Posts Tagged ‘crime-comedy’

Fargo (1996)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: William H. Macy | Steve Buscemi | Peter Stormare | Kristin Rudrüd | Harve Presnell | Tony Denman | Gary Houston | Sally Wingert | Kurt Schweickhardt | Larissa Kokernot | Melissa Peterman | Steve Reevis | Warren Keith | Steve Edelman | Sharon Anderson
Directors: Joel Coen | Ethan Coen
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Fargo is based on true events that occurred in Minnesota in 1987 with the names changed to protect the victims. Jerry works in his father-in-law’s car dealership and has gotten himself in financial problems. He tries various schemes to come up with money needed for a reason that is never really explained. It has to be assumed that his huge embezzlement of money from the dealership is about to be discovered by father-in-law. When all else falls through, plans he set in motion earlier for two men to kidnap his wife for ransom to be paid by her wealthy father (who doesn’t seem to have the time of day for son-in-law). From the moment of the kidnapping, things go wrong and what was supposed to be a non-violent affair turns bloody with more blood added by the minute. Jerry is upset at the blood shed, which turns loose a pregnant sheriff from MN who is tenacious in attempting to solve the three murders in her jurisdiction.

Ocean’s Twelve (2004)

Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Matt Damon | Vincent Cassel | Bernie Mac | Brad Pitt | Catherine Zeta-Jones | George Clooney | Ed Kross | Julia Roberts | Don Tiffany | Anne Jacques | David Sontag | Larry Sontag | Andy Garcia | Casey Affleck | Dina Connolly | Scott Caan | Nelson Peltz | Mini Anden
Directors: Steven Soderbergh
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Set three years after “Ocean’s 11,” this sequel shows us Danny Ocean gathering up his complete gang of con artists and thieves from the first film in New York City before they all jet off to Amsterdam, Rome, and Paris to pull off three seperate heists. All the while, the boys must deal with increasing pressure from a very mad Terry Benedict, a dedicated Europol agent with a link to Rusty’s past, and a mysterious French rival known as the “Night Fox.” Will Ocean’s crew reach their full potential and become the greatest thieves the world has ever known, or will they fall victim to Benedict’s revenge? All bets are off.

The Whole Nine Yards (2000)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Bruce Willis | Matthew Perry | Rosanna Arquette | Michael Clarke Duncan | Natasha Henstridge | Amanda Peet | Kevin Pollak | Harland Williams | Carmen Ferland | Serge Christianssens | Renee Madeline Le Guerrier | Jean-Guy Bouchard | Howard Bilerman | Johnny Goar | Deano Clavet
Directors: Jonathan Lynn
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Oz is a Montréal dentist, paying off debts so he can divorce his wife: the dislike is mutual. When she learns their new neighbor is hit man Jimmy the Tulip, with a price on his head, she sends Oz to Chicago to earn a finder’s fee telling Mob boss Yanni where to find Jimmy. To get his wife off his back, Oz goes, his assistant Jill urging him to get laid while there. One of Yanni’s men awaits Oz at the hotel; Oz’s now in too deep to avoid telling Yanni what he knows. Meanwhile, Oz’s wife rats on Oz to Jimmy, hoping Jimmy will kill Oz and she can cash in on life insurance. Oz meets Jimmy’s wife (Yanni’s captive), flips for her, and the double-crosses mount. Even Jill isn’t whom she seems.

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Tim Roth | Amanda Plummer | John Travolta | Samuel L. Jackson | Phil LaMarr | Bruce Willis | Ving Rhames | Maria de Medeiros | Rosanna Arquette | Duane Whitaker | Peter Greene | Eric Stoltz | Paul Calderon | Uma Thurman | Frank Whaley
Directors: Quentin Tarantino
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Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega are two hitmen who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace. Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his next fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents.