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A re-run of many of the gags from the original TV series 'Police Squad'. An Airplane type spoof, this time with the an incompetent lieutenant (Drebin) who always 'gets his man'. Visual gags come thick and fast, and it's impossible to catch them all with one viewing. The plot.. Queen Elizabeth II of …England is coming to town, and Vincent Ludwig has plans to assassinate her using a brainwashed baseball player. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedypolice proceduralslapstickabsurdismcult filmindependent film |
Themes: | police investigationunlikely heroinvestigationmurder |
Mood: | law enforcement satirecar chasebreaking the fourth wallparodyspoofsatire |
Locations: | car on firelaboratorybaseballpolice stationwheelchairboatlos angeles californiacarbeachhospital |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutstudent drivermayorvillaindetectivepolice |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | baseball gamerun over by a steamrollerfish tankbrainwashed assassinsex wearing a condomrunning over a fire hydrantroom fireexploding carspin off from cult favoritelearner driveranaheim angelsfoot popping kissbumbling herowalking on a ledgeballpark …player pianodriving instructorsteamrollerhit with a doorbumblerimplied fellatiofake orgasmgag humordefenestrationairbagumpirebased on cult tv seriesbeavercomic violencesex on first datesafe sexfat womanassassination plotcrazy humorpenwoman wearing only a man's shirtbriton abroadopera singermicroscopeexploding truckinformantfirearmschemebrainwashingharborrocketirreverencestadiumaquariumbribebloody nosestupidityembarrassmentscammind controlpress conferenceexploding buildingblockbusterspin offassassination attemptgameobscene finger gesturequeengraffitifireworksfirst partexclamation point in titlepresidentopening action sceneevil manstatuebased on tv seriesmicrophonefemme fataledinnerfishtoiletterroristcookingassassinscientistrevolverfalling from heightgunfightcondomurinationfistfightshootoutpunctuation in titlevoice over narrationfireexplosionsequelgun (See All) |
Oscar night. Who will win? Who will lose? And will someone please kick that numbskull off stage? Wait! That's no ordinary numbskull. That's Lt. Frank Drebin, crashing the ceremonies to stop a terrorist plot that could mean curtains for him -- or will a simple window shade be enough?
Subgenre: | slapstick comedypolice proceduralslapstickabsurdismcult film |
Mood: | law enforcement satirebreaking the fourth wallparodyspoof |
Locations: | baseballpolice stationlos angeles californiahospital |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutdetectivepolice |
Story: | bumbling herobased on cult tv seriescrazy humoraquariumstupidityopening action scenebased on tv seriesterroristscientistrevolvergunfightfistfightshootoutvoice over narrationexplosion …sequelgun (See All) |
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 comedyabsurdismcult filmindependent film |
Mood: | law enforcement satirebreaking the fourth wallparodyspoof |
Locations: | police stationbeach |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivepolice |
Story: | exploding carfoot popping kissbeaveraquariumfemme fataleassassinrevolverfalling from heightshootoutexplosiongun |
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 …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)
Subgenre: | police proceduralcult film |
Themes: | investigation |
Mood: | law enforcement satirecar chaseparodyspoof |
Locations: | police stationlos angeles californiabeach |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutmayordetectivepolice |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | exploding carpress conferenceobscene finger gesturebased on tv seriesrevolvergunfightfistfightshootoutvoice over narrationfireexplosionsequel |
Lt. Frank Drebbin returns to save the day once again. This time he's out to foil the "big boys" in the energy business. A top scientist (Dr Mainheimer) is about to publish his report on energy supply for the future. Things don't look good for the traditional suppliers; oil, coal and nuclear. To save … their industries, the suppliers kidnap Mainheimer and replace him with a decoy with a more favourable report. Jane, the Dr's secretary, is Drebbin's old flame; they're passionate love affair is thus rekindled. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedypolice proceduralcult film |
Themes: | unlikely heroinvestigation |
Mood: | law enforcement satirespoof |
Locations: | wheelchair |
Characters: | police detectivepolice |
Story: | bumbling herohit with a doorbumblerbased on cult tv seriescrazy humorblockbusterpresidentbased on tv seriesfemme fatalescientistgunsequel |
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.
