drunkennessbetrayalfriendship |
Characters: | photographer |
Story: | celebrity criminalno title at beginningtheatre audiencebank robberyshot in the legno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the head |
It's 1913, and the traditional American West is dying. Among the inhabitants of this dying time era are a outlaw gang called "The Wild Bunch". After a failed bank robbery, the gang head to Mexico to do one last job. Seeing their times and lives drifting away in the newly formed world of the 20th cen β¦tury, the gang take the job and end up in a brutally, violent last stand against their enemies who deemed to be corrupt in a small Mexican town, ruled by a ruthless general. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessbetrayalrevengefriendship |
Mood: | train robbery |
Characters: | brother brother relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | sociopathbank robberyshot in the legshot in the backshot in the head |
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 β¦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: | betrayalfriendship |
Characters: | husband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | shot in the footknocked unconsciousshot in the legno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the head |
Based on a true story of James "Whitey" Bulger, an Irish Mob godfather and FBI informant who had a "secret trading" deal with his brother, William "Billy" Bulger, a state senator and a Boston public figure, and John Connolly, an FBI agent. They planned to take down the Italian mob and mafia in Bosto β¦n, which went awry and things turned massively violent. When the credence for each other began fading out, drug dealing, murders, and extortion started to rise, and forced the FBI's Boston office to confirm that Whitey Bulger was one of the most notorious criminals in US history and also one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List criminals. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessbetrayalfriendshiprevenge |
Characters: | brother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | sociopathshot in the legno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the head |
In Nazi Germany during World War II, as the tide turned in favor of The Allies, a cadre of senior German officers and politicians desperately plot to topple the Nazi regime before the nation is crushed in a near-inevitable defeat. To this end, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, an Army officer convince β¦d he must save Germany from Hitler, is recruited to mastermind a real plan. To do so, he arranges for the internal emergency measure, Operation: Valkyrie, to be changed to enable his fellows to seize control of Berlin after the assassination of the Fuhrer. However, even as the plan is put into action, a combination of bad luck and human failings conspire on their own to create a tragedy that would prolong the greater one gripping Europe. (Read More)
Themes: | betrayalfriendshiprevenge |
Characters: | suicide by gunshotphotographerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | assassinationno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the head |
Hard drinking, burnt out ex CIA operative John Creasy has given up on life until he's hired as a bodyguard to protect nine year old Pita Ramos. Bit by bit, Creasy begins to reclaim some of his soul, but when pita is kidnapped, Creasy's fiery rage is finally released and he will stop at nothing to sa β¦ve her as he sets out on a dangerous, revenge fuelled rescue mission. (Read More)
Themes: | betrayalrevengefriendship |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | shot in the footshot in the handgun held to headassassinationshot in the head |
Rural Australia in the late nineteenth century: Capt. Stanley and his men capture two of the three Burns brothers, Charlie and Mike. Their gang is held responsible for attacking the Hopkins farm, raping pregnant Mrs. Hopkins and murdering the whole family. Arthur Burns, the eldest brother and the ga β¦ng's mastermind, remains on the loose and has retreated to a mountain hideout. Capt. Stanley's proposition to Charlie is to gain pardon and - more importantly - save his beloved younger brother Mike from the gallows by finding and killing Arthur within nine days. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessbetrayalrevenge |
Characters: | photographerbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | shot in the footgun held to headshot in the backshot in the head |
Baghdad, the playground for the rich and infamous, where anything can be bought - but for a price. This is Uday Hussein's world and with his depraved lust for debauchery and immorality, he helps himself to whatever turns him on. When army lieutenant Latif Yahia is summoned to Saddam's palace, he is β¦faced with an impossible request - to be Uday's 'fiday' - his body double, or have his family condemned to death. In a world entrenched in betrayal and corruption, knowing who to trust becomes a matter of life or death for Latif, as he battles to escape from his forced existence. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessbetrayalrevenge |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | shot in the handsociopathshot in the headmale rear nudity |
An elite DEA team raids the safe house of a drug cartel and hide $10 million in the plumbing. When they go back to retrieve the money it is not there. The team is under investigation for the missing $10 million. Then after a couple months the investigation is lifted. The team trains together again a β¦nd then celebrates at a strip club. Then one of the team is murdered. He wakes up in his RV on railroad tracks. Then a second team member is nailed to the ceiling. The third team member is gunned down at his remote cabin. There is a female City of Atlanta investigator in charge of the murders. After investigating the cartel angle, the twisted truth comes to light. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessbetrayalrevengefriendship |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | gun held to headsociopathshot in the legno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the head |
