Posts Tagged ‘mafia’

Jackal, The (1997)

Monday, July 28th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
Countries: France | Germany | Japan | UK | USA
Actors: Willis, Bruce | Gere, Richard | Poitier, Sidney | Venora, Diane | May, Mathilda | J.K. Simmons | Lineback, Richard | Cunningham, John | Black, Jack | Harper, Tess | Phillips, Leslie | Spinella, Stephen | Okonedo, Sophie | Hayman, David | Bassett, Steve
Directors: Caton-Jones, Michael
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Russian mobster Terek Murad has declared open season on the Russian militia and the FBI over the shooting of his brother in a Moscow nightclub. He hires the Jackal, a nasty assassin whom nobody has even seen, to kill the Director of the FBI. With nowhere else to turn (except a woman who used to work with the Basque separatists, who is now in the USA but whose exact whereabouts in unknown to all save Mulqueen), FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston (who was present at the Moscow shooting) and Major Valentina Koslova of the Russian milita (who pulled the trigger in that shooting) enlist the reluctant services of Declan Mulqueen, an imprisoned IRA sniper, to track the Jackal down, for Declan is the only other person who can positively identify the Jackal.

Dead Pool, The (1988)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Eastwood, Clint | Neeson, Liam | Kim, Evan C. | Hunt, David | Currie, Michael | Goodwin, Michael | Gillett, Darwin | Charnota, Anthony | Beale, Christopher P. | Vick, John Allen | Richmond, Jeff | Van Horn, Patrick | Carrey, Jim | Love, Nicholas | Heart, John X.
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After Harry’s arrest of a gambling kingpin results in a conviction for murder, a group of thugs shoot up Harry’s car and try to kill him. Harry overpowers them and is paired with a new partner, Insp. Al Quan (Evan Kim). Within days of this assignment Harry and Al find themselves working on a mysterious death of a rock star, who was on location filming a movie directed by Peter Swan (Liam Neeson). After one of Swan’s crew is killed in a Chinatown robbery that is foiled by Al & Harry, Al discovers a list of celebrities on the dead man that includes the dead rock star and one Inspector Harry Callahan. They soon discover that this is part of a strange game called the Dead Pool, and it isn’t long before other people on the list turn up dead…and someone starts making attempts on Harry’s life…

New Jack City (1991)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Snipes, Wesley | Ice-T | Payne, Allen | Rock, Chris | Michele, Michael | Nunn, Bill | Wong, Russell | Cobbs, Bill | Williams, Christopher | Nelson, Judd | Williams, Vanessa | Johns, Tracy Camilla | DeSando, Anthony | Ashford, Nick
Directors: Van Peebles, Mario
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In 1989, Nino Brown, a small time drug dealer, is convinced by one of his fellow thugs that the wave of the future is in the cocaine derivative, crack. Brown sees potential in crack and sets out to establish himself as chief kingpin by killing off his rivals and even going as far as to take over a whole apartment complex. Out to stop him are undercover cops Scottie Appleton and Nick Paretti. Appleton especially wants to get Nino because of the fact that he murdered Scottie’s mother as part of a gang initiaton. Also involved is Pookie, a former crackhead who wants to bring down Nino as well.

True Romance (1993)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Slater, Christian | Arquette, Patricia | Rapaport, Michael | Kilmer, Val | Pinchot, Bronson | Hopper, Dennis | Oldman, Gary | Pitt, Brad | Sizemore, Tom | Walken, Christopher | Jackson, Samuel L. | Rubinek, Saul | Gandolfini, James | Argo, Victor | Adonis, Frank
Directors: Scott, Tony
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Clarence Worley, a penniless hipster in Detroit with a love for Elvis meets a mysterious hooker paid to meet him named Alabama on his birthday in a theater at night. Falling in love, he makes it his mission to dispose of her past, namely her violent pimp, Drexl Spivey. Defeating him and unknowingly taking a vast fortune of Cocaine, the two fight to sell the white gold in Los Angeles as Drexl’s associates fight to reclaim it in a bloody romantic thriller full to the brim with style.

