Posts Tagged ‘corrupt-cop’

Without a Paddle (2004)

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Matthew Price | Andrew Hampton | Jarred Rumbold | Carl Snell | Antony Starr | Dax Shepard | Matthew Lillard | Seth Green | Nadine Bernecker | Danielle Cormack | David Stott | Bonnie Somerville | Scott Adsit | Morgan Reese Fairhead | Liddy Holloway
Directors: Steven Brill
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The legendary high jacker is actually Dan Cooper. DB Cooper is the name of the man arrested shortly after the real high jacker jumped from the plane but was quickly cleared by the authorities. Unfortunately, the newspapers picked up DB Cooper’s name instead of Dan Cooper and the name stuck.

The Order (2001)

Monday, April 7th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme | Charlton Heston | Sofia Milos | Brian Thompson | Ben Cross | Vernon Dobtcheff | Sasson Gabai | Alon Abutbul | Joey Tomaska | Peter Malota | Sharon Reginiano | Sami Huri | Jack Widerker | David Leitch | Abdel Qissi
Directors: Sheldon Lettich
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In the year 1099, during the Crusades in the 11th Century, Christian soldiers arrive in Jerusalem and slaughter the local population. Christian soldier Charles Le Vaillant becomes demoralized by the horrors of war and decides to create a new religious order. This new order brings together, in a peaceful manner, members from the three religions of the region: Christians, Jews, and Muslims. As a self-imposed leader and messiah, Charles writes the sacred texts of the Order. The Christian Crusaders accuse Charles of heresy, and attack him and his disciples. During the attack, the last chapter from the sacred texts becomes lost in the desert. Now, in modern-day Israel, a devout contingent of Le Vaillant’s followers continues to practice his peaceful teachings. But a disciple named Cyrus has a distorted view of the Order’s peaceful intention. Rudy Cafmeyer is a thief and smuggler of valuable historical artifacts. Rudy manages to break into a high security building where he steals a Faberge Egg, the kind decorated with precious stones and manufactured expressly for the Russian Tsars. Needless to say, the alarm goes off, and Rudy has to fight his way out of the building. Despite this theft, Rudy is not really a bad guy. He stole the egg from the personal collection of a powerful Russian mafia boss. Rudy is a loving son who would do anything for his father Oscar “Ozzie” Cafmeyer. Ozzie, an archaeologist and museum curator, discovers the manuscripts that were lost during the crusades. The manuscripts clearly extol interfaith harmony. In those manuscripts, there is also an ancient map of Jerusalem, which shows the location of a mythical Jewish treasure. Ozzie travels to Israel, where Cyrus has him kidnapped. Rudy, who heard the kidnapping take place while talking to Ozzie on the phone, travels to Jerusalem to rescue Oscar. Oscar’s associate, Professor Walt Finley, hands Rudy the key to a safe-deposit box in East Jerusalem before being gunned down by unknown assailants. Israeli Police Chief Ben Ner views Rudy’s arrival with hostility and takes steps to have Rudy deported, but police lieutenant Dalia Barr risks her life and career to help Rudy — she was once a disciple of the Order, but she left when she was 18-years-old. Cyrus uses a car bomb to assassinate the Order’s leader, Pierre Gaudet, and Cyrus steps up his own rhetoric, hoping to inflame his followers. Rudy opens the safe-deposit box and finds a map that shows a series of tunnels and a treasure room beneath Jerusalem. Ben Ner, who has partnered with Cyrus, covets the gold that the underground tunnels lead to, but Cyrus hopes to plant a bomb during Ramadan that will turn the Israelis against the Palestinians. Dalia and Rudy must get to the Order’s monastery, free Ozzie, and prevent an explosion that could push tensions in the area way past the boiling point.

Riders (2002)

Monday, January 21st, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Countries: Canada | France | UK
Actors: Stephen Dorff | Natasha Henstridge | Bruce Payne | Steven Berkoff | Clé Bennett | Karen Cliche | Steven McCarthy | Alain Goulem | Andreas Apergis | Tom McCamus | Andy Bradshaw | David Gow | Jamie Orchard | Stephen Spreekmeester | Mariusz Sibiga
Directors: Gérard Pirès
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An entrepreneurial criminal, Slim (Dorff) is as smart as they come. Cocky and confident, he assembles a team of risk-taking rush-seekers to pull off a series of five bank heists, each time using a different extreme sport to make the getaway. Following an unexpected windfall on only their second job, the gang nets $20 million in untraceable bonds. Having scored enough money to retire on, Slim and his crew decide to call the robbery game quits. But both the mob and the police have other plans in mind for Slim: they want him to keep working, for them.

Unknown (2006)

Friday, November 9th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: James Caviezel | Greg Kinnear | Bridget Moynahan | Joe Pantoliano | Barry Pepper | Jeremy Sisto | Peter Stormare | Chris Mulkey | Clayne Crawford | Kevin Chapman | Mark Boone Junior | Wilmer Calderon | David Selby | Adam Rodriguez | Jeffrey Daniel Phillips
Directors: Simon Brand
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Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.

