Category Archives: Crime
Parker
Release 2013
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Director: Taylor Hackford
Writers: John J. McLaughlin, Donald E. Westlake
Stars: Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, Wendell Pierce, Clifton Collins Jr.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1904996/
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.
Crank: High Voltage
Release 2009
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Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Stars: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Dwight Yoakam, Efren Ramirez, Julanne Chidi Hill
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1121931/
Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
Crank
Release 2006
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Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Stars: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Efren Ramirez, Dwight Yoakam
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479884/
Professional assassin Chev Chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops.
Killer Elite
Release 2011
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Director: Gary McKendry
Writers: Matt Sherring, Ranulph Fiennes
Stars: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro, Dominic Purcell, Aden Young
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1448755/
When his mentor is taken captive by a disgraced Arab sheik, a killer-for-hire is forced into action. His mission: kill three members of Britain's elite Special Air Service responsible for the death of his son.
The Mechanic
Release 2011
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Director: Simon West
Writers: Richard Wenk, Lewis John Carlino
Stars: Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Tony Goldwyn, Donald Sutherland, Jeff Chase
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472399/
Follows an elite hit man as he teaches his trade to an apprentice who has a connection to one of his previous victims.
Safe
Release 2012
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Director: Boaz Yakin
Stars: Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, Robert John Burke, James Hong, Anson Mount
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1656190/
Mei, a young girl whose memory holds a priceless numerical code, finds herself pursued by the Triads, the Russian mob, and corrupt NYC cops. Coming to her aid is an ex-cage fighter whose life was destroyed by the gangsters on Mei's trail.
The Transporter
Release 2002
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Director: Corey Yuen
Writers: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Stars: Jason Statham, Qi Shu, Matt Schulze, François Berléand, Ric Young
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293662/
This film is about a man whose job is to deliver packages without asking any questions. Complications arise when he breaks those rules.
The Shawshank Redemption
Release 1994
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Director: Frank Darabont
Writers: Stephen King, Frank Darabont
Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111161/
Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
The Dark Knight Rises
Release 2012
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Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, Bob Kane
Stars: Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345836/
Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, the Dark Knight must return to defend Gotham City against the enigmatic jewel thief Catwoman and the ruthless mercenary Bane as the city teeters on the brink of complete annihilation.
American History X
Release 1998
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Director: Tony Kaye
Writers: David McKenna
Stars: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Lien, Ethan Suplee
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120586/
A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.