Sentences with phrase «made police thriller»
«S.W.A.T.» is a well - made police thriller, nothing more.
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Podcasts have been around for more than a decade, but it was the NPR audio thriller Serial, which unpacked the murder of teenager Hae Min Lee and subsequent botched investigation by the Baltimore Police Department, that arguably made podcasting take off.
Another director looking to follow up an acclaimed drama (in this case, the Oscar - nominated Incendies), Canada's Denis Villeneuve will make his English - language debut with a Taken-esque thriller about a carpenter who takes the law into his own hands after police are unable to locate his kidnapped daughter.
«Bad Guy,» playing on a double bill with the Hong Kong police thriller «Infernal Affairs,» is about a low - class pimp who, spurned during a chance meeting with a privileged college girl, kidnaps her and makes her into a prostitute to teach her a lesson.
The native Chicago actor spent 3 years serving in the armed forces and 18 years as a Chicago police officer before making his debut in Michael Mann's cop thriller THEIF (aka VIOLENT STREETS), which starred James Caan.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening March 27, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS 12 Rounds (PG - 13 for intense violence) Crime thriller, set in New Orleans, about a police detective (John Cena) who finds his fiancée (Ashley Scott) kidnapped by a revenge - minded escaped - con (Aidan Gillen) whose own girlfriend had been accidentally killed during their apprehension for a multi-million dollar heist.
While Sea of Love probably won't go down as one of Al Pacino's (Scarface, Godfather Part II) greatest films, his performance still makes this otherwise standard police thriller worth watching.