Subgenre: | police proceduralcult film |
Locations: | police stationboatlos angeles california |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutdetectivepolice |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | running over a fire hydrantexploding cardefenestrationblockbusterassassination attemptfirst partassassinrevolverfalling from heightgunfightfistfightshootout |
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 comedyslapstickcult film |
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | car chasebreaking the fourth wall |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | villainpolice |
Story: | exploding carbumbling herocomic violencerocketblockbusterevil manstatuebased on tv seriesscientistexplosion |
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 … 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)
Subgenre: | police procedural |
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | car chaseparodyspoof |
Locations: | police stationcarbeachhospital |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutvillaindetectivepolice |
Story: | informantaquariumassassination attemptbased on tv seriesassassinrevolverfistfightshootoutexplosion |
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 comedyabsurdism |
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | car chasesatire |
Locations: | wheelchairboathospital |
Characters: | police |
Story: | exploding carassassination plotexploding truckrocketstadiumstupiditypress conferenceexploding buildingassassination attemptfireworksopening action scenefemme fatalefishtoiletterrorist …assassinscientistfalling from heightgunfightcondomurinationfistfightshootoutexplosiongun (See All) |
A State Department employee newly posted to the American embassy in London is charged with stopping terrorists from getting into the U.S. That puts her right in the line of fire and she is targeted for death and framed for crimes. Discredited, she is forced to go on the run while she tries to clear …her name and stop a large-scale terrorist attack set for New Year's Eve in Times Square. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | unlikely heromurder |
Locations: | laboratorywheelchair |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivepolice |
Story: | exploding carmicroscopeexploding buildingassassination attemptopening action sceneterroristassassinscientistrevolverfalling from heightgunfightfistfightshootoutfireexplosion |
To be a Pet Detective, you have to understand both the criminals and animals. Ace Ventura goes even further... He behaves like a criminal animal. When a football team's mascot (a dolphin) is stolen just before the Superbowl, Ace Ventura is put on the case. Now, who would want to steal a dolphin, and … why? (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedycult film |
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationwheelchair |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutdetectivepolice |
Story: | aquariumstupidityobscene finger gesturefirst partfishrevolvershootoutfire |
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 …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)
Subgenre: | police procedural |
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | baseballboathospital |
Characters: | police shootoutmayordetective |
Story: | baseball gamepress conferenceblockbustergameopening action sceneterroristrevolvergunfightfistfightshootoutexplosionsequel |
Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh, after escaping death from the previous movies are put on a hit list by The Triads. When blood thirsty mercenaries are on their tail they team up again with Leo Getz and Lorna Cole, a newcomer (Chris Rock) to finally put an end to the Triads for good.
Subgenre: | police proceduralcult film |
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | wheelchairboatlos angeles california |
Characters: | police shootoutdetectivepolice |
Story: | exploding carexploding truckblockbusteropening action scenerevolverfalling from heightgunfightfistfightshootoutsequel |
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 …murder, they have to pretend to be each other. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationwheelchaircar |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutdetectivepolice |
Story: | exploding caraquariumblockbusterfirst partopening action scenegunfightfistfightshootoutfireexplosiongun |
Stanley Ipkiss ('Jim Carrey' (qv)) is a bank clerk that is an incredibly nice man. Unfortunately, he is too nice for his own good and is a pushover when it comes to confrontations. After one of the worst days of his life, he finds a mask that depicts Loki, the Norse night god of mischief. Now, when …he puts it on, he becomes his inner, self: a cartoon romantic wild man. However, a small time crime boss, Dorian Tyrel ('Peter Greene (I)' (qv)), comes across this character dubbed "The Mask" by the media. After Ipkiss's alter ego indirectly kills his friend in crime, Tyrel now wants this green-faced goon destroyed. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedycult filmindependent film |
Themes: | unlikely hero |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutmayorvillaindetectivepolice |
Story: | comic violencecrazy humorblockbusterfirst partgunfightfistfightshootout |
After Nick is murdered by his own partner, he joins the Rest in Peace Department to protect the world from the undeads. While working with his new partner, many undeads are seen gathering in Boston. Soon he realizes that someone close to him is behind all a plot to bring on the apocalypse.
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutdetectivepolice |
Story: | baseball gameexploding carinformantstadiumobscene finger gesturerevolverfalling from heightgunfightfistfightshootoutexplosion |
Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as an L.A.P.D. detecti …ve... (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | unlikely heromurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationlos angeles california |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutdetectivepolice |
Story: | exploding carmicrophonerevolverfalling from heightgunfightfistfightshootoutfireexplosion |
In 2035, technophobic homicide detective Del Spooner of the Chicago PD heads the investigation of the apparent suicide of leading robotics scientist, Dr. Alfred Lanning. Unconvinced of the motive, Spooner's investigation into Lanning's death reveals a trail of secrets and agendas within the USR (Uni …ted States Robotics) corporation and suspicions of murder. Little does he know that his investigation would lead to uncovering a larger threat to humanity. (Read More)
Subgenre: | police procedural |
Themes: | police investigationinvestigationmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | laboratory |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivepolice |
Story: | exploding carblockbusterscientistfalling from heightgunfightfistfightshootoutpunctuation in titlegun |
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...
