Category Archives: Crime
Baby Driver
Release 2017
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Director: Edgar Wright
Stars: Ansel Elgort, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm, Eiza González, Micah Howard
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3890160/
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Gun Shy
Release 2017
Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Sport, Thriller
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Director: Simon West
Writers: Toby Davies, Mark Haskell Smith
Stars: Antonio Banderas, Olga Kurylenko, Ben Cura, Mark Valley, Aisling Loftus
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3910736/
An aging rock star is kidnapped while vacationing in Chile.
Death Note
Release 2017
Genre Animation, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Adam Wingard
Writers: Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides, Jeremy Slater, Tsugumi Ôba, Takeshi Obata
Stars: Lakeith Stanfield, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Nat Wolff, Shea Whigham
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1241317/
Light Turner, a bright student, stumbles across a mystical notebook that has the power to kill any person whose name he writes in it. Light decides to launch a secret crusade to rid the streets of criminals. Soon, the student-turned-vigilante finds himself pursued by a famous detective known only by the alias L.
Lowriders
Release 2016
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Director: Ricardo de Montreuil
Writers: Cheo Hodari Coker, Elgin James
Stars: Gabriel Chavarria, Demián Bichir, Theo Rossi, Tony Revolori, Melissa Benoist
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1366338/
A young street artist in East Los Angeles is caught between his father's obsession with lowrider car culture, his ex-felon brother and his need for self-expression.
68 Kill
Release 2017
Genre Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
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Director: Trent Haaga
Writers: Trent Haaga, Bryan Smith
Stars: Matthew Gray Gubler, AnnaLynne McCord, Alisha Boe, Sheila Vand, Sam Eidson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5189894/
A punk-rock after hours about femininity, masculinity and the theft of $68,000.
Snatched
Release 2017
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Director: Jonathan Levine
Writers: Katie Dippold
Stars: Amy Schumer, Kim Caramele, Raven Goodwin, Katie Dippold, Randall Park
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2334871/
When her boyfriend dumps her before their exotic vacation, a young woman persuades her ultra-cautious mother to travel with her to paradise, with unexpected results.
Shot Caller
Release 2017
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Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Jon Bernthal, Lake Bell, Omari Hardwick, Michael Landes
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4633690/
A newly released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.
S.W.A.T.: Under Siege
Release 2017
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Director: Tony Giglio
Writers: Jonas Barnes, Keith Domingue
Stars: Sam Jaeger, Adrianne Palicki, Michael Jai White, Ty Olsson, Monique Ganderton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6014472/
When a DEA and SWAT cartel takedown ends in a shootout, SWAT agent Travis Hall (Sam Jaeger) seizes a mysterious prisoner taking him into custody. Before long, the SWAT compound is under siege by wave after wave of assault teams attempting to recover the prisoner known only as ‘The Scorpion’ for the tattoo blazed across his back. When Travis discovers that his prisoner is a Secret Ops double agent planted within the cartel, it’s up to him and his expert SWAT team (Adrianne Palicki, Michael White) to keep ‘The Scorpion’ and his billion dollar secrets safe.
The Saint
Release 2017
Genre Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Simon West
Writers: Jesse Alexander, Leslie Charteris, Tony Giglio
Stars: Eliza Dushku, Roger Moore, Enrique Murciano, Sammi Hanratty, Greg Grunberg
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2569088/
International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is asked by a desperate rich man to find his kidnapped daughter. However, in addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past.
Unforgettable
Release 2017
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Denise Di Novi
Writers: Christina Hodson
Stars: Rosario Dawson, Katherine Heigl, Cheryl Ladd, Geoff Stults, Whitney Cummings
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3462710/
A woman sets out to make life hell for her ex-husband's new fiancée.