Boss Spearman, Charley Waite, Mose Harrison and Button freegraze their cattle across the vast prairies of the West, sharing a friendship forged by a steadfast code of honor and living a life unencumbered by civilization. When their wayward herd forces them near the small town of Harmonville, the cow β¦boys encounter a corrupt sheriff and kingpin rancher who govern the territory through fear, tyranny and violence. Boss and Charley find themselves inextricably drawn towards an inevitable showdown, as they are forced to defend the freedom and values of a lifestyle that is all too quickly vanishing. Amidst the turmoil, life suddenly takes an unexpected turn for the loner Charley when he meets the beautiful and warm spirited Sue Barlow, a woman who embraces both his heart and his soul. (Read More)
Themes: | friendshiprevenge |
Characters: | brother sister relationship |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | shot in the footknocked unconsciousrainstormshot in the legshot in the backshot in the head |
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: | drunkennessbetrayalrevengefriendship |
Characters: | brother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | shot in the handrainstormsociopathbank robberyshot in the headmale rear nudity |
Thomas Craven is a detective who has spent years working the streets of Boston. When his own daughter is killed outside his own home, Craven soon realizes that her death is only one piece of an intriguing puzzle filled with corruption and conspiracy, and it falls to him to discover who is behind the β¦ crime. (Read More)
Themes: | betrayalrevenge |
Characters: | father daughter relationship |
Story: | shot in the handshot in the legassassinationno opening creditsshot in the head |
Shane rides into a conflict between cattleman Ryker and a bunch of settlers, like Joe Starrett and his family, whose land Ryker wants. When Shane beats up Ryker's man Chris, Ryker tries to buy him. Then Shane and Joe take on the whole Ryker crew. Ryker sends to Cheyenne for truly evil gunslinger Wil β¦son. Shane must clear out all the guns from the valley. (Read More)
Themes: | friendshiprevenge |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | cold blooded killercowardiceknocked unconsciousrainstorm |
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 β¦ighting crime as the masked superhero "The Green Hornet". (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessrevenge |
Characters: | father son relationship |
Story: | no title at beginninggun held to headsecret identityshot in the legno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the head |
In the 1870s, Captain Nathan Algren, a cynical veteran of the American Civil war who will work for anyone, is hired by Americans who want lucrative contracts with the Emperor of Japan to train the peasant conscripts for the first standing imperial army in modern warfare using firearms. The imperial β¦Omura cabinet's first priority is to repress a rebellion of traditionalist Samurai -hereditary warriors- who remain devoted to the sacred dynasty but reject the Westernizing policy and even refuse firearms. Yet when his ill-prepared superior force sets out too soon, their panic allows the sword-wielding samurai to crush them. Badly wounded Algren's courageous stand makes the samurai leader Katsumoto spare his life; once nursed to health he learns to know and respect the old Japanese way, and participates as advisor in Katsumoto's failed attempt to save the Bushido tradition, but Omura gets repressive laws enacted- he must now choose to honor his loyalty to one of the embittered sides when the conflict returns to the battlefield... (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessrevengefriendship |
Characters: | brother sister relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | american civil wartheatre productionshot in the legno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the head |
In the final instalment of the Godfather Trilogy, an aging Don Michael Corleone seeks to legitimize his crime family's interests and remove himself from the violent underworld but is kept back by the ambitions of the young. While he attempts to link the Corleone's finances with the Vatican, Michael β¦must deal with the machinations of a hungrier gangster seeking to upset the existing Mafioso order and a young protoge's love affair with his daughter. (Read More)
Themes: | betrayalrevenge |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipphotographerbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | assassinationno opening credits |
Conquering 90% of the known world by the age of 25, Alexander the Great led his armies through 22,000 miles of sieges and conquests in just eight years. Coming out of tiny Macedonia (today part of Greece), Alexander led his armies against the mighty Persian Empire, drove west to Egypt, and finally m β¦ade his way east to India. This film will concentrate on those eight years of battles, as well as his relationship with his boyhood friend and battle mate, Hephaestion. Alexander died young, of illness, at 33. Alexander's conquests paved the way for the spread of Greek culture (facilitating the spread of Christianity centuries later), and removed many of the obstacles that might have prevented the expansion of the Roman Empire. In other words, the world we know today might never have been if not for Alexander's bloody, yet unifying, conquest. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessbetrayalfriendshiprevenge |
