Sentences with phrase «by the crime boss»

Bernstein shows how shell companies operate, how they allow the super-wealthy and celebrities to escape taxes, and how they provide cover for illicit activities on a massive scale by crime bosses and corrupt politicians across the globe.

Colin Sullivan (Damon) has been groomed by crime boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) to serve as his mole in the police department.

When their grandmother (Thigpen) is brutally slain by crime boss Michael Minelli (Polito, Highlander), Darryl vows to avenge crime wherever it happens, donning a homemade suit made up of bullet - proof material and hitting the streets looking for trouble.

She wakes up after some hours in a strange room feeling groggy and is informed by a crime boss that she has had drugs implanted into her abdomen for transportation.

Splintered into fragments, and told largely in retrospect as a mysterious woman named Ann (Julianne Nicholson) reads a letter written by William, Anania's story slowly reveals a basic plot involving amateur thief William's recruitment by a crime boss (Josh Lucas) and his subsequent, frowned - upon relationship with Ann, employed by said kingpin as both a lover and a whore.

You play as Ryan Marks, a special forces operative who comes back to the UK when his family are threatened by a crime boss.

Also, targets in Mr. Big operations are often exposed to simulated violent retribution by the crime boss first hand such as seeing a fellow member of the crime group being severely beaten as a result of disloyalty (see R v Bonisteel, 2008 BCCA 334 at para 15).

Not exact matches

Filmgoers want to experience something new, visceral and game changing, which is exactly what this heist musical accomplishes with Baby (played by Ansel Elgort), a hearing - impaired getaway driver who lives his life to the beat of a constant stream of music in his ears, often to the discontent of his criminal allies, led by Kevin Spacey in one of his most fatherly roles yet, especially for a crime boss.

The first belongs to Christopher, after a second - season car accident briefly stops his heart, and it lands him in hell, which turned out to be an Irish bar — every Italian's idea of the inferno — populated by deceased «soldiers» from his crime family, who give him a message to carry back to his bosses: «Three o'clock.»

Before luck ran out of him, Ibori's next project was to bring down completely, Nigeria's anti-corruption machinery by practically running out of town, the then boss of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.

The former pension boss was declared wanted by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for an alleged N2bn pension's biometric fraud in November 2015

The reinstatement and promotion of the former pension boss sparked criticism and controversy from Nigerians after he was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2015.

Dozens of NYPD bosses were yanked from their regular crime - fighting duties to play kids» games at a summer camp - style retreat in The Bronx held by...

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has urged the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption to thoroughly investigate circumstances surrounding the arrest and release of the Innoson Motors boss, Dr Innocent Chukwuma by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to ensure that needed investors were not scared away by the activities of the ant - graft agency.

Bratton presented a united front with his new boss, Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio, and his revised opinion brings him more in line with de Blasio's position during the Democratic primary, when the mayor - elect distinguished himself from rivals by saying the current force was already large enough to «maintain» the city's low crime rate.

The film is further enriched by the performances of Jeff Daniels as Abe, the future boss of the crime syndicate, and by Paul Dano as Seth, a friend of Old Joe who fears the loop is about to be closed on him.

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).

But a crime boss of the future, nicknamed «The Rain Maker,» is sending aged loopers back through time to be executed by their younger selves.

When he asks for money owed to him by local crime boss Fred Vance (William Forsythe), Vance responds by blowing up Sonny's home (causing the death of Sonny's father).

Gotham City is a sunless, ominous haven for criminals, held in the corrupt grip of crime boss Carl Grissom (the ever - magnetic Jack Palance), and terrorized by a sadistic vandal and murderer known as The Joker.

Funny turns queasy with jokes suggesting sexual abuse and with the arrival of a shrieking, gay - Asian crime boss played by Ken Jeong (Knocked Up, Role Models).

So says professional killer Jackie Cogan at one point in Killing Them Softly, the third film by New Zealander Andrew Dominik - and considering the filmmaker's efforts to establish a connection between the events in the movie and the economic crisis started in the late 2000s thanks to the greed and lack of scruples of Wall Street, it is easy to see Cogan as an ordinary employee of any company complaining about the lack of vision of his bosses and, on the other hand, the big bankers as Armani - dressing versions of the violent mobsters who inhabit the crime section of the newspapers.

Hardened by his time away but with an admirable sense of justice, Tau finds his hometown under the control of corrupt politicians, a disgraceful police force, and a truly heinous crime boss.

When a gangster named Wo (Nick Cheung) tries to turn over a new leaf by settling down with his wife (Josie Ho) and newborn, the boss (Simon Yam) of his former crime family dispatches a couple of hit men (Suet Lam and Anthony Wong) from Hong Kong to execute the renegade mobster.

Stellan Skarsgard, as an intimidating but seemingly earnest Russian crime boss who desperately wants to get his family out of Russia, practically steals the whole film, and top - notch support work is provided by the likes of Naomie Harris as McGregor's loyal wife and reluctant partner - in - espionage, Damian Lewis as a (seemingly) trustworthy British operative, and Jeremy Northam as a shady character who may be playing both sides of the fence.

