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Tag Archives: detective
Cure (1997)
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Writer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa First time watch. Good stuff. Very unsettling.
Posted in Crime, Drama, Foreign, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Tagged 1997, atsuyuki shimoda, cop, crime, cure, detective, doctor, drama, foreign, gary ashiya, geiri ashiya, horror, hospital, hynotist, hypnotism, investigation, japan, japanese, killer, koji yakusho, lighter, monkey, murder, mystery, police, satoshi jinno, serial killer, shigeo masubuchi, thriller, tokusho kikumura, tokyo, tsutomu tsuchikawa
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The Guilty (2021)
Director: Antoine Fuqua Writer: Nic Pizzolatto (Based on the movie “Den Skyldige” written by Gustav Moller & Emil Nygaard Albertsen)
Posted in Crime, Drama
Tagged 2021, 911, adaptation, adrian martinez, antoine fuqua, bill burr, california, cop, david haring, david litvak, den skyldige, detective, emil nygaard albertsen, ethan hawke, fire, jake gyllenhaal, kat samick, kidnapping, los angeles, michel litvak, murder, nic pizzolatto, operator, paul dano, peter sarsgaard, phone, police, remake, riley keough, riva marker, scott greenberg, the guilty
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Ghoulies IV (1994)
Director: Jim Wynorski Writer: Mark Sevi
Posted in Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Tagged 1994, amulet, bobby di cicco, chuck cirino, comedy, cop, demon, detective, devil, fantasy, faust, gary schmoeller, ghoulie, ghoulies, ghoulies 4, Ghoulies IV, horror, j.e. bash, jewel, jim wynorski, magic, mark sevi, occult, peter liapis, police, raquel krelle, ritual, sacrifice, satan, sequel, stacie randall, tony cox
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Running Scared (1986)
Director: Peter Hyams Writers: Gary DeVore and Jimmy Huston (Story by Gary DeVore) First time watch. Fun 80s buddy cop movie. Killer last act car chase.
Posted in Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Tagged 1986, action, al leong, billy crystal, chicago, cocaine, comedy, cop, cops, crime, dan hedaya, detective, drugs, florida, gary devore, gregory hines, illinois, investigation, jimmy huston, jimmy smits, joe pantoliano, jon gries, key west, peter hyams, police, thriller, train, udi harpaz, undercover
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Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman Writers: Josh Stolberg & Peter Goldfinger Had the opportunity to do something fresh with this franchise. Instead they brought back a lot of the same behind the scenes people as previous entries and it is just … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Tagged 2021, charlie clouser, chris rock, cop, corrupt, corruption, crime, criminal, detective, horror, investigation, james wan, jigsaw, josh stolberg, leigh whannell, mark burg, max minghella, mystery, oren koules, partner, pete goldfinger, police, revenge, samuel l. jackson, saw, sequel, serial killer, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, thriller, trap, vengeance
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The Seven-Ups (1973)
Director: Philip D’Antoni Writers: Albert Ruben and Alexander Jacobs (Story by Sonny Grosso) First time watch. Features a really excellent car chase scene.
Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Tagged 1973, action, albert ruben, alexander jacobs, car chase, cop, crime, detective, drama, gang, gangster, kidnapping, larry haines, mafia, mob, mobster, mystery, new york, new york city, nyc, philip d'antoni, police, ransom, richard lynch, roy scheider, stephen a. rotter, the seven ups, the seven-ups, tony lo bianco, urs furrer
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Chinatown (1974)
Director: Roman Polanski Writer: Robert Towne Excellent. One of my all time favorites.
Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Tagged 1930s, 1974, burt young, california, chinatown, cop, crime, detective, diane ladd, drama, faye dunaway, incest, jack nicholson, jerry goldsmith, john a. alonzo, john hillerman, john huston, land, los angeles, mystery, neo noir, noir, perry lopez, police, private investigator, rape, real estate, robert evans, robert towne, roman polanski, roy jenson, sam o'steen, stanley cortez, thriller, water
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The Driver (1978)
Director: Walter Hill Writer: Walter Hill Great! I love a cold 70s crime thriller.
Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tagged 1978, action, bank, bruce dern, car, crime, detective, drama, drive, driver, getaway driver, heist, isabelle adjani, lawrence gordon, michael small, money, philip h. lathrop, police, robbery, robert k. lambert, ryan o'neal, thief, thriller, tina hirsch, train station, walter hill
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Shaft’s Big Score! (1972)
Director: Gordon Parks Writer: Ernest Tidyman (Based on characters created by Ernest Tidyman)
Posted in Action, Crime, Drama
Tagged 1972, action, blaxploitation, bomb, crime, detective, drama, ernest tidyman, gordon parks, helicopter, money, moses gunn, murder, police, richard roundtree, roger h. lewis, roger lewis, sequel, shaft, shaft's big score, shaft's big score!, urs furrer
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