Sentences with phrase «by brutal crime»

Los Angeles, the City of Fallen Angels, is a city swept up by a brutal crime wave led by a kingpin known only as Big X.

Unfortunately, the block is essentially run by brutal crime lord and drug kingpin Ma - Ma (Headey), and she is not willing to let the judges escape with their suspect.

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She had years of knowledge and experience on the subject, and she had needed it all, especially with Alex. Her latest problem child had been questioned more than once about a string of rapes in New York City, a brutal series of crimes where the perpetrator gained the confidence of his targets — and intimidated them — by claiming he was a middleweight contender, then employed drugs to subdue his victims and had his way.

The Dating Game Killer: The True Story of a TV Dating Show, a Violent Sociopath, and a Series of Brutal Murders (St. Martin's True Crime Library)[Stella It's a year ago this week that I was traumatized by the sociopath I was in love with.

As its 200th - birthday celebration approaches, it is in the grip of a brutal crime wave, orchestrated by Carl Grissom (Jack Palance), the boss of bosses, and his head henchman, Jack Napier (Jack Nicholson).

Superman's alter ego, Clark Kent, attempts to take down Batman by writing a series of unflattering articles in the Daily Planet that focus on the Dark Knight's brutal crime - fighting tactics and propensity for getting his captures killed in prison.

Synopsis: Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson) is a heartbroken black father who avenges his daughter's brutal rape by shooting the bigoted men responsible for the crime as they are on their way to trial.

The most intriguing and engaging documentary about a brutal criminal operation given immunity from it's crimes protected by the 1st amendment

By now, you know the tale: Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread, is paroled from his sentence of hard labor, even though brutal prison guard Javert (Russell Crowe) is convinced that Valjean will inevitably return to crime.

An ambitious debut by director Michael R. Roskam, the Belgian crime drama Bullhead is sometimes clumsy, often brutal, and always gripping.

A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day by a secret society obsessed with solving notorious crimes.

Written by Roskam, Thomas Bidegain and Noé Debré, «Racer and the Jailbird» charts the tragic love story between a gangster, Gino, and Benedicte, a wealthy and fearless racing driver, against the backdrop of a brutal crime gang in Brussels.

Unaware that the place is a front for a brutal crime family trafficking in contraband and sex slaves, Anna is naively duped by the proprietor's affable overtures into leaving the incriminating diary with him for safekeeping.

Official Premise: In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam.

The movie borrows most heavily from Frank Miller's seminal 1986 The Dark Knight Returns mini-series, which told of an aged, bitter Batman who was forced out of retirement by a surge in crime and had to defend his brutal methods against a government - lackey Superman.

Ahead of its release next month, a poster and trailer have arrived online for the upcoming crime thriller Marauders which stars Bruce Willis, Dave Bautista, Christopher Meloni and Adrian Grenier; take a look below... When a bank is hit by a brutal heist, all evidence points to the owner (Bruce Willis) and his high - powered clients.

Bloody and brutal, this crime epic missed by top ten by just a hair.

There has never been a violent crime in Fortitude but the town is shaken to its core by the brutal murder of a research scientist.

«Passion» Brian De Palma's remake of the 2010 French thriller «Love Crime» — detailing the increasingly brutal attempts by co-workers Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace to climb the corporate ladder — wass a sexy and stylish knockout of a film and his finest and most consistent work since his 2002 masterpiece «Femme Fatale.»

Anchored by a quartet of terrific performances and shot with a grainy, handheld style that give it a documentary feel, it's the latest in a niche of true crime horror titles that are more brutal and nightmare inducing than the latest monster of the week film.

Gun - toting kids, brutal, close range killings, drive - by shootings and a boy who is run down by a car are all depicted along with the discussion of the boys» past crimes and drug dealing.

Based on a script by former Emmerdale writer Paul Roundell, Bait is a gripping, brutal British horror that could easily have been missold as one of those «gritty» crime films that Danny Dyer and / or Terry Stone, but both Roundell and Brunt have an instinctive understanding of the horror genre (in this respect, it recalls Ben Wheatley's debut, Down Terrace).

Both also distribute their published works on Kindle Singles, with several starring on the bestseller list there, including The Fearless Mrs. Goodwin (Byliner) by Elizabeth Mitchell, a 44 - page true - crime account of a brutal bank heist taking place in turn - of - the - century Manhattan, and Blind Sight (Atavist) by Chris Colin, a 38 - page nonfiction narrative about a Hollywood movie producer's horrific car wreck that killed his new wife and his subsequent 10 - year journey recovering from devastating brain injuries.

Solve brutal crimes, plots and conspiracies inspired by real crimes from 1947 Los Angeles, one of the most corrupt and violent times in L.A. history.

For her, the morgue accurately reflects society, particularly her home area of Culiacán, where deaths caused by drug - related crimes, poverty, political crisis and government's brutal and inept response have devastated communities.

You may have had to spend time in a hospital for your physical injuries, lost time from work because of your injuries or the fear and anxiety you're experiencing in the wake of the crime, or been disfigured such as by a brutal assault or a stabbing.