Posts Tagged ‘money-laundering’

Riders (2002)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Countries: Canada | France | UK
Actors: Dorff, Stephen | Henstridge, Natasha | Payne, Bruce | Berkoff, Steven | Bennett, Clé | Cliche, Karen | McCarthy, Steven | Goulem, Alain | Apergis, Andreas | McCamus, Tom | Bradshaw, Andy | Gow, David | Orchard, Jamie | Spreekmeester, Stephen | Sibiga, Mariusz
Directors: Pirès, Gérard
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An entrepreneurial criminal, Slim (Dorff) is as smart as they come. Cocky and confident, he assembles a team of risk-taking rush-seekers to pull off a series of five bank heists, each time using a different extreme sport to make the getaway. Following an unexpected windfall on only their second job, the gang nets $20 million in untraceable bonds. Having scored enough money to retire on, Slim and his crew decide to call the robbery game quits. But both the mob and the police have other plans in mind for Slim: they want him to keep working, for them.

Quicksand (2001)

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | UK
Actors: Keaton, Michael | Caine, Michael | Godrèche, Judith | Serbedzija, Rade | Marsh, Matthew | Berkeley, Xander | Wilhoite, Kathleen | Ferjani, Rachel | Löwensohn, Elina | Thomas, Clare | Norris, Hermione | Beck, William | Berteloot, Jean-Yves | Castaldi, Jean-Pierre | Stinton, Colin
Directors: Mackenzie, John
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The workaholic head of the compliance section of a New York bank flies to Monaco to investigate unusual deposits from an offshore bank and meets a down-on-his-luck international film star who has become embroiled in criminal activities.

Scarface (1983)

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Pacino, Al | Bauer, Steven | Pfeiffer, Michelle | Mastrantonio, Mary Elizabeth | Loggia, Robert | Colon, Miriam | Abraham, F. Murray | Shenar, Paul | Yulin, Harris | Salazar, Ángel | Santana, Arnaldo | Serna, Pepe | Moran, Michael P. | Israel, Al | Holahan, Dennis
Directors: De Palma, Brian
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When Castro opened the port at Mariel Harbor, thousands of Cubans fled to the United States. One is a young tough named Antonio (Tony) Montana, who, with his friend Manny Ray, starts in with Miami’s cocaine trade. He survives attack by chainsaw after a deal goes bad, and several other attempts by other dealers to eliminate him. Eventually the grandiose Montana becomes head of a cocaine cartel. But his enemies start coming after him, and his paranoia threatens to drive Montana’s empire into the ground…

Firm, The (1993)

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Cruise, Tom | Tripplehorn, Jeanne | Hackman, Gene | Holbrook, Hal | Kinney, Terry | Brimley, Wilford | Harris, Ed | Hunter, Holly | Strathairn, David | Busey, Gary | Hill, Steven | Bell, Tobin | Garrick, Barbara | Hardin, Jerry | Calderon, Paul
Directors: Pollack, Sydney
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Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by ‘The Firm’ and made an offer he doesn’t refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan…

Tailor of Panama, The (2001)

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: Ireland | USA
Actors: Brosnan, Pierce | Rush, Geoffrey | Gleeson, Brendan | Curtis, Jamie Lee | McCormack, Catherine |
Directors: Boorman, John
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John LeCarre’s spy thriller is brought to the big screen. A British spy (Pierce Brosnan) is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador’s mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor (Geoffrey Rush) with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife (Jamie Lee Curtis), who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Panama Canal. But what the two do is concoct a tremendous fictional tale about former mercenaries who are ready to topple the current government and are willing to work with Britain and the US to do so.

Run for the Money (2002)

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Slater, Christian | Kilmer, Val | Downing, Sara | Laresca, Vincent | Getty, Balthazar | Woodbine, Bokeem | Hannah, Daryl | Rowland, Rodney | Coleman, Holliston | Woodward, Peter | Rosas, Michael Anthony | Forsythe, William | Troyer, Verne | Milicevic, Milos | Jason, Peter
Directors: Antonijevic, Predrag
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Fresh out of prison, Thomas Taylor (Christian Slater) assembles a team of outlaws to pull off his most brilliant heist yet. Alas, the stolen money is marked, enabling FBI agent Mark Cornell (Val Kilmer) to swiftly track down Taylor & Co. But the corrupt agent is not interested in making an arrest: Using his knowledge of Taylor’s guilt as leverage, the wily agent coerces the crooks into engineering an even bigger robbery, this time targeting a high-profile riverboat casino.