Characters: | husband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | knife held to throatrainstormshot in the legassassinationno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the headmale rear nuditymale nudity |
Brazil, 1960s, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970s: Li'l Ze has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bene is the only one to keep him on t β¦he good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years, and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980s: Things are out of control between the last two remaining gangs...will it ever end? Welcome to the City of God. (Read More)
Themes: | friendshiprevenge |
Characters: | photographerbrother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | shot in the footsociopathbank robberyassassinationshot in the backshot in the headmale nudity |
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: | betrayalrevenge |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | no title at beginningbank robberyshot in the legno opening creditsshot in the backmale rear nudity |
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: | betrayalrevengefriendship |
Characters: | photographerbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | sociopathbank robberyshot in the legassassinationno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the head |
A story following Archer, a man tortured by his roots. With a strong survival instinct, he has made himself a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. Political unrest is rampant in Sierra Leone as people fight tooth for tooth. Upon meeting Solomon, and the beautiful Maddy, Archer's life cha β¦nges forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessbetrayal |
Characters: | photographerbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | knife held to throatrainstormshot in the legshot in the backshot in the head |
Despite being no saint herself, Julia Cody has shielded her seventeen year old son, Joshua "J" Cody, from her Melbourne-based criminal relatives who they have not seen in years. After Julia dies in front of J's eyes from a self-inflicted heroin overdose, J, who is slightly detached from life, feels β¦he has no choice but to contact his maternal grandmother, Janine "Smurf" Cody, the family matriarch, for a place to live. Smurf rules the family with a borderline incestuous love over her three sons, the quietly menacing Andrew "Pope" Cody, the hyperactive Craig Cody, and the barely of age Darren Cody. Pope and his best friend, Barry "Baz" Brown, are armed robbers, with Darren their up and coming apprentice, while Craig is a mid level drug dealer. Melbourne's Armed Robbery Squad is after specifically Pope, who is hiding out. But when the standoff between the Codys and the Armed Robbery Squad is brought up a notch, an all out war ensues, with some casualties and J caught in the middle. The only grounding in J's life is his girlfriend, Nicky Henry. With those casualties comes an investigation by Homicide Detective Senior Sergeant Nathan Leckie, who knows the Codys are involved in some of those deaths. As Leckie tries to get J on his side, J has to figure out how best to get himself out from the middle, where he trusts neither side. J also wants to figure out how to exact what he considers justice in an all around bad situation. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessbetrayalrevengefriendship |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | gun held to headsociopathbank robberyshot in the backshot in the head |
In the early 1970s, Nicholas Garrigan, a young semi-idealistic Scottish doctor, comes to Uganda to assist in a rural hospital. Once there, he soon meets up with the new President, Idi Amin, who promises a golden age for the African nation. Garrigan hits it off immediately with the rabid Scotland fan β¦, who soon offers him a senior position in the national health department and becomes one of Amin's closest advisers. However as the years pass, Garrigan cannot help but notice Amin's increasingly erratic behavior that grows beyond a legitimate fear of assassination into a murderous insanity that is driving Uganda into bloody ruin. Realizing his dire situation with the lunatic leader unwilling to let him go home, Garrigan must make some crucial decisions that could mean his death if the despot finds out. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessbetrayalfriendship |
Characters: | photographerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | assassinationshot in the backshot in the headmale rear nuditymale nudity |
Themes: | betrayalrevenge |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | rainstormassassinationno opening creditsshot in the head |
A lone man, recently released from prison, seeks out the people from his past who he believes betrayed him. While he forces each to atone for their sins, he must also face what meting out vengeance will do to his immortal soul. Meanwhile, he's not the only one looking to settle old scores. Hired by β¦the man responsible for the events which lead him to prison, an eccentric contract killer follows his every move. Scenes of them crossing paths, sometimes violently, are interspersed with the assassin's self-realizations of how to deal with struggles within his own life. As if old enemies & hired guns aren't enough, a young female detective begrudgingly works alongside a veteran investigator looking to simply survive his last two weeks on the force before retirement, as they seek out the brazen ex-con who has been blazing a path of gasoline-powered destruction in his vintage Chevelle. (Read More)
Themes: | betrayal |
Characters: | brother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | shot in the handbank robberyshot in the backshot in the head |
