Posts Tagged ‘robbery’

Lucky Number Slevin (2006)

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Lucy Liu | Josh Hartnett | Bruce Willis | Morgan Freeman | Ben Kingsley | Mykelti Williamson
Directors: Paul McGuigan
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After landing in the wrong place at the wrong time, Slevin (Josh Hartnett) must kill The Rabbi’s (Ben Kingsley) to scratch a $96,000 debt to The Boss (Morgan Freeman) and pay off $33,000 to The Rabbi. He can’t go to the police and he can’t leave the city. On top of all this, behind the scene’s Mr. Smith aka Mr. Goodkat (Bruce Willis) is secretly plotting to kill Slevin.

The Freshman (1990)

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Marlon Brando | Matthew Broderick | Bruno Kirby | Penelope Ann Miller | Frank Whaley | Jon Polito | Paul Benedict | Richard Gant | Kenneth Welsh | Pamela Payton-Wright | B.D. Wong | Maximilian Schell | Bert Parks | Tex Konig | Leonardo Cimino
Directors: Andrew Bergman
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Clark Kellogg is a young man starting his first year at film school in New York City. After a small time crook steals all his belongings, Clark meets Carmine “Jimmy the Toucan” Sabatini, an “importer” bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. When Sabatini makes Clark an offer he can’t refuse, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.

11:14 (Eleven Fourteen, The Movie) (2003)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Henry Thomas | Blake Heron | Barbara Hershey | Clark Gregg | Hilary Swank | Shawn Hatosy | Stark Sands | Colin Hanks | Ben Foster | Patrick Swayze | Rachael Leigh Cook | Jason Segel | Rick Gomez
Directors: Greg Marcks
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In Middletown, at 11:14 PM, two cars accidents happen at the same time, affecting the lives of five different groups of people. A drunken driver hits a man in a lonely road near a bridge; three young men hits a woman with a van, one of the passenger has a severed penis while another man on the road shoots them; a young man robs a convenience store, with the support of the clerk; a man finds a body in a cemetery and gets rid off it; and a young woman pretending to be pregnant tries to raise money for an abortion. All of these characters and their fates are very connected.

RoboCop (1987)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Peter Weller | Nancy Allen | Dan O'Herlihy | Ronny Cox | Kurtwood Smith | Miguel Ferrer | Robert DoQui | Ray Wise | Felton Perry | Paul McCrane | Jesse D. Goins | Del Zamora | Calvin Jung | Rick Lieberman | Lee de Broux
Directors: Paul Verhoeven
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In a near future, the Motor City known as Detroit slowly becomes the spawn-ground for Crime as a gang of Cop Killers goes on the rise. Private organism, Omni Consomer Products (OCP) eventually seizes control of local law enforcement to ensure a secure an Urban pacification program. Just assigned to the Metro West Precint, Officer Alex Murphy is massacred to death by this gang, as his partner Anne Lewis is barely able to do nothing. At the same time, a young visionary executive, Bob Morton, seizes the chance when the ED-209 law enforcement Droid shows lack of perfection by killing a fellow executive to create the Perfect Cop. The near death Murphy is used as the subject. With his memories erased, he is resurrected as Robocop, the future of law enforcement. As he sweeps away with crime, case by case, he eventually becomes involved with the Cop Killing Gang, and Anne Lewis herself. All of this, triggering his dormant memories of his past life as he searches for who he really is, and uncover a conspiracy going deep in OCP with the Senior Vice President himself.

Madigan (1968)

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Richard Widmark | Henry Fonda | Inger Stevens | Harry Guardino | James Whitmore | Susan Clark | Michael Dunn | Steve Ihnat | Don Stroud | Sheree North | Warren Stevens | Raymond St. Jacques | Bert Freed | Harry Bellaver | Frank Marth
Directors: Don Siegel
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Policemen Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, the two NYC detectives are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While Bonaro and Madigan follow up on various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes about his duties, including attending functions, meeting with aggrieved relatives, and counseling the spouses of fallen officers.

Heist (2001)

Friday, July 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Sam Rockwell | Gene Hackman | Danny DeVito | Delroy Lindo | Ricky Acker | Rebecca Pidgeon
Directors: David Mamet
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David Mamet takes this story of thieves along many twists and turns, some of which work and some of which don’t. Gene Hackman plays the brilliant leader of a gang (Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay & Rebecca Pigeon as Hackman’s youngish wife), which pulls off complex heists for a despicable fence (Danny DeVito). After stiffing the gang on a jewelry robbery, DeVito forces the gang to go after a Swiss gold shipment and to use his nephew (Sam Rockwell) in the crime. No one trusts anyone and every step is shaded with the unexpected.

