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That famous jewel, The Pink Panther, has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to catch the thief. The Inspector is convinced that 'The Phantom' has returned and utilises all of his resources - himself and his oriental manservant - to reveal the true identity of 'The Phantom'.
Subgenre: | caper comedymartial arts spoofslapstick comedyheist |
Themes: | museum robbery |
Locations: | japanese restaurantfrancenightclubswimming pool |
Characters: | sniper riflepolicemandetectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Period: | zip line1970s |
Story: | playing accordionwoman wearing a bikiniaccidentally shooting oneselfwagner ride of the valkyriesreference to attila the huninterrupted by telephoneeating with chopsticksassembling a rifleman in a bubble bathcold creambandaged nosegun shaped lighterfake blindnesspink pantherattempted assassination β¦brake failurewoman removes her clothessweaty facepants pulled downlocked in a car trunkclothes torn offacme brandstraitjacketbaguettestolen clothesbead curtainwhite glovesbumblingpadded cellwhite suitcaged birdbelly dancingsteam roomfortune cookiewall safeanimated title sequencefake bearddoor bellbroken fingerlubricantreturning character with different actorslow motion action scenenightstickjewel thieffictional countrylight bulbcat burglardiscothequetrolleyman in dragrevolving doorbelly dancerarm slingglovefamous scorecrashing through a windowchimpanzeeelectric shockaccidental shootingbubble bathroadblockvaletresortvacuum cleaneraccordionalarmdrugged drinkparrotblind manswitzerlandsaunacigarette lighterbutlercrossbowdiamondfourth partfarcesabotagebank robberymassagebinocularsfalse accusationdisguisestrangulationcolor in titlebombpaintingbikiniexplosionbare chested malesequel (See All) |
The trademark of The Phantom, a renowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Clouseau, an expert on The Phantom's exploits, feels sure that he knows where The Phantom will strike next and leaves Paris for Switzerland, where the famous Lugashi jewel 'The Pink Panther' is β¦ going to be. However, he does not know who The Phantom really is, or for that matter who anyone else really is... (Read More)
Subgenre: | caper comedyslapstick comedyheist |
Characters: | policemandetectivepolice |
Story: | pink pantherbumblingwall safeanimated title sequencejewel thiefglovefamous scorediamondfarcecolor in titlebare chested male |
After having been rewarded for solving the mystery of the Pink Panther Diamond, inspector Jacques Clouseau has been assigned to minor tasks by his boss inspector Dreyfus so as not to have him in his way anymore. Unfortunately, the famous diamond has once again been stolen as have many other artifact β¦s in a series of burglaries around the world. His past success will enable inspector Clouseau to be part of the dream team comprised of the greatest detectives of the affected countries, where he will be able to display his numerous talents across the world. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Locations: | france |
Characters: | policemandetectivepolice |
Story: | pink pantherbumblinganimated title sequencereturning character with different actorfamous scoreelectric shockdiamondbinocularsdisguisecolor in titlesequel |
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 β¦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 comedyheist |
Locations: | france |
Characters: | sniper riflepolicemanpolice |
Story: | pink pantherbumblinganimated title sequencediamondfarcedisguisepainting |
Frank Martin, played by newcomer Ed Skrein, a former special-ops mercenary, is now living a less perilous life - or so he thinks - transporting classified packages for questionable people. When Frank's father (Ray Stevenson) pays him a visit in the south of France, their father-son bonding weekend t β¦akes a turn for the worse when Frank is engaged by a cunning femme-fatale, Anna (Loan Chabanol), and her three seductive sidekicks to orchestrate the bank heist of the century. Frank must use his covert expertise and knowledge of fast cars, fast driving and fast women to outrun a sinister Russian kingpin, and worse than that, he is thrust into a dangerous game of chess with a team of gorgeous women out for revenge. From the producers of LUCY and the TAKEN trilogy, THE TRANSPORTER REFUELED is a fresh personification of the iconic role of Frank Martin, that launches the high-octane franchise into the present-day and introduces it to the next generation of thrill-seekers. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Locations: | francenightclubswimming pool |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | wall safereturning character with different actorslow motion action scenedrugged drinkcigarette lighterfourth partsabotagebank robberyfalse accusationdisguisestrangulationbare chested malesequel |
Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as an L.A.P.D. detecti β¦ve... (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedyheist |
Characters: | policemandetectivepolice |
Story: | jewel thiefdiamondfarcedisguisecolor in titleexplosion |
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 comedy |
Characters: | detectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | discothequearm slingfarcedisguisebombexplosionsequel |
Set within a year after the events of Batman Begins, Batman, Lieutenant James Gordon, and new district attorney Harvey Dent successfully begin to round up the criminals that plague Gotham City until a mysterious and sadistic criminal mastermind known only as the Joker appears in Gotham, creating a n β¦ew wave of chaos. Batman's struggle against the Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to "confront everything he believes" and improve his technology to stop him. A love triangle develops between Bruce Wayne, Dent and Rachel Dawes. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Locations: | nightclub |
