Crime

SYNOPSIS:
A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he’s in contact with.Read More »

This homage to film noir and gangster films is the 25th film by the Iranian film maker Masud Kimiai. It tells the story of two lovers who commit a robbery with their accomplice and their dealings with other gangsters. The Persian title is حکم.

Starring: Leila Hatami, Bahram Radan, Poulad Kimiayi, Khosro Shakibai & Ezzatolah Entezami.Read More »

Inspector Waipong Wong has to put his life and resignation from the Hong Kong police department on hold to investigate his former partner’s mysterious murder. What he and his crack team of three other cops uncover is a plot far more sinister than they originally anticipated.Read More »

Oscar is a 1991 American slapstick crime comedy film directed by John Landis. Based on the Claude Magnier stage play, it is a remake of the 1967 French film of the same name, but the setting has been moved to Depression-era New York City and the plot centers on a mob boss trying to go straight. The film stars Sylvester Stallone, Marisa Tomei, Ornella Muti, Tim Curry and Chazz Palminteri, and was a rare attempt by Stallone at doing a comedy role.Read More »

Plot: Philippe, a student, is sent to jail for manhandling his father’s business partner, who blackmailed the poor man and caused his death. He shares his cell with two mates: easily offended Théo Giulani and jovial Bob Daniels, with whom he soon establishes a bond of friendship. Still obsessed by the idea of avenging his father, Philippe enters into a pact with the two men: they will break into the partner’s office, force open his safe and seize the document exposing the criminal. As a reward, Théo and Bob will get away with the money and the diamonds there. But the police is in the know…Read More »

A sophisticated and self-assured woman from Paris joins a middle-class rural estate as a maid and causes quite a stir among the variously uptight, perverse and violent inhabitants.Read More »

A rookie reporter receives bribes from gangsters to suspend negative press.Read More »

A corrupt cop named Sam handles negotiations between two Triad leaders who plan to join forces. However, he meets a suspicious bald man named Tony, who keeps following him around and disrupting his personal business.Read More »

A Corsican shepherd refuses to sell his coastal land to criminals. After severely injuring a mobster’s son who tried to threaten him, he becomes the target of a ruthless manhunt.Read More »