Molly's Game (***) Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, The Social Network) marks his directing debut with this tense crime / drama / thriller about Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain), a young woman who turns a job as a personal assistant to an obnoxious young boss into a proprietor role, organizing high - stakes Hollywood poker games that make her wealthy and hounded by the FBI.

«Hobo with a Shotgun» follows Hobo, who is determined to rid the crime that plagues the city he lives in, especially the corruption that is caused by main crime boss Drake (played by Brian Downey).

When he accidentally kills a suspect — a former war hero who has already been framed for murder by smarmy crime boss Tommy Scalise (Gary Merrill)-- and covers up the crime, Mark's unstable moral high ground gives way.

by Walter Chaw Completed about a year after John Boorman's infinitely superior The General, Thaddeus O'Sullivan's Ordinary Decent Criminal is a sporadic «fictionalizing» of the life of Irish crime boss Martin Cahill that dresses up Cahill's exploits with slick visuals while attempting the unsavory task of doing exactly what The General was accused of doing: making urban terrorism and torture whimsical caper fare.

The Big Combo — Joseph H. Lewis's very black film noir stars Richard Conte as a crime boss being hunted by a persistent cop played by Cornel Wilde.

When a gangster named Wo (Nick Cheung) tries to turn over a new leaf by settling down with his wife (Josie Ho) and newborn, the boss (Simon Yam) of his crime family dispatches a couple of hit men (Suet Lam and Anthony Wong) from Hong Kong to execute the renegade mobster.

has debuted a second official trailer for crime thriller Gotti, spanning three decades telling the story of legendary crime boss John Gotti Sr., as played by John Travolta.

The trouble apparently stems from the film's depiction of a First Nations crime boss, played by First Nations actor and musician Tom Jackson.

Contending with mobsters, including notorious crime boss «Mother,» he's also challenged by a sultry lounge singer, a deranged heiress, crooked cops, knock - knock jokes, and his own libido.

Lionsgate has released the first official trailer for a new crime thriller titled Gotti, spanning three decades telling the story of legendary crime boss John Gotti Sr., as played by John Travolta.

Who: Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Dominic Cooper and Terrence Howard What: In New York City, a crime lord's right - hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution against his boss.

Written and directed by Edgar Wright, the film follows a young getaway driver who faces a new world of danger when he's forced to work for a crime boss.

«Game of Thrones» star Alfie Allen steps over his bounds as the son of a crime boss by stealing the title character's car and dog, the latter left to him by his dead girlfriend, and now Mr. Wick wants his stuff back.

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).

Baby Driver is an action flick that features a young savant of a car driver known as Baby (Ansel Elgort) who is hired by an ambitious crime boss (Kevin Spacey) to pilot the getaway car for Doc's heists.

Samuel is thus compelled to zap a cop with a defibrillator, bludgeon his boss with a handgun, and perform other assorted crimes, all while being pursued by two different sets of detectives, one good and one clearly not so good.

And while he allows himself to be led around by the loins, he soon lands on the radar of her jealous boyfriend as well as a policewoman (Marlene Longange) and an angry Angolan crime boss (Hoji Fortuna) determined to recover his pilfered petrol.

The titular crime boss (Shahrukh Khan) has by now conquered the Asian drug trade, which makes him prime target for the kingpins in Europe, who suspect him to have their territory next in his sights — which, of course, he does, and figuring in his plan is an unlikely ally: archenemy Vardhaan (Boman Irani), who had been left to rot in prison in the last half - decade.

Like Louis, James is a selfish and pampered money - maker for a financial firm, beloved by his bosses and by a gold - digging fiancée who will abandon him when, like Louis, he's framed for a crime.

One is that Infernal Affairs made the bad mole (represented by Damon's character) more conflicted about what he was doing, leading to a level of complexity involved as to whether or not he was really helping or hurting his crime boss during each scene.

SYNOPSIS: Skilled thief Jack, on the verge of leaving his criminal world behind, is drawn by pregnant ex-lover Karen into a battle against vicious crime boss Eddie, who wants her dead... If there was -LSB-...]

When Mikey is kidnapped and held for a ransom by ruthless crime boss Eddie, JP turns to the brothers» old pal Sal, who is a plainclothes detective, for help.

This ends the movie's first act and sets Joe off on a new life in sunny Florida, where he's employed by the Italian crime boss Maso Pescatore (Remo Girone) to take over the local rum rackets and make life as difficult as possible for White's Florida operation.

Language: Korean Genre: Drama / Crime MPAA rating: NR Director: Jeong - beom Lee Actors: Kyung - gu Sol, Han - seon Jo, Mun - hee Na Plot: Jae - mun is seeking retaliation for the murder of his friend by a rival gang and, to this end, travels to the town where the underworld boss Dae - shik will set his plan of vengeance in motion.

In the crime drama, driected by Michaël R. Roskam, Gandolfini plays Tom Hard's looming, intimidating cousin, Marv, who also happens to be his boss and the main figure behind a money - drop robbery ring in Brooklyn.