Tag Archives: police corruption

Street Kings

IMDB Rating: 7.30
8569 votes

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Tom Ludlow is a veteran LAPD cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.
Actors
Detective Tom LudlowKeanu Reeves
Captain Jack WanderForest Whitaker
CoatesCommon
Also posted in 2008, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

American Gangster

IMDB Rating: 8.30
28094 votes

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Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. As a result, his product is superior to what is currently available on the street and his prices are lower. His alliance with the New York Mafia ensures his position. It is also the story of a dedicated and honest policeman, Richie Roberts, who heads up a joint narcotics task force with the Federal government. Based on a true story.
Actors
Frank LucasDenzel Washington
Det. Richie RobertsRussell Crowe
Huey LucasChiwetel Ejiofor
Also posted in 2007, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (1)

Hot Fuzz

IMDB Rating: 8.10
64792 votes

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Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel (Pegg) is good. Too good. And to stop the rest of his team looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford. He is paired with Danny Butterman (Frost), who countlessly questions him on the action lifestyle. Everything seems quiet for Angel, until two actors are found decapitated. It is address to as an accident, but Angel isn't going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead. Angel and Danny clash with everyone, whilst trying to uncover the truth behind the mystery of the apparent "acidents".
Actors
Sgt. Nicholas AngelSimon Pegg
Met SergeantMartin Freeman
Met Chief InspectorBill Nighy
Also posted in 2007, Action, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating, Mystery | Comments (1)

Man on Fire

IMDB Rating: 7.60
42352 votes

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A wave of kidnappings has swept through Mexico, feeding a growing sense of panic among its wealthier citizens, especially parents. In one six-day period, there were twenty-four abductions, leading many to hire bodyguards for their children. Into this world enters John Creasy, a burned-out ex-CIA operative/assassin, who has given up on life. Creasy's friend Rayburn brings him to Mexico City to be a bodyguard to nine-year-old Pita Ramos, daughter of industrialist Samuel Ramos and his wife Lisa. Creasy is not interested in being a bodyguard, especially to a youngster, but for lack of something better to do, he accepts the assignment. Creasy barely tolerates the precocious child and her pestering questions about him and his life. But slowly, she chips away at his seemingly impenetrable exterior, his defenses drop, and he opens up to her. Creasy's new-found purpose in life is shattered when Pita is kidnapped. Despite being seriously wounded during the kidnapping, he vows to kill anyone involved in or profiting from the kidnapping. And no one can stop him.
Actors
CreasyDenzel Washington
PitaDakota Fanning
SamuelMarc Anthony
Also posted in 2004, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (7)

Crossroads

IMDB Rating: 6.50
2844 votes

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Eugene is an extraordinary talent in classic guitar, but he dreams of being a famous Blues guitarist. So he investigates to find a storied lost song. He asks the legendary Blues musician Willie Brown to help him, but Willie demands to free him from the old-people's prison first and to really learn the blues on the way to it's origin: Mississippi Delta. Eugene doesn't know yet about Willie's deal with the devil, that he now wants to revoke.
Actors
Eugene MartoneRalph Macchio
Willie BrownJoe Seneca
FrancesJami Gertz
Also posted in 1986, Drama, High IMDB rating, Music, Mystery, Romance | Comments (5)

Four Brothers

IMDB Rating: 6.80
17105 votes

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In Detroit, when the beloved citizen Evelyn Mercer is murdered in a store heist, her four dangerous stepsons come to her funeral. Bobby Mercer, Angel Mercer and Jack Mercer join the regenerated ex-union leader Jeremiah Mercer, and they decide to investigate the murder. They disclose that her execution was intentional, and resolve to find the criminals by themselves.
Actors
Bobby MercerMark Wahlberg
Angel MercerTyrese Gibson
Jeremiah MercerAndré Benjamin
Also posted in 2005, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Snakes on a Plane

IMDB Rating: 6.70
38082 votes

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When Sean Jones witnesses a murder, he is asked to fly from Hawaii to Los Angeles to testify against the notorious gangster Eddie Kim. However, Kim has paid an assassin to release a crate-full of deadly snakes loose when the plane is 30,000 feet in the air. Only FBI agent Neville Flynn can protect Sean and rally the passengers together in hope of landing in L.A. alive.
Actors
Neville FlynnSamuel L. Jackson
Claire MillerJulianna Margulies
Sean JonesNathan Phillips
Also posted in 2006, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Departed

IMDB Rating: 8.40
95623 votes

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Two just-graduated officers from Massachusetts State Police Academy follow opposite sides of the law: William Costigan is assigned to work undercover with the Irish mobster Frank Costello to get evidences to arrest him. His true identity is only known by his superiors Dignam and Oliver Queenan. The protégée of Costello, Colin Sullivan, is promoted in the Massachusetts State Police and is the informer of Costello. Each police officer gives his best effort trying to disclose the identity of the other "rat".
Actors
Billy CostiganLeonardo DiCaprio
Colin SullivanMatt Damon
Frank CostelloJack Nicholson
Also posted in 2006, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Batman Begins

IMDB Rating: 8.30
116254 votes

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In tone with the early "Batman: Year One" style comics. As a boy a young Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of his eyes, a trauma which led him to become obsessed with revenge but his chance is cruelly taken away from him by fate. After disappearing to the East where he seeks counsel with the dangerous but honorable ninja cult leader known as Ra's Al-Ghul, he returns to his now decaying Gotham City overrun by organized crime and dangerous individuals manipulating the system whilst the company he inherited is slowly being pulled out from under him. The discovery of a cave under his mansion, and a prototype armored suit leads him to take on a new persona, one which will strike fear into the hearts of men who do wrong - he becomes, Batman. In the new guise, and with the help of rising cop Jim Gordon, Batman sets out to take down the various nefarious schemes in motion by individuals such as mafia don Falcone, the twisted doctor/drug dealer Jonathan 'The Scarecrow' Crane, and a mysterious third party that is quite familiar with Wayne and waiting to strike when the time is right.
Actors
Bruce Wayne/BatmanChristian Bale
AlfredMichael Caine
Henri DucardLiam Neeson
Also posted in 2005, Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Sin City

IMDB Rating: 8.40
118245 votes

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"Sin City" is Four stories inter-weaved telling tales of corruption in Basin City. The First Story (The Customer is always right)is short, and is based on the depression of women that they need to pay a man to feel loved when they commit suicide. The Next Story is Part 1 of "That Yellow Bastard" starring Bruce Willis as a cop who needs to save a young girl from being raped. The Third Story (The Hard Goodbye) features Mickey Rourke and his revenge on a heartless killer who murdered his one-night stand. The fourth story (The Big, Fat Kill) stars Clive Owen as a man who must dispatch of a cop's body, but it will be a tough ride to do it. Following that are two conclusions to Sin City, the ending of "That Yellow Bastard" which is set 8 years later, and a short story that ends Sin City.
Actors
NancyJessica Alba
MihoDevon Aoki
BeckyAlexis Bledel
Also posted in 2005, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (3)