Subgenre: | police proceduralcult film |
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | car chase |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutdetectivepolice |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | exploding carexploding truckblockbusteropening action scenegunfightfistfightshootoutexplosionsequel |
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 …in forces to catch the criminals and save the eleven-year-old Chinese girl of the Chinese consul named Soo Yung. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | police stationlos angeles californiacar |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutvillaindetectivepolice |
Story: | exploding carinformantexploding buildingblockbusterfirst partopening action scenerevolverfalling from heightgunfightfistfightshootoutexplosion |
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 …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: | investigationmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | baseballpolice stationwheelchairboathospital |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutmayordetectivepolice |
Story: | exploding carstadiumpress conferenceexploding buildingfireworksterroristgunfightfistfightshootoutfireexplosiongun |
Riggs and Murtaugh are trying to take down some drug dealers but the they turn out to be not run of the mill drug dealers; they have automatic weapons and helicopters. Eventually they grab one of their vehicles and find a million dollars worth of gold coins or Krugerrands in the trunk. Later Murtaug …h is threatened by the men they're pursuing. That's when the Captain reassigns them to protect a man named Leo Getz who is suppose to testify in a big case. When they get to where Leo is, someone tries to kill him and that's when they learn he laundered half a billion dollars worth of drug money. He then takes them to a place he once went to and that's when the people there start shooting at them. Later when they come back with back up they learn that the men work for the South African consulate and have diplomatic immunity. They deduce that they are the ones they were looking for, but because of they have diplomatic immunity they can't do anything. (Read More)
Subgenre: | police proceduralcult film |
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationlos angeles californiabeach |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivepolice |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | fish tanksex on first dateblockbusterassassination attemptopening action sceneassassinrevolverfalling from heightgunfightcondomfistfightshootoutexplosionsequel |
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: | police investigationinvestigationmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationbeachhospital |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutdetectivepolice |
Story: | exploding carwalking on a ledgeassassination attemptopening action sceneassassinfalling from heightgunfightshootoutfireexplosionsequel |
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)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | investigationmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | baseballpolice stationbeach |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutstudent driverdetectivepolice |
Story: | informantschemestupidityobscene finger gestureevil manrevolvergunfightfistfightshootout |
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 investigationinvestigationmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationhospital |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutdetectivepolice |
Story: | exploding carinformantexploding buildingopening action scenerevolvergunfightfistfightshootoutfireexplosion |
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)
Subgenre: | absurdismcult filmindependent film |
Themes: | unlikely heroinvestigationmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationcarbeachhospital |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutdetectivepolice |
Story: | exploding carassassination attemptcookingassassinrevolverfalling from heightgunfightfistfightshootoutexplosion |
When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the diamond Pink Panther disappears, the ambitious Chief Insp. Dreyfus assigns the worst police inspector Jacques Clouseau to the case. His intention is to …give a diversion to the press, while he uses his best men to chase the killer and thief. He assigns Gendarme Gilbert Ponton to work with Clouseau and inform each step of the investigation. When Clouseau is nominated with honor to the highest prize in France, Dreyfus decides to humiliate Clouseau and take him out of the case. However Clouseau has already solved the mystery. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedycult film |
Themes: | investigationmurder |
Mood: | parodyspoof |
Locations: | wheelchairboathospital |
Characters: | police |
Story: | bumblerfirearmstadiumaquariumpress conferencegamefirst partmicrophonerevolverfiregun |
After super-villain Megamind (Ferrell) kills his good-guy nemesis, Metro Man (Pitt), he becomes bored since there is no one left to fight. He creates a new foe, Tighten (Hill), who, instead of using his powers for good, sets out to destroy the world, positioning Megamind to save the day for the firs …t time in his life. (Read More)
Mood: | parodysatire |
Locations: | laboratory |
Characters: | mayorvillainpolice |
Story: | exploding carcrazy humorexploding truckexploding buildingstatuefishfalling from heightvoice over narrationfireexplosiongun |
Light Turner, a bright student, stumbles across a mystical notebook that has the power to kill any person whose name he writes in it. Light decides to launch a secret crusade to rid the streets of criminals. Soon, the student-turned-vigilante finds himself pursued by a famous detective known only by … the alias L. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | police investigationmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationhospital |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivepolice |
