Sentences with phrase «criminal underworld as»

Dennis Hopper (Easy Rider) oozes quirky menace as an amoral American art dealer who entangles a terminally ill German everyman, played by Bruno Ganz (Wings of Desire), in a seedy criminal underworld as revenge for a personal slight — but when the two become embroiled in an ever - deepening murder plot, they form an unlikely bond.

But once the war is over, the guns land in the hands of the criminal underworld as tools to carry out their bidding.

Not exact matches

That's what history has suggested,» Hoffner said, noting that as these technologies have grown more popular, their uses by the criminal underworld have generally abated to some extent.

Mr Reid continued: «The criminal underworld has been depicted as glamorous, and gangsters as celebrities.

Feeling the aftermath of the Recession, Theresa tries to regain a foothold in her underworld, professional and private life as her employees start to undermine her by looking for a way out of her fledgling criminal empire.

Their action - packed manhunt will take the unit across North Africa, the Middle East and Europe, from glitterati soirees to underworld cage fights, as they uncover and attempt to dismantle a vast global web of interconnected criminal and terrorist activity.

Stallone stars as Jimmy Bonomo, an unapologetically direct hitman who, when his partner gets killed after a recent job, is thrown together by circumstance with Taylor Kwon (Sung Kang), a by - the - book visiting cop from Washington, D.C.. Each targets themselves, Jimmy and Taylor form an uneasy alliance, to try to bring down a shady figure of the criminal underworld (Adewale Akinnuoye - Agbaje) and the psychotic enforcer, Keegan (Jason Momoa), doing his bidding.

He plays Brendan, a brooding teenage loner with the panache of a wisecracking gumshoe (think Humphrey Bogart as a high - school senior), who follows a trail of clues through a drug - fueled criminal underworld while investigating the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.

I use the term «thriller» in the generic sense, as this plays out more like a Jean - Pierre Melville portrait of isolated underworld professionals, freelancers in the international network of criminal enterprise.

It's easy to make comparisons to The Town, as it appears Affleck's Coughlin is someone involved in the criminal underworld, but has a heart of gold under a tough exterior.

The trailers look grittier than any previous film in the «Star Wars» universe, and the supporting roles are particularly well - cast, with Donald Glover as a young Lando Calrissian, and Woody Harrelson in a criminal underworld mentor role.

The comedy from the In Bruges writer and director reunites him with actor Colin Farrell as a struggling screenwriter who inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his two oddball friends (Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell) kidnap a gangster's (Woody Harrelson) beloved Shih Tzu.

Of course all of this is only the tip of the iceberg as Seal goes full - Heisenberg and carves off his own slice of the criminal underworld to create a smuggling juggernaut.

As he tracks her killers through the criminal underworld of Belfast, he begins to realize that there was a darker side to his beloved mother — and to himself.

This game has been going on for as long as anyone in the criminal underworld can remember.

«Drive» is the story of a Hollywood stunt driver by day (Gosling), a loner by nature, who moonlights as a top - notch getaway driver - for - hire in the criminal underworld.

Starring James Cagney as ruthless bootlegger Tom Powers, The Public Enemy — aside from its obvious focus on the criminal underworld — first taught Scorsese the idea of using music as counterpoint, particularly in the final scene where Cagney arrives home dead with the lighthearted «Forever Blowing Bubbles» playing in the background.

Adapted from George V. Higgins's debut novel, the gritty drama explores Boston's criminal underworld and stars Mitchum as the titular gunrunner Eddie «Fingers» Coyle.

Directed by Anna Foerster (Criminal Minds, Outlander), Underworld: Blood Wars sees Kate Beckinsale returing as Selene alongside Theo James and Charles Dance, while new additions to the cast include Tobias Menzies (Outlander), Lara Pulver (Sherlock), James Faulkner (Game of Thrones), Peter Andersson (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Bradley James (Damien), Daisy Head (Fallen) and newcomer Clementine Nicholson.

It's true he landed in Alcatrez at a young age, but the older the more dangerous he becomes; a kingpin of the South Boston criminal underworld who escaped justice by informing authorities of all movements of the rival gang, the Italian Mafia, as suggested by his most useful contact and friend John Connolly.

Solo stars Alden Ehrenreich as everyone's favorite space rascal Han Solo through a series of daring intergalactic adventures in the intergalactic criminal underworld, where he meets his trusty co-pilot Chewbacca and the less trusty gambler Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover).

An art theft thriller about stealing one of the most famous paintings by Claude Monet should have been a suspenseful peek into the criminal art forger's craft, a Boston underworld character study built around accomplished stars such as John Travolta in the title role, Christopher Plummer, Tye Sheridan and Jennifer Ehle in support.

The film picks up directly after the events of the first pic, as rookie cop Rama (Iko Uwais) must go undercover in the criminal underworld to protect his...

Sadly, we'll never get to see this, but it doesn't matter very much, as this is still an excellent ultraviolent foray into Tarantino's criminal underworld.

Directed by Steven S. DeKnight (Netflix's Daredevil), the film picks up as Jake — whose legendary father lost his life in order to save humanity from the evil «Kaiju» — has given up on his Jaeger pilot, thus ultimately becoming entangled with the criminal underworld.

Based on the novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane, the film stars Affleck as Joe Coughlin, a World War I vet and son of a Boston Police Deputy Superintendent who operates in the criminal underworld during a Prohibition - era Miami.

Little has been revealed about Thandie's character, but from the film's trailer it's clear that she's part of the crew that works alongside young Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) as he takes on the criminal underworld.

Cops are already on the case, but the couple's personal touch is deemed more effective; you squirm as they are sucked into the scarier reaches of Boston's criminal underworld (and corrupted overworld).

The film features Tom Hardy co-starring with himself as real - life twin gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, who ruled London's criminal underworld in the 1950s and 60s.

Directed by Anna Foerster (Criminal Minds, Outlander), Underworld: Blood Wars sees Kate Beckinsale returning as Selene alongside Theo James and Charles Dance, while new additions to the cast include Tobias Menzies (Outlander), Lara Pulver (Sherlock), James Faulkner (Game of Thrones), Peter Andersson (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Bradley James (Damien), Daisy Head (Fallen) and newcomer Clementine Nicholson.

It's a heist film chock - full of action as it features a series of daring escapades within a dark and criminal underworld.

Set in the seedy underworld of Japan's criminal empire, it focuses on balancing life as a father, friend, family man, and Yakuza boss.

A prequel to the long - running series set in Japan's criminal underworld, this entry introduces mainstay protagonist Kazuma Kiryu and series regular Goro Majima as they fight like hell through Tokyo and Osaka in their climb through the yakuza ranks.

As Ian plunges into a criminal underworld in pursuit of a new lead, he is forced to use his mental powers to survive.

As they slip into debt and get dragged into a criminal underworld by a series of shysters, thieves and sociopaths, they discover that the reality is very different from the dream in a city that worships money and status, and is heaven for those who have them and a living nightmare for those who don't.

His main antagonist is Otto Octavius (in the criminal underworld known as Doctor Octopus), a scientist equipped with mechanical arms controlled by his brainwaves.

From there, you're pulled deep into the criminal underworld of London, until the second half of the game, where you switch characters and play the rest of the game as a cop!

It is a work that is hard to forget, which is just as well now that it has gone into the shadows of the criminal underworld along with six other paintings by modern masters.

In the online criminal underworld, a booming industry has been born, with as much as $ 100 million to be made per hacker.