Rounders (1998)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Damon, Matt | Norton, Edward | Cicero, Paul | Turturro, John | Iannicelli, Ray | Mol, Gretchen | Janssen, Famke | Goldsmith, Merwin | Malkovich, John | Landau, Martin | Zito, Sonny | Rispoli, Michael | Lawrence, Mal Z. | Kanakaredes, Melina | Mostel, Josh
Directors: Dahl, John
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A young man (Damon) is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.

Cooler, The (2003)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Macy, William H. | Baldwin, Alec | Bello, Maria | Hatosy, Shawn | Livingston, Ron | Sorvino, Paul | Warren, Estella | Nascarella, Arthur J. | Fatone, Joey | Gainey, M.C. | Greene, Ellen | Scribner, Don | Longo, Tony | Israel, Richard | Landfield, Timothy
Directors: Kramer, Wayne
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The Cooler is Bernie Lootz, and THE COOLER is a love story about the changing fortunes of this down-at-heels loser who has made a career out of spreading his virulent bad luck on the floor of Las Vegas’ aging Shangri-La casino. When Bernie falls for a gorgeous cocktail waitress his bad luck is thrown into reverse.

Oscar (1991)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Riegert, Peter | Palminteri, Chazz | Travolta, Joey | Paul Greco | Stallone, Sylvester | Foronjy, Richard | De Carlo, Yvonne | Ameche, Don | Romanus, Richard | Sorkin, Arleen | Bracken, Eddie | Munafo, Tony | Lesser, Robert | LaFleur, Art | Smith, Kurtwood
Directors: Landis, John
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Angelo “Snaps” Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets about to keep his promise. He is faced with numerous problems: henchmen who know nothing but crime, the police who are convinced he is hatching a master plan, and Oscar, who has just got his daughter pregnant.

Legionnaire (1998)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Van Damme, Jean-Claude | Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Adewale | Berkoff, Steven | Farrell, Nicholas | Carter, Jim | Sofrenovic, Ana | Caltagirone, Daniel | Long, Joseph | Kalli, Mario | Montana, Joe | Romer, Kim | Bro, Anders Peter | Kynman, Paul | Pickering, Vincent | Triggelis, Takis
Directors: MacDonald, Peter
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At the height of its glory, the French Foreign Legion was made up of men widely regarded as the scum of the earth. It was a mercenary army posted to colonies in Northern Africa and Southern Asia…but its soldiers swore no allegiance to France, only to the legion and to each other. The legion asked no questions about a man’s past…nor did it offer much hope for his future. It was a hard way to get a second chance in life…

Simpsons Movie, The (2007)

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Genres: Animation | Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Castellaneta, Dan | Kavner, Julie | Cartwright, Nancy | Smith, Yeardley | Azaria, Hank | Shearer, Harry | Brooks, Albert | Grammer, Kelsey | Mantegna, Joe | Wiedergott, Karl | Brockovich-Ellis, Erin | Driver, Minnie | Hayden, Pamela | Tress MacNeille | Roswell, Maggie
Directors: Silverman, David
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Homer adopts a pig who’s run away from Krusty Burger after Krusty tried to have him slaughtered, naming the pig “Spider Pig.” At the same time, the lake is protected after the audience sink the barge Green Day are on with garbage after they mention the environment. Meanwhile, Spider Pig’s waste has filled up a silo in just 2 days, apparently with Homer’s help. Homer can’t get to the dump quickly so dumps the silo in the lake, polluting it. Russ Cargill, the villainous boss of the EPA, gives Arnold Schwarzenegger 5 options, forcing him to choose 4 (which is, unfortunately, to destroy Springfield) and putting a dome over Springfield to prevent evacuation. Homer, however, has escaped, along with his family. Can he stop the evil Cargill from annihilating his home town, and his family, who have been forced to return to Springfield?

Smokin’ Aces (2007)

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Affleck, Ben | Cumer, Zach | Bateman, Jason | Common | Ruskin, Joseph | Garcia, Andy | Rocco, Alex | Newton, Wayne | Keys, Alicia | Liotta, Ray | Piven, Jeremy | Berg, Peter | Reynolds, Ryan | Henderson, Martin | Holley, Christopher Michael
Directors: Carnahan, Joe
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An FBI agent (Reynolds) hunts for a Las Vegas stand up comedian (Piven) who has decided to squeal on the mob but, before he heads off for protective custody, decides to go to the casinos at Lake Tahoe for one last good time, drawing a crowd of assassins (including Affleck and Keys).