Story: | mind controlpress conferenceexploding buildingobscene finger gesturebased on tv seriesfemme fatalefalling from heightfireexplosiongun |
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)
Subgenre: | police proceduralcult film |
Themes: | investigationmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationwheelchairboathospital |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutmayorvillaindetectivepolice |
Story: | exploding carrocketpress conferenceexploding buildingblockbusteropening action sceneevil manterroristassassinscientistrevolverfalling from heightgunfightfistfightshootout …fireexplosionsequel (See All) |
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: | unlikely heroinvestigationmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | wheelchairlos angeles californiahospital |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | fish tankexploding cardefenestrationaquariumstupidityassassination attemptfemme fatalefishtoiletassassinrevolverfalling from heightgunfightfistfightshootout …voice over narrationfireexplosion (See All) |
Los Angeles street racer Dominic Toretto falls under the suspicion of the LAPD as a string of high-speed electronics truck robberies rocks the area. Brian O'Connor, an officer of the LAPD, joins the ranks of Toretto's highly skilled racing crew undercover to convict Toretto. However, O'Connor finds …himself both enamored with this new world and in love with Toretto's sister, Mia. As a rival racing crew gains strength, O'Connor must decide where his loyalty really lies. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | los angeles californiacar |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutdetectivepolice |
Story: | exploding carblockbusterfirst partopening action sceneevil mangunfightfistfightshootoutfire |
After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, … they begin to question their partnership. Now they don't have to just crack the case - they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | investigation |
Mood: | car chasesatire |
Locations: | police stationbeach |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutdetectivepolice |
Story: | exploding carcrazy humorstadiumstatuebased on tv seriesfalling from heightgunfightfistfightshootoutexplosionsequel |
The true story of Danny Greene, an impoverished but charismatic young Irish-American who rises to power as president of the longshoreman's local union and is charged with corruption but evades serious jail time by becoming an FBI informant. With fearless nerve he joins forces with a Mafia gangster t …o rise to power in Cleveland's underworld, gaining the reputation of a Robin Hood-like figure with nine lives as he escapes countless assassination attempts. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivepolice |
Story: | exploding carinformantexploding buildingassassination attemptpresidentassassinrevolverfistfightshootoutvoice over narrationfireexplosion |
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 comedyslapstickabsurdism |
Themes: | unlikely heromurder |
Locations: | wheelchair |
Story: | brainwashed assassinbumbling heroassassination plotbrainwashingstupiditymind controlassassination attemptqueencookingassassinfalling from heighturinationfistfightexplosionsequel |
Juggling some angry Russians, the British Mi5, his impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai must traverse the globe armed only with his good looks and special charm in a race to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain the co …de to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | unlikely heroinvestigationmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationlos angeles california |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | bumbling heroinformantbloody nosestupidityassassination attemptfemme fataletoiletterroristassassinrevolverfalling from heightgunfighturinationfistfightshootout …voice over narrationfireexplosiongun (See All) |
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | unlikely heroinvestigation |
Locations: | laboratory |
Characters: | mayorpolice |
Story: | fish tankexploding caraquariummind controlpress conferenceexploding buildingobscene finger gesturegraffitiopening action scenescientistfalling from heightfistfightfireexplosion |
Jackie Chan, a top secret militant soldier, crashes into the South African jungle after his mission of kidnapping three scientists (who were experimenting with a powerful mineral) has gone awry. Waking up in a village of local natives, Chan has no memory of who he is, thus being addressed as "Who Am … I". His journey with aid from two female sidekicks to find out his identity leads him all the way to Rotterdam where he coincidentally discovers the location of the organization that kidnapped the three scientists. With no memory, Chan is thirsty for answers by any means necessary. (Read More)
Subgenre: | absurdismcult filmindependent film |
Themes: | unlikely heromurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | laboratorypolice stationhospital |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivepolice |
Story: | exploding carwalking on a ledgeassassination attemptopening action sceneassassinscientistfalling from heightgunfightfistfightshootoutexplosion |
Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught with the murder weapon at the scene of the crime, the t …wo have no alibi. Thrown into prison with most of the criminals they helped convict, it appears that they are going to have to trust each other if they are to clear their names and catch the evil Perret. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationlos angeles california |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutvillaindetectivepolice |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | aquariumexploding buildingopening action scenerevolvergunfightfistfightshootoutexplosion |
The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate the gang, but the attempt fails miser …ably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | police investigationinvestigationmurder |