The Hard Corps (2006)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Action | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme | Razaaq Adoti | Vivica A. Fox | Peter Bryant | Ron Bottitta | Viv Leacock | Adrian Holmes | Mark Griffin | Ron Selmour | Aaron Au | Dexter Bell | Julian Christopher | Nneka Croal | Sharon Amos | Doron Bell
Directors: Sheldon Lettich
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Jean-Claude will be playing a Combat Vet who’s just spent the last 3 years fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, who is hired to be a bodyguard to a former World Heavyweight Boxing champ to protect him and his family against a Rap Music Mogul. He sets up a team called “The Hard Corps”, complications arise when the boxer suspects that his sister may be in love with the bodyguard.

Kiss of the Dragon (2001)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Jet Li | Bridget Fonda | Tchéky Karyo | Ric Young | Max Ryan | Burt Kwouk | Ashley Laurence | Cyril Raffaelli | Didier Azoulay | John Forgeham | Paul Barrett | Colin Prince | Vincent Glo | Vincent Wong | Kentaro
Directors: Chris Nahon
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Liu Jian, a police officer from China, comes to Paris to help the vice squad apprehend a Chinese drug lord and his unknown French connection. The French connection is Richard, the head of the vice squad, who intends to kill the drug lord then frame Jian. Jian ducks a bullet and escapes with a tape of what really happened. By chance, Jian turns to Jessica - a US farm girl who is one of Richard’s hookers - for help. She has her own problems, including the fact that Richard has her daughter locked in an orphanage to keep Jessica on the streets and silent about his activities. Can Jian protect Jessica, rescue her daughter, and give Richard the kiss of the dragon?

Dark Blue (2002)

Sunday, August 19th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Kurt Russell | Scott Speedman | Michael Michele | Brendan Gleeson | Ving Rhames | Kurupt | Dash Mihok | Jonathan Banks | Lolita Davidovich | Khandi Alexander | Dana Lee | Chapman Russell Way | Marin Hinkle | Jim Cody Williams | Eloy Casados
Directors: Ron Shelton
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Set in the Los Angeles Police Department in April 1992, Dark Blue is a dramatic thriller that takes place just days before the acquittal of four white officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King and the subsequent L.A. riots. In this racially-charged climate,the LAPD’s elite Special Investigations Squad (SIS) is assigned a high-profile quadruple homicide. As they work the case, veteran detective Eldon Perry, known for his tough street tactics and fiery temper, tutors SIS rookie Bobby Keough in the grim realities of police intimidation and corruption. Meanwhile, Assistant Chief Holland, the only man in the department willing to stand up to the SIS, threatens to end Perry’s brand of singlehanded “justice” on the Los Angeles streets. While navigating through the tumultuous neighborhoods of South Central L.A., Perry and Keough must track down cold-blooded killers and face their own demons, which prove to be more ruthless than the criminals they pursue.

Training Day (2001)

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Denzel Washington | Ethan Hawke | Scott Glenn | Tom Berenger | Harris Yulin | Raymond J. Barry | Cliff Curtis | Dr. Dre | Snoop Dogg | Macy Gray | Charlotte Ayanna | Eva Mendes | Nick Chinlund | Jaime Gomez | Raymond Cruz
Directors: Antoine Fuqua
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In a city where streets are overrun by drug dealers, those who have sworn to uphold the law are breaking them to clean up the streets. Denzel Washington plays L.A.P.D detective Alonzo Harris, a veteran narcotics officer whose methods of enforcing the law are questionable, if not corrupt. ‘Training Day’ follows Harris as he trains rookie Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawk) over a period 24 hours. Ethical dilemmas arise for Hoyt as well as the audience as questions present themselves as to whether or not Harris’ methodology for ridding the streets of South Central Los Angeles of drugs is right or wrong.

Walking Tall (2004)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: The Rock | Johnny Knoxville | Neal McDonough | Kristen Wilson | Ashley Scott | Khleo Thomas | John Beasley | Barbara Tarbuck | Michael Bowen | Kevin Durand | Andrew Tarbet | Patrick Gallagher | John Stewart | Eric Breker | Ryan Robbins
Directors: Kevin Bray
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When a former member of the U.S. Army Special Forces returns to his small hometown in rural Washington State hoping to realise a childhood dream of working in the local lumber mill, he discovers that much has changed, as the normally tranquil town is now besieged by drugs, outbreaks of violence and a general feeling of malaise and terror, with many pointing a finger at the influence of a crooked casino where his ex-girlfriend now works as a dancer. Seeking to wreak vengeance, with a four-foot-long 4-by-4 in his hand, and righteousness in his heart, the highly-trained soldier, now the county’s sheriff, and his deputy, realizes it’s time to bust some heads with a very hard piece of wood.

Quicksand (2001)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | UK
Actors: Michael Keaton | Michael Caine | Judith Godrèche | Rade Serbedzija | Matthew Marsh | Xander Berkeley | Kathleen Wilhoite | Rachel Ferjani | Elina Löwensohn | Clare Thomas | Hermione Norris | William Beck | Jean-Yves Berteloot | Jean-Pierre Castaldi | Colin Stinton
Directors: John Mackenzie
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The workaholic head of the compliance section of a New York bank flies to Monaco to investigate unusual deposits from an offshore bank and meets a down-on-his-luck international film star who has become embroiled in criminal activities.