Tag Archives: convict

16 Blocks

IMDB Rating: 6.70
16423 votes

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Jack Mosley, a burnt-out detective, is assigned the unenviable task of transporting a fast-talking convict from jail to a courthouse 16 blocks away. However, along the way he learns that the man is supposed to testify against Mosley's colleagues, and the entire NYPD wants him dead. Mosley must choose between loyalty to his colleagues and protecting the witness, and never has such a short distance seemed so long...
Actors
Jack MosleyBruce Willis
Eddie BunkerMos Def
Frank NugentDavid Morse
Also posted in 2006, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Longest Yard

IMDB Rating: 6.20
16771 votes

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Paul "Wrecking" Crewe was a revered football superstar back in his day, but that time has since faded. But when a messy drunk driving incident lands him in jail, Paul finds he was specifically requested by Warden Hazen (James Cromwell), a duplicitous prison official well aware of Paul's athletic skills. Paul has been assigned the task of assembling a team of convicts, to square off in a big football game against the sadistic guards. With the help of fellow convict Caretaker, and an old legend named Nate Scarborough to coach, Crewe is ready for what promises to be a very interesting game. It's only the warden and the guards who have no idea who or what they're up against, with Paul the driving force behind the new team.
Actors
Courteney Cox
Rob Schneider
James Cromwell
Also posted in 2005, Action, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Sport | Comments (0)

Assault on Precinct 13

IMDB Rating: 6.30
13361 votes

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On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick (Hawke) must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop (Fishburne).
Actors
RoenickEthan Hawke
John Leguizamo
SmileyJa Rule
Also posted in 2005, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Identity

IMDB Rating: 7.30
30933 votes

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Strangers from all different walks of life: a limo driver escorting a movie star, parents with a young son, a cop transporting a convict, a prostitute, a young couple, and a motel manager are caught up in a nasty rainstorm, stuck at a motel in desolate Nevada. Soon they realize they may be at the motel for another reason when one by one, people start getting killed off. As tensions flare and fingers are pointed, they have to get to the bottom of why they're there. Meanwhile in an undisclosed location, a psychiatrist is trying to prove the innocence of a man accused of murder in an eleventh hour trial. How these two through-lines are related can only be found in Identity.
Actors
EdJohn Cusack
RhodesRay Liotta
ParisAmanda Peet
Also posted in 2003, Drama, High IMDB rating, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (7)

The Hard Word

IMDB Rating: 6.00
1255 votes

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Three fraternal bank robbers languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you "know wot I mean?" However when sex and greed rear-up between the good crims and the bad cops, the consequences are both bizarre and fatal.
Actors
DaleGuy Pearce
CarolRachel Griffiths
FrankRobert Taylor
Also posted in 2002, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

Exit Wounds

IMDB Rating: 5.10
8289 votes

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Orin Boyd (Seagal) is a Detroit cop who doesn't follow rules. After he saved the Vice President by violating every order he received he is transferred to one of the worst precincts in the city. There he quickly encounters some corrupt cops selling heroin to drug dealers. The problem is, it's very difficult to tell who is the bad guy and who you can trust.
Actors
Latrell WalkerDMX
Orin BoydSteven Seagal
George ClarkIsaiah Washington
Also posted in 2001, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (9)

Con Air

IMDB Rating: 6.30
30957 votes

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Cameron Poe is an Army Ranger who was going to go home to his pregnant wife when he got into a fight with three men. He would kill one of them and the other two ran away with the knife they had and because of that he would be convicted of manslaughter. After eight years he would be paroled. He would be part of a group that's being transferred to another prison and flown in a special plane. While in flight a fight breaks out and two of the most dangerous criminals, Diamond Dog and Cyrus the Virus Grissom, would break out from their restraints and take over the plane. When the plane makes it's first stop Poe and friend who's a diabetic and who wasn't given his shot, and all the syringes were destroyed, try to get off but Grissom wouldn't let them. He then tries to alert the authorities but got away. Now the government is considering shooting the plane down but U.S. Marshall Vince Larkin thinks that it's a little hasty and believes that Poe is an ally. When Grissom leads them on a wild goose chase, Poe alerts them to where they are going.
Actors
Cameron PoeNicolas Cage
U.S. Marshal Vince LarkinJohn Cusack
Tricia PoeMonica Potter
Also posted in 1997, Action, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Desperate Hours

IMDB Rating: 5.10
1411 votes

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Michael Bosworth is a psychotic criminal who is about to go on trial however, he seduces his lawyer into helping him escape. But as they try to make their getaway, she's left behind. He decides to wait for her to come to him, so he decides to hide at the house of the Cornells. Now it appears that the Cornells have problems of their own. The husband and wife are separated. And there's an FBI agent after them who is using the lawyer to lead them to Bosworth.
Actors
Michael BosworthMickey Rourke
Tim CornellAnthony Hopkins
Nora CornellMimi Rogers
Also posted in 1990, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

48 Hrs.

IMDB Rating: 6.80
12614 votes

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Oddball cop and tough guy, Jack Cates is the only survivor of a cop shooting and in hunting down the murderer collects Reggie Hammond from jail for 48 hours. Hammond is oddly motivated to help. The killer is searching for his stash of cash. Cates and Hammond who have the Black-white, cop-crook thing to work out make surprisingly good partners as they navigate through the city looking for their suspect.
Actors
Jack CatesNick Nolte
Reggie HammondEddie Murphy
ElaineAnnette O'Toole
Also posted in 1982, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

IMDB Rating: 8.80
81467 votes

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McMurphy, a man with several assault convictions to his name, finds himself in jail once again. This time, the charge is statutory rape when it turns out that his girlfriend had lied about being eighteen, and was, in fact, fifteen (or, as McMurphy puts it, "fifteen going on thirty-five"). Rather than spend his time in jail, he convinces the guards that he's crazy enough to need psychiatric care and is sent to a hospital. He fits in frighteningly well, and his different point of view actually begins to cause some of the patients to progress. Nurse Ratched becomes his personal cross to bear as his resistance to the hospital routine gets on her nerves.
Actors
Randle Patrick McMurphyJack Nicholson
Nurse Mildred RatchedLouise Fletcher
HardingWilliam Redfield
Also posted in 1975, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)