Characters: | sniper rifledetectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Period: | zip line |
Story: | white glovesreturning character with different actorfamous scorecrashing through a windowdrugged drinkbutlerbank robberyfalse accusationdisguisebombexplosionbare chested malesequel |
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a Russian policeman sent after a Georgian drug dealer who has escaped to the United States and is awaiting extradition in Chicago. Jim Belushi plays his temporary partner on the Chicago police. When the drug dealer escapes, the two police must overcome their differences i β¦n order to recapture him. (Read More)
Characters: | policemandetectivepolice |
Story: | broken fingerrevolving doorblind mandisguisecolor in title |
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 β¦are devastating the world's financial markets. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Locations: | france |
Characters: | police |
Story: | cigarette lighterdiamondbank robberybinocularsbombbikiniexplosionbare chested male |
Michael Mason, a pick-pocket living in Paris steals a bag with a teddy bear in it. Not realizing the toy contains a timed bomb, he tosses it aside on a busy street. A few seconds later it explodes, killing four people. CCTV footage reveals Masons face and the French police tag him as a terrorist thr β¦eat. The explosion, although botched, was set up by a select group of the French Interior Ministry as a decoy so they can make a half billion dollar digital transfer from a bank, (closed on French National Day) -hence the title Bastille Day. In a separate CIA investigation the unruly agent Sean Briar, discovers the real story behind Masons "terrorist attack". The two men, on different sides of the law, collaborate to bring the corrupt members of the Ministry down. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Characters: | sniper rifledetectivepolice |
Story: | nightstickrevolving doorbank robberyfalse accusationdisguisebombexplosion |
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enor β¦mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | policemanpolice |
Story: | wall safefictional countrytrolleyalarmbutlerfarcebinocularsstrangulationpaintingbare chested male |
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)
Characters: | sniper riflehusband wife relationship |
Story: | fake beardslow motion action scenedrugged drinkswitzerlanddisguisebombexplosionbare chested malesequel |
In Seattle, detective Quentin Conners is unfairly suspended and his partner Jason York leaves the police force after a tragic shooting on Pearl Street Bridge, when the hostage and the criminal die. During a bank heist with a hostage situation, Conners is assigned in charge of the operation with the β¦rookie Shane Dekker as his partner. The thieves, lead by Lorenz, apparently do not steal a penny from the bank. While chasing the gangsters, the police team disclose that they planted a virus in the system, stealing one billion dollars from the different accounts, using the principle of the Chaos Theory. Further, they find that Lorenz is killing his accomplices. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Characters: | sniper riflepolicemandetectivepolice |
Story: | alarmbank robberybombexplosion |
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 β¦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)
Characters: | sniper riflepolicemandetective |
Story: | woman removes her clothesbroken fingerarm slingcigarette lightersabotagedisguiseexplosionbare chested male |
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 β¦ 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 |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | sniper rifle |
Story: | vacuum cleanerdrugged drinkswitzerlandbinocularsfalse accusationdisguiseexplosionsequel |
Annie Porter, the woman who was held on a bus with a bomb attached to it that will go off if it slows down. She dated the cop who saved her but broke up with him because he was constantly putting his life in danger. She would then date a guy named Alex who is also a cop but told her that he does a m β¦undane assignment. But she eventually learns that he works for the same unit that the other guy worked for and is also addicted to danger. She wants to break up with but he surprises her with a cruise. She agrees to go. And he's planning to propose to her. But when he notices another passenger act peculiar, he can't help but try to find out what's up with him. He's Geiger, a computer man who designed the ship's systems, who was fired. He then takes over the ship's systems and sets it on a course that will send it into a tanker. Alex tries to stop him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Locations: | nightclub |
Characters: | husband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | alarmdiamondsabotagebinocularsdisguisebombexplosionbare chested malesequel |
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)
Subgenre: | heist |
Locations: | nightclub |
Characters: | detectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | cigarette lightersabotagebank robberybombbikiniexplosionbare chested male |
