Sentences with phrase «psychotic gangster»

The movie follows a trio of dognappers (Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, and Christopher Walken) who steal the wrong shih tzu end up running afoul of a psychotic gangster (Woody Harrelson).

The film follows a trio of dognappers (Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, and Christopher Walken) who steal the wrong shih tzu and end up running afoul of a psychotic gangster (Woody Harrelson).

The original isn't quite Plato, of course, but back then a car chase usually stood for a rebellion against the establishment, and that's precisely how one would characterize insurance investigator Maindrian Pace's evasion of the police in a stolen vehicle across state lines; a cigar is just a cigar in the remake, despite the ludicrous, if funny, suggestion that Cage's «Memphis» Raines drives fast selflessly — that is, to keep an unaccountably psychotic gangster (Christopher Eccleston) from executing Ma Raines's other son, Kip (Giovanni Ribisi, in full greaseball mode).

Everything about the movie is top - notch, from Scorsese's daring direction, to Nicholas Pileggi's hard - hitting script (an adaption of his book, «Wiseguy»), to the rock - influenced soundtrack, to some fantastic performances by Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of psychotic gangster Tommy DeVito.

However, this draws him into the firing line of the incredibly dangerous, Nigel, a psychotic gangster, who is back to town, determined to win Gabi's, his ex-wife, heart back.

But finds himself indebted to a psychotic gangster.