Tag Archives: loan shark

Get Shorty

IMDB Rating: 6.90
23778 votes

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Some guys get all the luck, whether they like it or not. Chili Palmer (John Travolta) happens to be in Hollywood collecting a gambling debt when he's struck by lightning (not literally). Called a natural for the movie business, he's snagged up by a producer. The rest is history.
Actors
James Gandolfini
David Paymer
Rene Russo
Also posted in 1995, Comedy, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Rounders

IMDB Rating: 7.20
27401 votes

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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.
Actors
Mike McDermottMatt Damon
Lester 'Worm' MurphyEdward Norton
Russian ThugPaul Cicero
Also posted in 1998, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Rundown

IMDB Rating: 6.50
10223 votes

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In order to get out of hock with mobster Billy Walker, restaraunteur-turned-"retrieval expert" Beck has to go down to Brazil and retrieve Billy's ne'er-do-well archaeologist-wannabe son Travis, who is searching for an ancient gold idol called the Gato del Diablo. This idol is prized by not only the local population as the path to their salvation, but by Cornelius Hatcher, slavedriving operator of the Helldorado mining town who oppresses said population in the name of profits, and Hatcher just won't let Beck leave with Travis.
Actors
BeckChris Rock
BeckThe Rock
TravisSeann William Scott
Also posted in 2003, Action, Adventure, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (3)

Money Train

IMDB Rating: 5.10
7682 votes

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Two foster brothers (Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes) work as transit cops. While one's life is as good as it gets, the other's is a pit. After losing his job, getting dumped by his brother, and getting the crap kicked out of him by a loan shark for the umpteenth time, He implements his plan to steal the "money train," a train carrying the New York Subway's weekly revenue. But when things go awry, will his brother be able to save him in time?
Actors
JohnWesley Snipes
CharlieWoody Harrelson
Grace SantiagoJennifer Lopez
Also posted in 1995, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

Danny the Dog

IMDB Rating: 7.10
17347 votes

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A man treated like a dog and raised as a fighting machine his entire life, ends up in a coma and is taken in the care of good people, but his sinister owner is looking to retrieve his most prized possession: a non stop human weapon triggered by the collar leashed on his neck.
Actors
DannyJet Li
SamMorgan Freeman
BartBob Hoskins
Also posted in 2005, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Revolver

IMDB Rating: 6.20
8546 votes

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Jake Green is a hotshot gambler, long on audacity and short on common sense. He's rarely allowed to play in any casino because he is a winner. Jake has taken in so much money over the years, he is the only client of his accountant and older brother Billy. One night, Jake, Billy and their other brother Joe are invited to sit in on a private game, where Jake is expected to lose to Dorothy Macha, a crime boss and local casino owner who can't play for squat, but always wins because people are too scared to beat him. Jake isn't afraid of Macha, and not only beats Dorothy in a quick game of chance, but takes every possible opportunity to insult the man. Jake and his brothers leave the game, and Macha puts out the order for a hit on Jake, who ends up working for and being protected by a pair of brothers, Avi and Zack, who are out to take Macha down.
Actors
Jake GreenJason Statham
MachaRay Liotta
AviAndré Benjamin
Also posted in 2005, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Armageddon

IMDB Rating: 5.70
51866 votes

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A giant, global-killing asteriod, like the one that killed off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago is 18 days away from hitting the Earth. NASA's been caught with their pants down and needs a new plan to stop the rock. They enlist the help of Harry Stamper, an expert deep core driller, to train their astronauts and help them drill into the asteroid and plant a nuclear bomb. But Harry figures the astronauts can't be trained in time and opts to go with his own oil drilling crew.
Actors
Harry S. StamperBruce Willis
Dan Truman, NASA AdministratorBilly Bob Thornton
A.J. FrostBen Affleck
Also posted in 1998, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)