A tale of double cross and revenge, centered upon the members of an elite U.S. Special Forces unit sent into the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. The team-Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar -find themselves the target of a lethal betrayal instigated from inside by a powerful enemy β¦ known only as Max. Presumed dead, the group makes plans to even the score when they're joined by the mysterious Aisha, a beautiful operative with her own agenda. Working together, they must remain deep undercover while tracking the heavily-guarded Max, a ruthless man bent on embroiling the world in a new high-tech global war. (Read More)
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | sniper riflehusband wife relationship |
Story: | glovecrossbowsabotagebinocularsdisguisestrangulationbikiniexplosionbare chested male |
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 |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | door belldisguisebombexplosionbare chested male |
Set in the 1970s in a metropolis called "Bay City," this is the tale of two police detective partners, Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson, and Dave Starsky, who always seem to get the toughest cases from their boss, Captain Dobey, rely on omniscient street informer Huggy Bear and race to the scene of the crimes β¦ in their souped-up 1974 Ford Torino hot rod, telling the story of their first big case (as a prequel to the TV show), which involved a former college campus drug dealer who went on to become a white collar criminal. (Read More)
Locations: | nightclubswimming pool |
Characters: | sniper rifledetectivepolice |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | disguiseexplosionbare chested male |
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 |
Characters: | policemanpolice |
Story: | blind manfarcefalse accusation |
After a clumsy operation trying to capture a drug dealer, the N.Y.P.D Detectives Jimmy Monroe and Paul Hodges are suspended for one month by their Captain Romans. Jimmy decides to sell his rare baseball card to pay for his daughter's expensive wedding while his jealous partner believes that his wife β¦ is cheating on him with their next-door neighbor. When Jimmy sells his card to a memorabilia store, the place is burgled by two small-time thieves and the detective loses his card. They track down the thieves. (Read More)
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | policemandetectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | locked in a car trunkbinocularsfalse accusationdisguisestrangulation |
Miles, a nebbishy clarinet player who also runs a health food store in NYC's Greenwich Village, is cryogenically frozen, and brought back - 200 years in the future, by anti-government radicals in order to assist them in their attempt to overthrow the oppressive government. When he goes off on his ow β¦n, he begins to explore this brave new world, which has Orgasmatron booths to replace sex and confessional robots. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Characters: | policemanpolice |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | alarmfarcedisguisepaintingexplosion |
This comedy film brings Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and an all-star cast to the starting line of the ultimate auto race, a madcap cross-country scramble that roars full-speed ahead. This action-comedy was inspired by an actual event: the Cann β¦onball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an anything goes, all-stops-out - and very much illegal - competition that has grown to legendary proportions within the last ten years. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | police |
Story: | woman wearing a bikiniroadblockbinocularsdisguise |
Left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by nuns at birth, three friends Moe, Larry and Curly spend their time eye poking and slapping each other all the day long. But when their orphanage suddenly goes bankrupt, the three Stooges set out to save it by journeying into the world to find a way to rais β¦e the money required. But their quest brings them into being used in a murder scheme and landing them into a popular reality show. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | husband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | arm slingbutlerfarcebinocularsdisguiseexplosion |
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 β¦bal crisis. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Locations: | nightclubswimming pool |
Story: | slow motion action scenedrugged drinkdiamonddisguisestrangulationbombexplosion |
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 β¦de to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Locations: | nightclubswimming pool |
Characters: | policemandetectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | accidental shootingcigarette lightercrossbowpaintingbikiniexplosionbare chested male |
After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit "The Penguin", the last of the nuns who raised them in a boarding school. They learn the Archdiocese will stop supporting the school and will sell the place to the Education Authority. The only way to keep the place open β¦is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within 11 days. The Blues Brothers want to help, and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the money by staging a big gig. As they set off on their "mission from God" they seem to make more enemies along the way. Will they manage to come up with the money in time? (Read More)
Characters: | sniper riflehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | wagner ride of the valkyriesblind mansaunafarcesabotagebombbikiniexplosionbare chested male |
