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Tag Archives: police
L.A. Takedown (1989)
Director: Michael Mann Writer: Michael Mann Not great but interesting to see how Mann took his own 90 minute TV movie and then remade it into the epic crime classic Heat.
Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tagged 1989, action, alex mcarthur, bank, bank robber, bank robbers, bank robbery, california, cop, crime, daniel baldwin, detective, dov noenig, drama, gang, heist, hockey mask, l.a. takedown, los angeles, michael mann, michael rooker, patrick markey, police, robbery, ron garcia, ronal victor garcia, scott plank, shootout, thriller, tim truman, tv movie, vincent gustaferro
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Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
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
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Cohen & Tate (1988)
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
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Dog Eat Dog (2016)
Director: Paul Schrader Writer: Matthew Wilder (Based on the novel by Edward Bunker)
Posted in Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Tagged 2016, action, adaptation, alexander dynan, baby, Benjamin Rodriguez Jr., brian beckmann, christopher matthew cook, cleveland, comedy, convict, cop, crew, crime, david hillary, deantoni parks, dog eat dog, Edward Bunker, ex-con, gary hamilton, kidnap, kidnapping, louisa krause, mark burman, melissa bolona, mob, monster, nicci kasper, nicolas cage, ohio, omar j. dorsey, paul schrader, police, reynaldo gallegos, thriller, we are dark angels, willem dafoe
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The Little Things (2021)
Director: John Lee Hancock Writer: John Lee Hancock Fine I guess.
Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Tagged 2021, california, chris bauer, city, cop, crime, denzel washington, deputy, detective, drama, evidence, investigation, jared leto, john lee hancock, john schwartzman, los angeles, mark johnson, michael hyatt, murder, murderer, mystery, natalie morales, police, prostitute, rami malek, robert frazen, serial killer, sheriff, the little things, thomas newman, thriller
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So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
Director: Thomas Schlamme Writer: Robbie Fox
Posted in Comedy, Romance
Tagged 1993, alan arkin, alcatraz, amanda plummer, anthony lapaglia, axe, brenda fricker, bruce broughton, butcher, california, carrot top, cary woods, charles grodin, colleen halsey, comedy, cop, debi mazar, girlfriend, honeymoon, investigation, julio macat, mike hagerty, mike myers, murder, murderer, nancy travis, phil hartman, poet, poetry, police, richard halsey, robbie fox, robert n. fried, romance, romantic comedy, san francisco, scottish, serial killer, so i married an axe murderer, steven wright, thomas schlamme, wedding
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Extraction (2020)
Director: Sam Hargrave Writer: Joe Russo (Story by Ande Parks & Joe Russo & Anthony Russo) (Based on the graphic novel “Ciudad” by Ande Parks & Fernando Leon Gonzalez)
Posted in Action, Thriller
Tagged 2020, action, adaptation, alex belcher, ande parks, anthony russo, bangladesh, black market, chris hemsworth, ciudad, crime lord, david harbour, drug dealer, drug lord, drugs, eric gitter, fernando león gonzalez, henry jackman, hostage, joe russo, kidnapped, kidnapping, mercenary, mike larocca, mission, netflix, newton thomas sigel, peter b. ellis, peter schwerin, police, ransom, rescue, ruthie aslan, sam hargrave, sniper, thriller
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The Silent Partner (1978)
Director: Daryl Duke Writer: Curtis Hanson (Based on the novell “Think of a Number” by Anders Bodelsen) Had never heard of this before I came across it on Criterion Channel. Terrific crime thriller. Can’t go wrong with Gould and Plummer!
Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tagged 1978, adaptation, anders bodelsen, aquarium, bank, bank robber, bank robbery, billy williams, canada, canadian, christmas, christopher plummer, cop, crime, criminal, crook, curtis hanson, daryl duke, decapitation, drama, elliott gould, fish tank, george appleby, heist, holiday, investigation, joel b. michaels, john candy, mall, money, murder, oscar peterson, police, robbery, safety deposit box, santa claus, silent partner, stephen young, susannah york, the silent partner, thief, think of a number, thriller, toronto, vault
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Red, White and Blue (2020)
Director: Steve McQueen Writers: Courttia Newland & Steve McQueen Third film in the Small Axe series. Good. Boyega is excellent.
Posted in Drama
Tagged 2020, anita overland, Antonia thomas, Assad Zaman, assault, britain, Calum Callaghan, Conor Lowson, cop, courttia newland, england, father, harassment, john boyega, joy richardson, Liam Garrigan, metropolitan police, mica levi, michael elliott, Nadine Marshall, police, race, racism, racist, red white and blue, Seroca Davis, Shabier Kirchner, small axe, son, steve mcqueen, steve toussaint, Tyrone Huntley
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