Sentences with phrase «by mob boss»

The SUV pictured used to be owned by mob boss Kevin «Gerbil» Carroll, but after his slaying last month, the local police seized it and are now using it as their own patrol car.

However, one of the friends is being pressured by a mob boss to carry out a request he does not wish to do.

Dog Eat Dog (Unrated) Adaptation of the Edward Bunker best seller of the same name about a trio of ex-cons (Willem Dafoe, Nicolas Cage and Christopher Matthew Cook) hired by a mob boss (Paul Schrader) to kidnap his rival's baby.

If only the twists didn't occur at all the expected moments as a veteran thief (Gene Hackman) eyeing a peaceful retirement with his wife / partner in crime (Rebecca Pidgeon) when he's called on to one last job by a mob boss (Danny DeVito).

Liam Neeson is at his familiar best as a down - on - his - luck former hit man who has to protect his son from getting murdered by a mob boss over the course of one very long and dangerous night.

Matt Damon is Colin Sullivan, the kid spotted in that soda fountain by mob boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson).

Not exact matches

Wreckage of the doomed cruise ship MV Lyubov Orlova which went missing at sea in 2013 and was plagued by rats may have been found buried in sand on a beach Accused Genovese mob boss Eugene «Rooster» O'Nofrio has given up on plea talks and is headed to trial for racketeering, his lawyer confirmed on Thursday.

Along his adventures, he meets Kat (who coincidentally is played by Kat Dennings), a young prostitute who proves to be instrumental in finding Defendor's archenemy Captain Industry (at a price)-- a powerful mob boss whose relationship to Defendor is explained later in the film.

Tucci continued to demonstrate his versatility in 2002 by playing the menacing Chicago mob boss Frank Nitti in director Sam Mendes» «The Road to Perdition» and Ralph Fiennes nervous campaign manager in the romantic comedy «Maid in Manhattan.»

In episode 101, the series premiere, state representative Tommy Caffee is blackmailed for lucrative government contracts by a local Irish mob boss when his long lost brother Michael returns to Providence after seven years on the run from the law.

Synopsis: An alcoholic mob hit man, Frank Falenczyk (Ben Kingsley), is forced into rehab by his boss (Philip Baker Hall).

The famously hermit - like entertainment journalist, who allegedly ruled her roost much like a mob boss, was the thinly veiled subject of the project, which starred Keaton as Not - Nikki, was co-written by Condon and «Tell Me You Love Me» creator Cynthia Mort, and set up at the premium cable network back in 2011, and was the recipient of much attention from the trades (Finke wasn't intially aware of the project, but eventually struck a deal with HBO, seemingly mostly to ensure her silence).

Additionally, Salma Hayek will introduce footage from Everly where she plays a woman protecting her family from assassins sent by her ex, a mob boss.

They are lorded over by Lazlo Gogolak (Kevin Pollak), the father of the mob boss Oz and Jimmy eliminated in the previous movie.

Flashback to Domino as a little girl then forward to an interrogation conducted by Lucy Liu (the lighting is so ill - advised that nearly every close - up is a death's head of hollow eye sockets and weeping cheek bones) in what appears to be a bank vault, then to some point in - between as someone's arm is put up for collateral in a trailer park negotiation, then to a mob boss talking on a cell phone from the bottom of his swimming pool, and finally to Domino's lazy hardboiled voiceover — which brings the little girl back to punk rock.

Appearances by William Fichtner, Kristen Wiig, Mark Ruffalo, James Franco and Mila Kunis add spice to the mix, while it is great to see Ray Liotta as the mob boss the Fosters make the mistake of crossing paths with.

The film is also inspired by the 1993 Italian film «La scorta» which «followed four cops» struggle to guard a special prosecutor trying to bring mob bosses to justice.»

Jason Robards is somewhat miscast as the stocky Al Capone — he was originally cast as rival mob boss «Bugs» Moran but Corman's first choice for Capone, Orson Welles, was nixed by the studio as being «too difficult» and Robards simply promoted to the leading role — but he certainly captures the savagery, the emotional explosiveness, and the media - savvy persona that Capone puts on when talking to reporters.

That's the sort of aesthetic family resemblance a lightweight like Fleischer ought to milk for all it's worth, but hear him out: Sean Penn's enterprising mob boss Mickey Cohen, he insists, isn't a cartoon bruiser in the tradition of Al Pacino's Big Boy Caprice, but a real guy whose face only looks a little off because it's been molded by other men's fists.

In This Girl is Badass, Jeeja takes her skills to the next level as a bike messenger who is hired by competing mob bosses to smuggle goods.

Nobuo Kaneko, later the villainous and cowardly mob boss in Kinji Fukasaku's Battles Without Honor and Humanity series, shines in an early leading role as a prisoner being escorted by police who isn't quite what he seems to be at first.

Longtime best friend of mob boss Shawn Maguire (Harris), Jimmy, now 55, is haunted by the sins of his past — as well as a dogged police detective (D'Onofrio) who's been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years.

Longtime best friend of mob boss Shawn Maguire (Harris), Jimmy, now 55, is haunted by the sins of his past — as well as a dogged police detective (D'Onofrio) who's been one step behind Jim... Read On

But everyone in this film, from the extremely well dressed Vicki Vale (Kim Basinger), to the sinister mob boss Carl Grissom (Jack Palance), are overshadowed by Jack Nicholson as the Joker.

A group of corrupt, turncoat cops and detectives in Atlanta are pushed against the wall by Russian mob boss Irina Vlaslov.

Captain Queenan (Martin Sheen) and hard - nosed Sergeant Dignam (Mark Wahlberg) decide to destroy mob boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) by planting a mole in his operation.

