Tag Archives: fbi

Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Hyams Writers: John Hyams & Doug Magnuson and Jon Greenhalgh (Story by John Hyams and Moshe Diamant (Based on characters created by Richard Rothstein & Christopher Leitch and Dean Devlin) Another solid DTV Universal Soldier sequel. Very impressed … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | Tagged 2012, andrei arlovski, andrew drazek, assassin, assassination, christopher leitch, clone, clones, coma, craig baumgarten, Day of Reckoning, dean devlin, dolph lundgren, family, fbi, fight, jcvd, jean-claude van damme, john hyams, jon greenhalgh, machete, michael krassner, mind control, moshe diamant, murder, rebel, rebellion, richard rothstein, roy jones jr., scott adkins, sequel, soldier, universal soldier, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, wil hendricks, yaron levy | Leave a comment

Gloria (1980)

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Cassavetes Writer: John Cassavetes Good! Rowlands rules!

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1980, accountant, bill conti, buck henry, child, crime, drama, fbi, fred schuler, gangster, gena rowlands, gloria, john cassavetes, kid, mafia, mob, murder, new york, new york city, nyc, puerto rican, thriller, tom noonan, witness | Leave a comment

Midnight Run (1988)

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Martin Brest Writer: George Gallo RIP Charles Grodin. One of the greats.

Posted in Action, Comedy, Crime | Tagged 1988, accountant, action, bail, billy weber, bounty hunter, charles grodin, chris lebenzon, comedy, crime, danny elfman, dennis farina, donald e. thorin, fbi, gangster, george gallo, joe pantoliano, john ashton, mafia, martin brest, midnight run, philip baker hall, road trip, robert de niro, yaphet kotto | Leave a comment

Blackhat (2015)

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writer: Morgan Davis Foehl Mann Watch 2021 complete! Good stuff! One of my favorite directors. Blackhat is not one of my favorites of his but I like it more on rewatch than I did in 2015.

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2015, action, andy on, atticus ross, blackhat, california, chicago, china, chinese, chris hemsworth, christian borle, computer, conspiracy, convict, crime, criminal, cybercrime, drama, fbi, hacker, hacking, Harry Gregson-Williams, holt mccallany, hong kong, illinois, indonesia, investigation, jakarta, jeremiah o'driscoll, joe walker, john ortiz, jon jashni, leehom wang, leo ross, leopold ross, los angeles, mako kamitsuna, michael mann, money, morgan davis foehl, nsa, nuclear power plant, police, prison, ritchie coster, shootout, stephen e. rivkin, stock market, stuart dryburgh, tang wei, terrorist attack, thomas tull, thriller, viola davis | Leave a comment

Public Enemies (2009)

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Ronan Bennett and Michael Mann & Ann Biderman (Based on the book “Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34” by Bryan Burrough)

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama | Tagged 1930s, 2009, action, adaptation, agent, ann biderman, baby face nelson, bank, bank robbers, bank robbery, bill camp, billy crudup, bryan burrough, carey mulligan, channing tatum, christian bale, cop, crime, crime wave, dante spinotti, david wenham, diana krall, drama, elliot goldenthal, emilie de ravin, fbi, gangster, giovanni ribisi, government, great depression, heist, historical, history, hostage, investigation, j. edgar hoover, jason clarke, jeffrey ford, john dillinger, john ortiz, johnny depp, kevin misher, leelee sobieski, mafia, manhunt, marion cotillard, michael mann, money, numbers, paul rubell, police, pretty boy floyd, public enemies, ronan bennett, shootout, stephen dorff, stephen graham, stephen lang, true story, vault | Leave a comment

Miami Vice (2006)

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writer: Michael Mann (Based on the TV series created by Anthony Yerkovich) Theatrical cut. Gets better every time.

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2006, action, adaptation, anthony yerkovich, barry shabaka henley, boats, ciaran hinds, colin farrell, cop, crime, cuba, dion beebe, domenick lombardozzi, drama, drugs, eddie marsan, elizabeth rodriguez, fbi, florida, gong li, havana, informant, investigation, jamie foxx, john hawkes, john murphy, john ortiz, justin theroux, li gong, luis tosar, miami, miami vice, michael mann, mojito, naomie harris, paul rubell, pieter jan brugge, police, ricardo tubbs, sonny crockett, television, thriller, tv, undercover, william goldenberg | Leave a comment

Manhunter (1986)

Posted on February 20, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writer: Michael Mann (Based on the book “Red Dragon” by Thomas Harris)

Posted in Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 1986, adaptation, agent, benjamin hendrickson, blind, brian cox, chris elliott, crime, dante spinotti, dennis farina, doctor, dov hoenig, fbi, florida, frankie faison, hannibal, hannibal lecktor, hannibal lecter, horror, investigation, joan allen, journalist, kim greist, manhunter, michael mann, michel rubini, mirror, murder, murderer, mystery, neo noir, profiler, red dragon, serial killer, stephen lang, the reds, thomas harris, thriller, tom noonan, tooth fairy, william petersen | Leave a comment

Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Shaka King Writers: Will Gerson & Shaka King (Story by Will Gerson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas) Good! Kaluuya and Stanfield are great.