Locations: | police stationbeach |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutdetectivepolice |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | fish tankinformantaquariumassassination attemptevil manrevolverfalling from heightgunfightfistfightshootoutfireexplosiongun |
Terry Hoitz's past mistakes in the line of duty and Allen Gamble's reluctance to take risks have landed them the roles of the "Other Guys", disgraced New York City police detectives relegated to filling out paperwork for cocky hero cops Danson and Highsmith. The mismatched duo must look past their d …ifferences when they take on a high-profile investigation of shady capitalist David Ershon and attempt to fill the shoes of the notoriously reckless officers they idolize. (Read More)
Subgenre: | police procedural |
Themes: | investigation |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivepolice |
Story: | exploding carpress conferenceexploding buildingrevolvershootoutvoice over narrationexplosion |
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)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | police investigationinvestigationmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationhospital |
Characters: | police detectivevillaindetective |
Story: | assassination attemptopening action sceneevil manassassinrevolverfalling from heightgunfightfistfightshootoutfireexplosion |
Themes: | investigationmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | wheelchairboathospital |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutdetectivepolice |
Story: | exploding carbloody noseassassination attemptopening action scenestatueassassinrevolverfalling from heightgunfightfistfightshootoutvoice over narrationfireexplosiongun |
A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she buys him a machine gun out of the back of a van, and begins to further interfere with his job and love life, eventually helping him with a case he's on.
Subgenre: | cult film |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police shootoutpolice |
Story: | comic violenceembarrassmentexclamation point in titleopening action scenerevolvergunfightshootoutpunctuation in titlegun |
Jim West is a guns-a-blazing former Civil War hero. Artemus Gordon is an inventive U.S. Marshal who excels in disguise. When the United States is threatened by psychotic Confederate Arliss Loveless, President Ulysses Grant teams the duo up to bring him to justice. On a hazard-packed train journey fr …om Washington D.C. to Utah, West and Gordon must combine their skills to best Loveless and his diabolical machines. (Read More)
Locations: | wheelchair |
Characters: | villain |
Story: | exploding buildingblockbusterassassination attemptopening action sceneevil manbased on tv seriesfemme fataleterroristassassinrevolvergunfightfistfightshootoutexplosion |
At the offices of a Japanese corporation, during a party, a woman, who's evidently a professional mistress, is found dead, apparently after some rough sex. A police detective, Web Smith is called in to investigate but before getting there, he gets a call from someone who instructs him to pick up Joh …n Connor, a former police Captain and expert on Japanese affairs. When they arrive there Web thinks that everything is obvious but Connor tells him that there's a lot more going on. (Read More)
Themes: | investigationmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police stationwheelchairlos angeles california |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivepolice |
Story: | exploding carscientistrevolvergunfightfistfightshootout |
Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. And to stop the rest of his team looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford. He is paired with Danny Butterman, who endlessly questions him on the action lifestyle. Everything seems quiet for Angel, until two actors are found deca …pitated. It is called an accident, but Angel isn't going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead. Angel and Danny clash with everyone, whilst trying to uncover the truth behind the mystery of the apparent "accidents". (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedypolice proceduralabsurdismcult film |
Themes: | investigationmurder |
Mood: | law enforcement satirecar chaseparodyspoof |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivepolice |
Story: | brainwashingbloody nosegraffitigunfighturinationshootoutvoice over narrationexplosiongun |
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 comedycult filmindependent film |
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | police detectivepolice shootoutdetectivepolice |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | press conferencefirst partopening action scenerevolvergunfightfistfightshootoutexplosion |
After the Kingsman headquarters are blown up by a psychotic criminal named Poppy Adams. The surviving agents find their way to an allied secret organisation based in Kentucky, named Statesman. The two agencies must now work together in order to save the world and take down the so called 'Golden Circ …le'. (Read More)
Subgenre: | absurdism |
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | car chasesatire |
Locations: | laboratorycarhospital |
Story: | exploding carstadiumexploding buildingassassination attemptobscene finger gesturequeenopening action scenestatuefemme fataledinnertoiletassassinrevolvergunfightcondom …fistfightshootoutexplosiongunsequel (See All) |
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 …an begins to investigate the murders despite orders from his superior officer, Lieutenant Briggs. A man has to know his limitations... (Read More)
Subgenre: | police proceduralcult film |
Themes: | investigationmurder |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | car on firepolice stationhospital |
Characters: | police shootoutdetectivepolice |
Story: | exploding carmicroscopeevil manterroristrevolverfalling from heightgunfightshootoutexplosionsequel |