Posts Tagged ‘drug-smuggling’

We Own the Night (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Joaquin Phoenix | Eva Mendes | Mark Wahlberg | Robert Duvall | Alex Veadov | Dominic Colon | Danny Hoch | Oleg Taktarov | Moni Moshonov | Antoni Corone | Craig Walker | Tony Musante | Joe D'Onofrio | Yelena Solovey | Maggie Kiley
Directors: James Gray
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A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hit men.

The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Timothy Hutton | Sean Penn | Pat Hingle | Joyce Van Patten | Rob Reed | Rob Newell | Karen West | Art Camacho | Annie Kozuch | Richard Dysart | Priscilla Pointer | Chris Makepeace | Dorian Harewood | Mady Kaplan | Macon McCalman
Directors: John Schlesinger
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The true story of Christopher Boyce (Hutton), a young All-American man whose job as a guard for sensitive documents shatters his faith in his country and leads him to a sometimes comic, sometimes chilling sideline as a spy for the Soviets, aided by his scruffy buddy, Daulton (Penn); it can’t last, though, and the consequences are tremendous for Boyce and his family.

American Psycho (2000)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Christian Bale | Justin Theroux | Josh Lucas | Bill Sage | Chloë Sevigny | Reese Witherspoon | Samantha Mathis | Matt Ross | Jared Leto | Willem Dafoe | Cara Seymour | Guinevere Turner | Stephen Bogaert | Monika Meier | Reg E. Cathey
Directors: Mary Harron
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Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated and intelligent. He is twenty-seven and living his own American dream. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. At night he descends into madness, as he experiments with fear and violence.

The French Connection (1971)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Gene Hackman | Fernando Rey | Roy Scheider | Tony Lo Bianco | Marcel Bozzuffi | Frédéric de Pasquale | Bill Hickman | Ann Rebbot | Harold Gary | Arlene Farber | Eddie Egan | André Ernotte | Sonny Grosso
Directors: William Friedkin
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William Friedkin’s gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between ‘Popeye’ Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed.

Midnight Express (1978)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Brad Davis | Irene Miracle | Bo Hopkins | Paolo Bonacelli | Paul L. Smith | Randy Quaid | Norbert Weisser | John Hurt | Mike Kellin | Franco Diogene | Michael Ensign | Gigi Ballista | Kevork Malikyan | Peter Jeffrey | Tony Boyd
Directors: Alan Parker
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Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the “Midnight Express”.

Batman Begins (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Christian Bale | Michael Caine | Liam Neeson | Katie Holmes | Gary Oldman | Cillian Murphy | Tom Wilkinson | Rutger Hauer | Ken Watanabe | Mark Boone Junior | Linus Roache | Morgan Freeman | Larry Holden | Gerard Murphy | Colin McFarlane
Directors: Christopher Nolan
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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.

Blow (2001)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Johnny Depp | Penélope Cruz | Franka Potente | Rachel Griffiths | Paul Reubens | Jordi Mollà | Cliff Curtis | Miguel Sandoval | Ethan Suplee | Ray Liotta | Kevin Gage | Max Perlich | Jesse James | Miguel Pérez | Dan Ferro
Directors: Ted Demme
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A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950’s. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George’s father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960’s, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960’s, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.