V for Vendetta (2005)

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Natalie Portman | Hugo Weaving | Stephen Rea | Stephen Fry | John Hurt | Tim Pigott-Smith | Rupert Graves | Roger Allam | Ben Miles | Sinéad Cusack | Natasha Wightman | John Standing | Eddie Marsan | Clive Ashborn | Emma Field-Rayner
Directors: James McTeigue
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The futuristic tale unfolds in a Great Britain that’s a fascist state. A freedom fighter known as V (Weaving) uses terrorist tactics to fight the oppressive society. He rescues a young woman (Portman) from the secret police, and she becomes his unlikely ally.

Daylight Robbery (2008)

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Max Brown | Geoff Bell | Vas Blackwood | Robert Boulter | Antonio Gil | Leo Gregory | Johnny Harris | Rhys Meredith | Paul Nicholls | Shaun Parkes | Justin Salinger | Shaun Williamson
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Alex (Geoff Bell, The Business) masterminds an ambitious plan to steal millions of untraceable cash that is stacked in the underground vaults of The London Exchange Bank, waiting for its last journey, Incineration. Lucky (Vas Blackwood, Lock Stock) Matty (Leo Gregory, Stoned) Terry (Johnny Harris, London to Brighton) Chubby (Paul Nicholls, The Trench) Norman (Justin Salinger, Hitler) and Jay (Robert Boulter, The Long Firm) make up his unlikely gang of robbers. Setting up their alibi, the gang check in for a flight and join in with thousands of England supporters that are part of a mass exodus to The World Cup Tournament in Germany. Instead of passing through to Departure Lounge, the gang head out to the car park, pile into a van and head for Central London where they spectacularly ram raid London Exchange Bank, blocking any exit for those caught up inside. But with an unexpected turn of events, their plan is hampered from the start and they are left with a whole lot more than just a bank robbery to deal with. They have twenty hostages inside and the Police have laid siege to The Bank. There are two and a half hours before their plane leaves, and seventy million pounds in hard cash to steal. A daunting task, even for the most seasoned Blagger!

Hard Rain (1998)

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Denmark | France | Japan | New Zealand | UK | USA
Actors: Morgan Freeman | Christian Slater | Randy Quaid | Edward Asner | Michael A. Goorjian | Dann Florek | Ricky Harris | Mark Rolston | Peter Murnik | Wayne Duvall | Richard Dysart | Ray Baker | Jay Patterson | Michael Monks | Mackenzie Bryce
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Heavy Rainfall causes a Indiana river to swell and flood the town. All inhabitants are forced by public services to leave instantly. Tom and his uncle Charlie work for a money transport firm and their assignment is to evacuate all cash from the banks along the flooding river. So, their truck is loaded with about three million Dollars. Hank tries to prevent further flooding, as he’s the guy responsible for the dam up the river, but he has to open one gate in order to save the old dam from breaking. Only the police under the Sheriff’s leadership stay in town to prevent looting. As the water level rises, Tom and Charlie’s Truck gets stuck in the flooded road. This is the moment, Jim, an elderly thief, and his gang have been waiting for. In an attempt to get the money from the truck, Charlie gets shot and Tom swims off to save the cash bags. While trying to hide, he meets Karen, who resisted to leave the old church she has been restoring for eight months. She thinks he is a looter, and calls the cops to bring him in. But as the Sheriff finds out about that much cash in a situation like this, he radios his old pal Hank, up at the dam…

Magnum Force (1973)

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Clint Eastwood | Hal Holbrook | Ryan Mitchell | David Soul | Tim Matheson | Kip Niven | Robert Urich | Felton Perry | Maurice Argent | Margaret Avery | Richard Devon | Tony Giorgio | Jack Kosslyn | Bob March | Bob McClurg
Directors: Ted Post
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San Francisco Police Inspector ‘Dirty’ Harry Callahan and his new partner, Early Smith have been temporarily reassigned from Homicide to Stakeout Duty. Meanwhile, those of the city’s criminals who manage to avoid punishment by the courts are nevertheless being killed by unknown assassins. Callahan begins to investigate the murders despite the orders of his superior officer, Lieutenant Briggs. A man has to know his limitations…