Co-written by Jeremy Saulnier go - to actor Macon Blair, who recently turned heads with his feature - length debut I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, the film follows a disgraced cop who's released from prison, only to enter a world of trouble when a dying mob boss decides to confess his sins before he keels over.

The plot is set in motion by an order from a mob boss, Rex, to buy out Club Pluto and corner the lunar casino business.

Co-written by Star Wars royalty Lawrence Kasdan and his son Jonathan Kasdan, «Solo: A Star Wars Story» introduces Han on his home planet of Corellia, where he serves under a local mob boss and dreams of fleeing, becoming a pilot and owning a ship.

We see a holistic compound run by a hippie yak (Tommy Chong), a tiny shrew of a mob boss (Maurice LaMarche) who is a funny tribute to Don Corleone from «The Godfather» and wolves who suffer from chain - reaction howling.

Meanwhile, the agents» boss Stanley Locke (Andy Garcia) pieces together the connection between Sparazza and Israel to give the men a better idea of why the hit is so big, including information about a split in the family caused by Israel and the first FBI undercover officer to infiltrate the mob.

When ruthless Russian - Israeli mob boss Irina Vlaslov (Kate Winslet) strong - arms the crew into attempting one last, seemingly impossible robbery, they decide their best hope is to divert the entire police force's attention by staging a «999» incident — cop code for «officer down.»

Where the films strengths lie, are in the performances; Mafia boss Roy Demeo, is captured ferociously by Ray Liotta, who seems to be the go - to - guy for mob figures these days, and the likes of Chris Evans impresses in an almost unrecognisable role as Robert «Mr. Freezy» Pronge — another hitman that Kuklinski gets involved with.

That makes him the perfect mole, the man on the inside of the mob run by boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson).

WHAT: After law - abiding limo driver Michael Conlon (Joel Kinnaman) witnesses the murder of some clients by the sleazebag son of local crime boss Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris), Shawn sends childhood friend / mob enforcer Jimmy «The Gravedigger» Conlon (Liam Neeson) to prevent Michael from going to the police.

End of the 1970s, burglars confront the Outfit, specifically mob über - boss Tony Accardo — the kind of guys you see in Michael Mann's Thief, which was inspired by similar characters.

There are a lot of big, attention - getting films in 2012, and one that I forget about once in a while is Gangster Squad, the film in which Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer follows the efforts of a squad of LA cops (Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Nick Nolte, Giovanni Ribisi, Anthony Mackie) to stop the incursion of organized crime into LA, led by Sean Penn as famed mob boss Mickey Cohen.

With cameos from Pete Postlethwaite (as Irish mob boss Fergie «The Florist») and Mad Men's Jon Hamm (unencumbered by any discernible personality as tenacious FBI agent Adam Frawley) helping to raise the stakes, The Town has all the makings of a solid procedural.

On the evil side of things, Chris D'Amico (Christopher Mintz - Plasse), the son of a mob boss who Kick - Ass killed with rocket launcher, has decided to get revenge by dressing up in a bondage outfit and dubbing himself a vulgarism that expresses maternal incest.

For now, know that Coughlin is on the rise in Boston, aided a bit by his cop father (Brendan Gleeson, great even in what amounts to basically a one - scene role) and in love with local mob boss Albert White's (Robert Glenister) daughter Emma (Sienna Miller).

In the film, gangster Big Boy Caprice (Pacino, Sea of Love) trying to get a conglomerate of mob bosses to join forces and own the town before the tenacious police, headed by the seemingly incorruptible Dick Tracy (Beatty), snuff them out.

Captain Queenan (Martin Sheen) and hard - nosed Sergeant Dignam (Mark Wahlberg) decide to destroy mob boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) by planting a -LSB-...]

To make matters worse, he's being pressured to mastermind an armored car robbery by a local mob boss (Pete Postlethwaite) to whom he is indebted.

Longtime best friend of mob boss Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris), Jimmy, now 55, is haunted by the sins of his past — as well as a dogged police detective who's been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years.

For readers who love a little humor with their murder: The Fame Thief by Timothy Hallinan Junior Bender, a P.I. and former burglar, is hired by Irwin Dressler, a movie king and former mob boss, to solve a Hollywood cold case.

September 2009: Breathing Water by Timothy Hallinan Gonzo expat travel writer Poke Rafferty has a penchant for finding trouble — this time with a ruthless mob boss who is the subject of Rafferty's forthcoming book.

Two new Swedish suspense thrillers lead off this month's selections, followed by an eerie English tale of revenge and a taut police procedural set in Brazil.First up, a debut novel — Alexander Söderberg's The Andalucian Friend, a tale of cutthroat mob bosses and the extraordinary lengths to which they will go to one - up one another...

In other paired stories, an Imperial policeman who is forced to leave the continent after rumors spread of his homosexuality reappears as a doorman in New York City who brings solace to a young betrayed woman; a young girl held hostage in a brothel plots a brutal revenge against the madam who keeps her, and then the madam reappears as a wizened midwife who delivers a baby to a Hindu woman forced to make a terrible choice about the child; a Muslim boy who escapes a train raided by a murderous mob reemerges as a grandfather who has moved to London to be with his family and whose granddaughter struggles to save her marriage after the death of their child; a young cartographer alters a small section of the Radcliffe Line with terrible consequences, and then his boss reappears as a senile old man who sets off in search of a prostitute he often hires.

Seeing this as a threat to his way of life, Mob boss Bobby Biaggio Bigotta, better known as Biggie Boom Boom, knows that he must stop Paulie and his friends by all means necessary.

When gorgeous, feisty Lauren finds herself on the wrong side of the Russian mob, smoking - hot Russian fighter Dmitry defies his boss to save her... Force (The Underground Book 1) by Becca Jameson