Posts Tagged ‘police-brutality’

Death Race (2008)

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Max Ryan | Benz Antoine | Marcello Bezina | John Canoe | Jason Clarke | Tyrese Gibson | Frederick Koehler | Robert LaSardo | Justin Mader | Ian McShane | Robin Shou | Jason Statham | Jacob Vargas | Joan Allen | Melantha Blackthorne
Directors: Paul W.S. Anderson
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Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world’s most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.

First Blood (1982)

Monday, April 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Sylvester Stallone | Richard Crenna | Brian Dennehy | Bill McKinney | Jack Starrett | Michael Talbott | Chris Mulkey | John McLiam | Alf Humphreys | David Caruso | David L. Crowley | Don MacKay | Charles A. Tamburro | David Petersen | Craig Huston
Directors: Ted Kotcheff
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John Rambo is a disoriented Vietnam Vet. He is hitchhiking from town to town to see friends from the war. A sheriff tries to make him leave town and when he refuses, arrests him for vagrancy. While in jail, a deputy takes delight in abusing him. Rambo escapes showing his old Vietnam fighting skills and takes to the woods as the sheriff and deputies try and find him in his element. Things get out of hand as Colonel Trautman Rambo’s old commander appears to shed light on the situation.

Born to Defend (1986)

Monday, January 28th, 2008
Genres: Action | War
Countries: China | Hong Kong
Actors: Dean Harrington | Kurt Roland Petersson | Paulo Tocha | Erkang Zhao | Jia Song
Directors: Jet Li
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Jet, a young soldier at the end of the second world war must overcome some abusive Americans who are bullying him as well as the Chinese people.

Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

Monday, January 21st, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Mel Gibson | Danny Glover | Joe Pesci | Rene Russo | Chris Rock | Jet Li | Steve Kahan | Kim Chan | Darlene Love | Traci Wolfe | Eddy Ko | Jack Kehler | Calvin Jung | Damon Hines | Ebonie Smith
Directors: Richard Donner
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Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh, after escaping death from the previous movies are put on a hit list by The Triads. When blood thirsty mercenaries are on their tail they team up again with Leo Getz and Lorna Cole, a newcomer (Chris Rock) to finally put an end to the Triads for good.

Four Brothers (2005)

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Mark Wahlberg | Tyrese Gibson | André Benjamin | Garrett Hedlund | Terrence Howard | Josh Charles | Sofía Vergara | Fionnula Flanagan | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Taraji P. Henson | Barry Shabaka Henley | Jernard Burks | Kenneth Welsh | Tony Nappo | Shawn Singleton
Directors: John Singleton
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In Detroit, when the beloved citizen Evelyn Mercer is murdered in a store heist, her four dangerous stepsons come to her funeral. Bobby Mercer, Angel Mercer and Jack Mercer join the regenerated ex-union leader Jeremiah Mercer, and they decide to investigate the murder. They disclose that her execution was intentional, and resolve to find the criminals by themselves.

The Longest Yard (2005)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Comedy | Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Courteney Cox | Rob Schneider | William Fichtner | James Cromwell | Adam Sandler | Chris Rock | Burt Reynolds | Nelly | Michael Irvin | Walter Williamson | Bill Goldberg | Terry Crews | Bob Sapp | Nicholas Turturro | Dalip Singh | Lobo Sebastian | Joey Diaz | Steve Reevis | David Patrick Kelly
Directors: Peter Segal
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Paul “Wrecking” Crewe was a revered football superstar back in his day, but that time has since faded. But when a messy drunk driving incident lands him in jail, Paul finds he was specifically requested by Warden Hazen (James Cromwell), a duplicitous prison official well aware of Paul’s athletic skills. Paul has been assigned the task of assembling a team of convicts, to square off in a big football game against the sadistic guards. With the help of fellow convict Caretaker, and an old legend named Nate Scarborough to coach, Crewe is ready for what promises to be a very interesting game. It’s only the warden and the guards who have no idea who or what they’re up against, with Paul the driving force behind the new team.

Babel (2006)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | Mexico | USA
Actors: Brad Pitt | Cate Blanchett | Mohamed Akhzam | Peter Wight | Harriet Walter | Trevor Martin | Matyelok Gibbs | Georges Bousquet | Claudine Acs | André Oumansky | Michael Maloney | Dermot Crowley | Wendy Nottingham | Henry Maratray | Linda Broughton
Directors: Alejandro González Iñárritu
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Richard and Susan are a couple from San Diego, California who are vacationing in Morocco while their two children are at home with their Mexican housekeeper, Amelia. A rifle finds its way into the hands of a local herdsman’s young sons, who recklessly take a shot at a tour bus and hit Susan in the shoulder, causing her severe injury. The distraught Richard calls home to tell Amelia of the situation, who shortly departs for Mexico to attend her son’s wedding, with Richard and Susan’s children in tow. Disaster thus multiplies, with the situation in Morocco ascribed to terrorists in the media, while Amelia meets with trouble at the Mexican border when she attempts to return to San Diego with Richard and Susan’s children. Meanwhile, in Tokyo, a widower tied to the rifle in question, a complex shift of ownership to which the audience is privy, attempts to deal with the memories of his recently deceased wife and his strained relationship with his deaf teenage daughter.

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.

Shaft (2000)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Samuel L. Jackson | Vanessa L. Williams | Jeffrey Wright | Christian Bale | Busta Rhymes | Dan Hedaya | Toni Collette | Richard Roundtree | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Josef Sommer | Lynne Thigpen | Philip Bosco | Pat Hingle | Lee Tergesen | Daniel von Bargen
Directors: John Singleton
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Cool and deadly NYPD detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade, Jr. in a racially-motivated slaying. The eye witness disappears, Wade jumps bail for Switzerland, and Shaft is livid. Two years later, Wade returns to face trial, confident his father’s money and influence (and racial politics) guarantee an innocent verdict. Shaft looks hard for the witness, so Wade wants someone to kill her. He turns to a ghetto drug king, Peoples Hernandez, who’s willing to kill for money, use Wade as a route to rich drug customers, and shaft Shaft. Can Shaft find the witness, convince her to testify, and shepherd her through the hail of bullets that Peoples is sure to let fly?