Victor Maynard is a middle-aged, solitary assassin, who lives to please his formidable mother, despite his own peerless reputation for lethal efficiency. His professional routine is interrupted when he finds himself drawn to one of his intended victims, Rose. He spares her life, unexpectedly acquiri β¦ng in the process a young apprentice, Tony. Believing Victor to be a private detective, his two new companions tag along, while he attempts to thwart the murderous attentions of his unhappy client. (Read More)
Characters: | sniper rifledetective |
Story: | caged birdarm slingbubble bathparrotdiamondbare chested male |
Lorelei and Dorothy are just "Two Little Girls from Little Rock", lounge singers on a transatlantic cruise, working their way to Paris, and enjoying the company of any eligible men they might meet along the way, even though "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend." Based on the Broadway musical based on β¦the novel. (Read More)
Locations: | nightclubswimming pool |
Characters: | detective |
Story: | accordiondrugged drinkdiamondfarcebare chested male |
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacl β¦es, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Locations: | nightclubswimming pool |
Characters: | policeman |
Story: | vacuum cleanersabotagedisguisebombpaintingexplosionbare chested male |
By a twist of fate, the clumsy, yet good-hearted aspiring actor, Hrundi V. Bakshi, is invited to Fred Clutterbuck's big party, after ruining utterly the set of his latest feature film. However, unbeknownst to the host, Bakshi is present at the gathering, merrily mingling with the hand-picked guests β¦in his magnificent hi-tech villa, where the drinks are flowing and everybody is in high spirits. But much to everyone's surprise, when Bakshi accidentally has his first-ever sip of alcohol, only God knows how this well-thought party is going to end up. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Story: | bumblingelectric shockaccordionparrotpaintingbikiniexplosion |
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)
Subgenre: | heist |
Characters: | policemanhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | jewel thiefdrugged drinkdisguiseexplosion |
Former criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London from his Icelandic hideaway when his son is involved in a heist gone wrong. This gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to catch the man he has always been after. As they face off, they start to uncover a deeper conspiracy they both β¦ need to solve in order to survive. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Locations: | nightclub |
Characters: | sniper rifledetectivepolice |
Story: | explosionbare chested male |
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)
Subgenre: | heist |
Locations: | nightclubswimming pool |
Characters: | sniper riflehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | bank robberydisguiseexplosionbare chested male |
In 1848, a New York bank wants to put a railroad across Mexico, so it buys up small banks around Santa Rita, Durango, and evicts farmers on the proposed rail line who owe money. The bank's henchman is the murderous Jackson. He runs afoul of two women, Maria, the tough but uneducated daughter of a fa β¦rmer, and Sara, the European-educated daughter of the owner of one of these banks. To feed the now landless people and to seek revenge, Maria and Sara become bank robbers, veritable Robin Hoods. But Jackson and his hired guns are after them. What are the women's options? (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Characters: | detective |
Story: | slow motion action scenealarmdrugged drinkcrossbowbank robberydisguiseexplosion |
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 β¦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)
Locations: | nightclub |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | wall saferevolving doormassagedisguisebombexplosionbare chested malesequel |
Marv is unconscious on a highway surrounded by corpses. When he awakes, he has amnesia and tries to recall his last steps from the Kadie's saloon on the Saturday night. He recalls that he found four playboys burning a homeless man alive and defended the poor man. Marv hunts them down and kills the g β¦roup. The cocky gambler Johnny hits jackpot in slot machines in the Kadie's saloon and invites the waitress Marcie to go with him to play poker game against the powerful Senator Roark. He wins the game and suffers the consequence of his arrogance. The private detective Dwight McCarthy is contacted by his former lover Ava Lord that asks to meet him at the Kadie's saloon. Ava asks him for forgiveness for leaving him to marry the wealthy Damian Lord. However her strong chauffeur Manute takes her home. Dwight snoops around Ava's house but is found and beaten by Manute and the bodyguards. When he returns home, Ava is waiting for him naked in the bed and seduces him again. Then she tells that Damian and Manute torture her and soon she will be killed. Once again Manute takes Ava with him and hits Dwight that invites Marv to help him to rescue Ava. Damian denies the accusation but Dwight beats him to death while Marv tear Manute's eye out. But soon Dwight finds that he was lured by Ava that shoots him. Marv rescues Dwight and takes him to the Old Town where Dwight finds his former lover Gail that helps him to recover while Dwight plots revenge against Ava. (Read More)
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | detective |
Story: | broken fingerreturning character with different actorcrashing through a windowcigarette lightercrossbowbinocularsdisguisestrangulationbombexplosionbare chested malesequel |
Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves in a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing who desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turns out to be the greatest kung-fu masters in disguise. Sing's actions eventually cause the Axe Gang and th β¦e slumlords to engage in an explosive kung-fu battle. Only one side will win and only one hero will emerge as the greatest kung-fu master of all. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Locations: | nightclub |
Characters: | policeman |
Story: | trolleyblind mancigarette lighterfarcedisguisebare chested male |
The RIDE ALONG 2 sequel picks up about a year after our heroes' last adventure. Plans for a quick trip to Miami go bad. With the wedding upcoming, James reluctantly takes Ben with him to Miami to follow up on a lead connected to a drug ring case he's been trying to crack. In Miami, they meet Maya, a β¦ no-BS homicide detective who lets them know Miami is her turf. They also encounter AJ, a shady cocky computer hacker who reveals evidence that implicates a well-respected local businessman, the wealthy Antonio Pope. Pope harbors a vicious streak and rules South Florida's drug trade. If Ben and James can convince the authorities that Pope is a brutal crime boss they'll stop his spree. If they fail, well there may not be a wedding after all. (Read More)
Locations: | nightclub |
Characters: | detectivepolice |
Story: | accidental shootingbinocularsdisguisebombexplosionsequel |
Kevin Chan (aka Jackie) is a Hong-Kong cop, who scores his first big hit by virtually single-handedly capturing and arresting a big drug- lord. Of course, the drug-lord isn't too happy about this, and frames Kevin with the murder of another cop (who happened to be on the take). Kevin has to clear hi β¦s name, whilst keeping himself from getting killed or arrested, and keeping his girlfriend from leaving him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | policemandetectivepolice |
Story: | crashing through a windowroadblockfalse accusationexplosionbare chested male |
It is the early 60s in France. The remaining survivors of the aborted French Foreign Legion have made repeated attempts to kill DeGaulle. The result is that he is the most closely guarded man in the world. As a desperate act, they hire The Jackal, the code name for a hired killer who agrees to kill β¦French President De Gaulle for half a million dollars. We watch his preparations which are so thorough we wonder how he could possibly fail even as we watch the French police attempt to pick up his trail. The situation is historically accurate. There were many such attempts and the film closely follows the plot of the book. (Read More)
Characters: | sniper rifledetectivepolice |
Story: | saunabank robberybinocularsdisguisestrangulationexplosionbare chested male |
The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate the gang, but the attempt fails miser β¦ably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher. (Read More)
Locations: | nightclubswimming pool |
Characters: | policemandetectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | cigarette lighterfalse accusationdisguisestrangulationbombexplosionbare chested male |
JJ 'Jake' Gittes is a private detective who seems to specialize in matrimonial cases. He is hired by Evelyn Mulwray when she suspects her husband Hollis, builder of the city's water supply system, of having an affair. Gittes does what he does best and photographs him with a young girl but in the ens β¦uing scandal, it seems he was hired by an impersonator and not the real Mrs. Mulwray. When Mr. Mulwray is found dead, Jake is plunged into a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest, and municipal corruption all related to the city's water supply. (Read More)
Characters: | detectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | bandaged nosefamous scorebutlersabotagebinocularsfalse accusationbare chested male |
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, Welles relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into β¦ obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town private eye. (Read More)
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | detectivehusband wife relationship |
Story: | wall safecrashing through a windowbutlercrossbowbinocularsstrangulationbare chested male |
Max and Page are a mother and daughter con team. Max seduces wealthy men into marrying her, then Page seduces them into infidelity so Max can rake them over the divorce court coals. And then it's on to the next victim.
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | valetdrugged drinkfarcebinocularsdisguise |
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influenc β¦e of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Characters: | policemandetectivepolice |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | gloveaccordionstrangulationpaintingexplosion |
Comical goings on at an exclusive golf club. All the members are wealthy and eccentric, and all the staff are poor and slightly less eccentric. The main character is 'Danny'; he's a caddy who will do almost anything to raise money to go to college. There are many subplots, including the assistant gr β¦een keeper's pursuit of a cute (obviously stuffed) gopher. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | electric shockfarcemassagebinocularsbikiniexplosionbare chested male |
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 β¦her name and stop a large-scale terrorist attack set for New Year's Eve in Times Square. (Read More)
Characters: | sniper rifledetectivepolice |
Story: | cigarette lighterbinocularsfalse accusationdisguisebombexplosion |