Tag Archives: fbi

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.

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1960s, 2021, activism, activist, algae smith, ashton sanders, assassination, bill o'neal, black panther, black panthers, charles d. king, chicago, civil rights, cops, craig harris, daniel kaluuya, darrell britt-gibson, Dominique fishback, fbi, fred hampton, illinois, informant, j. edgar hoover, jesse plemons, Judas and the Black Messiah, keith lucas, kenneth lucas, kenny lucas, kristan sprague, lakeith stanfield, lil rel howery, mark isham, martin sheen, mole, murder, police, politics, ryan coogler, sean bobbitt, shaka king, will berson, will gerson | Leave a comment

Cohen & Tate (1988)

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Eric Red Writer: Eric Red

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1988, action, adam baldwin, antony rufus-isaacs, assassin, bill conti, cohen & tate, cohen and tate, cop, drama, edward m. abroms, fbi, Hitman, hostage, jeff young, kidnap, kidnapped, kidnapping, killer, mafia, mob, oil, police, road trip, roy scheider, texas, thriller, victor j. kemper, witness, witness protection | Leave a comment

Where’d You Go, Bernadette (2019)

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Richard Linklater Writers: Richard Linklater & Holly Gent & Vince Palmo (Based on the novel by Maria Semple)

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 2019, adaptation, architect, artist, billy crudup, brad simpson, cate blanchett, david paymer, emma nelson, family, fbi, ginger sledge, holly gent, james urbanbiak, judy greer, kristen wiig, laurence fishburne, maria semple, megan ellison, megan mullally, nina jacobson, richard linklater, steve zahn, vince palmo, vincent palmo jr., where'd you go bernadette, zoe chao | Leave a comment

Richard Jewell (2019)

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Clint Eastwood Writer: Billy Ray (Based on the Vanity Fair article “American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell” by Marie Brenner) (Based on the book “The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man … Continue reading →