1934. Young adults Bonnie Parker, a waitress, and Clyde Barrow, a criminal just released from prison, are immediately attracted to what the other represents for their life when they meet by chance in West Dallas, Texas. Bonnie is fascinated with Clyde's criminal past, and his matter-of-factness and β¦bravado in talking about it. Clyde sees in Bonnie someone sympatico to his goals in life. Although attracted to each other physically, a sexual relationship between the two has a few obstacles to happen. Regardless, they decide to join forces to embark on a life of crime, holding up whatever establishments, primarily banks, to make money and to have fun. They don't plan on hurting anyone physically or killing anyone despite wielding loaded guns. They amass a small gang of willing accomplices, including C.W. Moss, a mechanic to fix whatever cars they steal which is important especially for their getaways, and Buck Barrow, one of Clyde's older brothers. The only reluctant tag-along is Buck's nervous wife, Blanche Barrow, a preacher's daughter. The gang's life changes after the first fatal shot is fired. Following, their willingness to shoot to kill increases to protect themselves and their livelihood. Their notoriety precedes them, so much so that no matter what one's opinion is of them, most want to have some association to the Barrow gang, to help them, to be spoken in the same breath as them, or to capture and or kill them. Of the many people they encounter in their crime spree, tβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | betrayalrevenge |
Characters: | photographerbrother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | celebrity criminaltheatre audiencebank robberyshot in the legshot in the backshot in the head |
A gun-for-hire "Hitman" is a genetically-engineered, elite assassin known only as Agent 47 hired by a group known only as 'The Organization' is ensnared in a political conspiracy, which finds him pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Eastern Europe. But even 47 couldn' β¦t anticipate a "random equation" in his life exactitude: the unexpected stirrings of his conscience and the unfamiliar emotions aroused in him by a mysterious Russian woman. (Read More)
Characters: | brother brother relationship |
Story: | secret identityrainstormshot in the legassassinationshot in the backshot in the headmale nudity |
Professional Brooklyn hitman Jimmy Conlon is more commonly known as THE GRAVEDIGGER. Jimmy was a mob hit-man, who was best friends with his boss Sean Maguire. But when Jimmy's son, Michael, is marked for death by the mob, Jimmy must go up against Sean to protect Michael at all costs. Together, he an β¦d Michael must avoid corrupt cops, contract killers and the mob to survive the night. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessrevenge |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | sociopathno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the head |
In 1945, the Marines attack twelve thousand Japaneses protecting the twenty square kilometers of the sacred Iwo Jima island in a very violent battle. When they reach the Mount Suribachi and six Marines raise their flag on the top, the picture becomes a symbol in a post Great Depression America. The β¦government brings the three survivors to America to raise funds for war, bringing hope to desolate people, and making the three men heroes of the war. However, the traumatized trio has difficulty dealing with the image built by their superiors, sharing the heroism with their mates. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessfriendship |
Characters: | photographerbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | shot in the legno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the head |
Sherlock Holmes ('Robert Downey Jr.' (qv)) and his longtime trusted associate, Doctor Watson ('Jude Law' (qv)), take on their arch-nemesis, Professor Moriarty ('Jared Harris (I)' (qv)), with the help of Holmes' older brother Mycroft Holmes ('Stephen Fry (I)' (qv)) and a gypsy named Simza ('Noomi Rap β¦ace' (qv)). (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessfriendship |
Characters: | brother brother relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | no title at beginningno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the headmale rear nudity |
After seven years in solitary, Jake Green is released from prison. In the next two years, he amasses a lot of money by gambling. He's ready to seek his revenge on Dorothy (Mr. D) Macha, a violence-prone casino owner who sent Jake to prison. He humiliates Macha in front of Macha's lieutenants, leaves β¦, and keels over. Doctors tell him he has a rare disease and will die in three days; Macha also puts a hit out on him. Loan sharks, Zack and Avi, demand Jake's cash and complete fealty in return for protection. Jake complies, and through narration and flashbacks, we watch him through at least three days of schemes, danger, and redemption. Who is his greatest enemy? (Read More)
Themes: | revenge |
Characters: | father daughter relationship |
Story: | cold blooded killershot in the footshot in the handknocked unconsciousshot in the backshot in the headmale rear nuditymale nudity |
A psychic doctor, John Clancy (Sir Anthony Hopkins), works with an F.B.I. Special Agent (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) in search of serial killer Charles Ambrose (Colin Farrell). After having lived in isolation for two years, since the death of his daughter, Clancy is asked by his friend Joe, an F.B.I. Speci β¦al Agent to help him solve several murders committed by a serial killer. The problem is that Ambrose is also psychic, and far ahead of Clancy. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Characters: | father daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | sociopathshot in the legno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the head |
Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal had left them long ago, and comes back to make things right with his family.
