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The story, which Wheatley pitches as a muscular crime flick in the spirit of Melville, Hawks, Scorsese and Walter Hill, charts the fallout from a gun - running hook - up orchestrated by Brie Larson in a deserted warehouse.

It's a wild indie comedy - turned thriller - crime flick in which the heroine manages to find empowerment during an existential crisis.

Not exact matches

In celebration of Wes Anderson's latest film — the crime caper THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL — we're thrilled to feature a few of everyone's favorite crime flicks of all time!

Bursting with the same charismatic, comic book energy that skyrockets through most of his movies, old crime reporter, novelist, war hero, writer - director and sometime producer Samuel Fuller, almost 69, still moves and talks like his daffy action flicks — like the wild man from Borneo — in quick, short, blocky punches, like two - fisted slabs of socko headline type.»

I first saw this gritty crime flick back when I was a mere lad in the 1970s — its original title in Europe (where I was living at the time) was The Marseille Contract, so are we to assume its name was changed stateside to The Destructors to avoid confusion with The French Connection?

It's a streak present in Taxi Driver and fully ascendent in recent efforts like The Canyons and the repulsive, compulsive crime flick Dog Eat Dog.

Tomorrow: Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) reteams with Brad Pitt for the pungent crime flick Killing Them Softly, plus a Takashi Miike musical and the long - awaited feature - length return of Léos Carax, last seen in 1999 with POLA X.

The 39 - year - old Man Of Steel actress stars as seductive con artist Sydney Prosser in the 1970s crime flick, but the mother - of - one said she does not have her eye on Oscar glory.

French director Rachid Bouchareb's career - long preoccupation with conflicting cultural values gets one of its more enigmatic workouts in Two Men In Town, a minimalist remake of the not - quite - classic crime flick of the same titlin Two Men In Town, a minimalist remake of the not - quite - classic crime flick of the same titlIn Town, a minimalist remake of the not - quite - classic crime flick of the same title.

Basically, though, the film noir flourished in and reflected a contemporary milieu; films noirs tended to have to do with the world of crime, whether overtly (police and FBI stories, private - eye flicks, gangster stories) or by extension — that is, films in which «the world of crime» proved to be inseparable from the world of nightclubs and cabarets, offices and tenements, cars and homes where private citizens might become, by accident or design, guilty souls.

It's an exceptionally strange film, somewhere between a yakuza thriller and a ponderous reflection on the violent childishness of the criminal mind — only finally getting its due when Quentin Tarantino stepped in to offer U.S. distribution and certain themes began to show up in weirdo crime flicks like Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog (which itself culled themes from Branded to Kill and Le Samouraï, the latter of which Beat cited as a particular influence).

McNairy's been working solidly for almost a decade, with early brief roles in pictures like the Val Kilmer crime drama «Wonderland,» indie flick «D.E.B.S,» teen comedy «Sleepover» and the Lindsay Lohan vehicle «Herbie: Fully Loaded.»

If you're looking for a resonating character piece on the complexity of man this isn't going to satisfy your appetite, but if you want a bloody, in - your - face crime flick with a great cast and a unique, adrenalized style than Welcome to the Punch is right on the money.

WHY: Robert De Niro may be choosing better scripts these days, but he's not immune to appearing in bad movies, as evidenced in this direct - to - video thriller that plays like a mix between «Speed» and «John Q.» Director Scott Mann and writer Stephen Cyrus Sepher have created an incredibly predictable crime flick that uses just about every cliché in the book, from the desperate father trying to save his child, to the villain with a crisis of conscience.

Yes, my silver - screen sisters in crime are radiating duplicity and depravity in classic flicks, programmed by Bruce Goldstein, through Aug. 7.

Another Irish crime flick mixing violence and comedy, In Bruges is the cinema debut of renowned playwright Martin McDonagh.

For a more interesting crime flick also set in Harlem and also directed by Bill Duke, try to track down 1991's A Rage in Harlem, with Forest Whitaker and Danny Glover.

There are many variables transpiring in the gritty, yet grating, urban crime flick Proud Mary that want desperately to embrace themes of unconventional motherly instincts and clichéd street-wise mayhem.

While the running thread of the mismatched black and white partners forced to work together has been a staple since 1958's «The Defiant Ones,» this movie can not seem to decide if it wants to be a cleverly - bantered buddy flick in that vein, a serious crime drama, a fast - paced tale of worldwide illegal drug operations or a violent action adventure (although there is certainly enough of that latter element to go around).

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Kinshasa Serves as Setting for Congo Gangsta Flick Drugs may be the contraband of choice in most modern, American crime capers, but this African adventure revolves around a present - day black market in petroleum.

And in a complete gear change from period crime flick and fantasy, Yates will also eye an adaptation of «This Is Where I Leave You» by Jonathan Tropper.

The two reunite for gritty crime flick ONLY GOD FORGIVES, a revenge thriller that sees Gosling play Julian, an ex - gangster / kickboxer, now living in Thailand after murdering a cop in his native US.

This gruesome splatter flick directed by Antoine Fuqua trades in profanity, ethnic slurs and gratuitous violence in service of a high attrition - rate crime whodunit designed for the blood sport demo.

Set in Trump country, a blue - collar South of lost jobs and broken dreams, it's a terrific, twisty, funny - as - hell crime flick about so - called hicks who decide that making America great again starts right at home.

Murphy went on to return to the stage and also star in a series of small romantic comedies, crime thrillers, and indie flicks, and briefly re-appeared in The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.

There are some action adjacent flicks on the list below, but add to that the best Fast and Furious film in 11 years with The Fate of the Furious, the criminally underrated John Wick 2, the rightfully beloved Wonder Woman, the kickass spy beats of Atomic Blonde, the daft so bad it's good silliness of Geostorm along with the more cerebral crime action found in the Safdie Brothers» Good Time.

An interest in France and its colonial legacy may be helpful in getting the best out of seeing this but the equivalent is happening here.It is far better than the 2dimensional British crime flick as it alludes to the ever changing face of France and how one fits in when we all have multiple identities and in fact has some similarities to Michael Haneke's «Hidden».

In his new fight - flick Bleed for This, writer - director Ben Younger — best known for the Mamet-esque white - collar crime drama Boiler Room — achieves a better result focusing on one of Durán's more colorful opponents: Vinny «The Pazmanian Devil» Paz (née Pazienza), whose comeback from a catastrophic injury seems more far - fetched than any sports flick's faux - inspirational contrivance.

In equal parts an intense crime drama and a goofy surrealist comedy, this flick slowly draws you in with its densely layered screenplay and unbelievably charismatic cast, only to build up to a finale so ridiculous and over-the-top, the only thing you can do is sit back and stare in awIn equal parts an intense crime drama and a goofy surrealist comedy, this flick slowly draws you in with its densely layered screenplay and unbelievably charismatic cast, only to build up to a finale so ridiculous and over-the-top, the only thing you can do is sit back and stare in awin with its densely layered screenplay and unbelievably charismatic cast, only to build up to a finale so ridiculous and over-the-top, the only thing you can do is sit back and stare in awin awe.

Inspired by the Italian crime flicks of the»70s revered by Quentin Tarantino, Milanoir is a pixel - packed action game set in the violent city of Milan.