Themes: | depressionfriendship |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | shot in the handtheatre audience |
Sean Archer, a very tough, rugged FBI Agent, is still grieving for his dead son Michael. Archer believes that his son's killer is his sworn enemy and a very powerful criminal, Castor Troy. One day, Archer has finally cornered Castor, however, their fight has knocked out Troy cold. As Archer finally β¦breathes easy over the capture of his enemy, he finds out that Troy has planted a bomb that will destroy the entire city of Los Angeles and all of its inhabitants. Unfortunately the only other person who knows its location is Castor's brother Pollux, and he refuses to talk. The solution, a special operation doctor that can cut off people's faces, and can place a person's face onto another person. Archer undergoes one of those surgeries to talk to Pollux. However, Castor Troy somehow regains consciousness and now wants revenge on Archer for taking his face. Not only is Troy ruining Archer's mission, but his personal life as well. Archer must stop Troy again. This time, it's personal. (Read More)
Themes: | revenge |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | shot in the footsociopathshot in the legshot in the backshot in the head |
In the Maya civilization, a peaceful tribe is brutally attacked by warriors seeking slaves and human beings for sacrifice for their gods. Jaguar Paw hides his pregnant wife and his son in a deep hole nearby their tribe and is captured while fighting with his people. An eclipse spares his life from t β¦he sacrifice and later he has to fight to survive and save his beloved family. (Read More)
Characters: | mother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | no title at beginningrainstormno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the headmale rear nudity |
During Grant's presidency, Jonah Hex is a remorseless bounty hunter. In the Civil War, he was a rebel whose honor put him afoul of a Confederate general, Quentin Turnbull, who murdered Jonah's family while Jonah watched. As a result of the ordeal, Jonah's face is disfigured and he can talk with the β¦dead. After staging his own death, Turnbull, with a group of rebel stalwarts, hatches a plan to bring the Union to its knees. Grant wants Hex to stop it. While the nation readies to celebrate Independence Day, Hex and an unlikely ally have little time to stop Turnbull and his weapon of mass destruction. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessrevenge |
Mood: | train robbery |
Story: | knife held to throatamerican civil wargun held to headno opening creditsshot in the backshot in the head |
A sniper on a mercenary assassination team, working for an unknown client, kills the minister of mines of the Congo. Terrier's (Sean Penn's) successful kill shot forces him to go into hiding to protect himself and the members of the team from retribution. This includes abruptly abandoning his girlfr β¦iend who has no idea what is going on. The assassination, paid for by a foreign mining company, triggers wide spread chaos and death in an already inflamed Congo. Terrier returns to the Congo years later working for an NGO, but eventually finds himself to be the target of a paid hit squad somehow connected to the ministers assassination. This leads to immediate deaths and the endangerment of the people working around him, and forces him back into hiding. In trying to discover who has put a price on his head, he begins to reconnect to the members of his old assassination team, including his old girlfriend. Always aware there is no path to redemption for his crimes, he is also periodically incapacitated by a type of accumulated and evolving physical brain damage caused by the hard knocks of his occupation. Unexpectedly, given the time that has elapsed, his reconnection to his old assassination team exposes additional intrigues with immediate deadly consequences. All of his years spent in hiding, have merely delayed the twisted end game that now enfolds. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessbetrayalfriendshiprevenge |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | shot in the handshot in the legassassinationshot in the backshot in the headmale rear nudity |
For the last 8 years the brothers have been living with their father on a sheep farm deep in isolated Ireland. One day their uncle tells them that they have been framed for the murder of a Bostonian Catholic priest. The boys must return to Boston to not only clear their names but find the men who fr β¦amed them. (Read More)
Themes: | betrayalrevengefriendship |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | shot in the handshot in the legshot in the backshot in the headmale rear nudity |
A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars. Part of his initiation includes a bloody assault on a hick bar.
Themes: | drunkennessbetrayalrevengefriendship |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | sociopathshot in the legshot in the backshot in the head |