Sentences with phrase «thriller about a cop»

Pride and Glory Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language and brief drug content Available on DVD and Blu - ray Edward Norton and Colin Ferrel prove that they can sometimes make questionable career choices in this mediocre cop thriller about cops gone bad and family that protects them.

A great little Danish thriller about a cop who is transferred to a distant, deceptively quiet town, only to find himself caught up in all manner of dark deeds.

Not exact matches

[Writers] Cavayé and Lemans... dump all manner of double - dealing and good cop - bad cop intrigue into what could have been a wonderfully streamlined, character - driven thriller about an innocent man forced to do the bidding of criminals to save his family.

Released by United Artists in 1980, William Friedkin's notorious thriller about a straight cop (Al Pacino) who goes undercover in New York's hardcore gay leather scene to catch a serial killer remains to this day the most graphic representation of queer culture to come out of Hollywood.

Triple 9 is an overfilled sandwich of cop vs criminal underworld thrillers - it is about four films in one, and is never a boring watch though at times it can make for a confusing one.

Laurel & Hardy, Where the Sidewalk Ends and The Big Clock are the reference points for Kim Seonghun's thriller, about a cop who accidentally runs over a man on an empty street at night and goes to great lengths to cover it up.

Rachel Weisz, Monica Bellucci, and Vanessa Redgrave star in this thriller about an American cop who uncovers a government conspiracy in Bosnia.

Scott Derrickson is directing this paranormal thriller about an Italian Catholic cop who teams up with a priest to get rid of a demonic spirit.

About Bright Set in an alternate present - day, this action - thriller directed by David Ayer (Suicide Squad, End of Watch, writer of Training Day) follows two cops from very different backgrounds (Ward, a human played by Will Smith, and Jakoby, an orc played by Joel Edgerton) who embark on a routine patrol night that will ultimately alter the future as their world knows it.

Crime story / thriller about crooked NYPD cops with great names.

The original 1974 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is a kind of blue collar cult film, a smartly done crime thriller about smart crooks, a smart transit cop and a battle of wits over the hijacking of a subway car and the ransoming of the passenger.

cop Steve Burns (Al Pacino) is asked before going undercover in William Friedkin's dirty - scary thriller about a serial murderer preying on gay men in late - Seventies New York — in which everyone looks like Al Pacino, all the victims as well as the killer, which is why he's recruited: he's bait (and the movie keeps hinting — fuck — he might also be the killer).

Denis Villeneuve is directing this crime thriller about a Tuscon cop who heads to Mexico with two mercenaries to track down a drug lord.

Swerve (R for violence, profanity, sexuality and nudity) Aussie crime thriller about a Good Samaritan (David Lyons) who ends up on the run from a ruthless hit man (Travis Hitman) and a crooked cop (Jason Clarke) after stopping to help a gun moll (Emma Booth) with a suitcase of cash at the scene of a car accident which claimed the life of her mobster beau.

Those hailing «Dexter» as an antiheroic crime thriller need to consider the storyline about the tough - talking Latina cop who has her heart softened by an Elian Gonzalez clone, or the revelation that Dexter might not be a serial killer after all, but a teddy bear with issues.

This 80's horror thriller is about teen punks, on the run from the cops and hiding out in the woods, who end up facing off against the «local authority» — an unhinged park ranger with an axe to grind.

I Am Wrath (R for profanity and violence) Revenge thriller about a grieving widower (John Travolta) who takes the law into his own hands after corrupt cops fail to find his wife's (Rebecca De Mornay) killer.

The French Connection is heralded as one of the greatest thrillers ever made, and certainly ranks among the very best when it comes to films about cops and criminals, regardless of the subject matter.

«Caught in the Crossfire»: Police thriller about two detectives (Chris Klein and Adam Rodriguez) who are targeted by gang members and crooked cops while investigating a crime.

«The Line»: Grim, taut Australian crime thriller about police corruption centering around two undercover cops investigating the murder of an Asian crime - syndicate member.

Cop Car Rated R for language, violence and brief drug use Available on DVD and Blu - ray Kevin Bacon stars in this indie thriller about a small town sheriff whose cop car is stolen by a couple of pre-teen runawaCop Car Rated R for language, violence and brief drug use Available on DVD and Blu - ray Kevin Bacon stars in this indie thriller about a small town sheriff whose cop car is stolen by a couple of pre-teen runawacop car is stolen by a couple of pre-teen runaways.

In the end, it's really about how to tell a story that makes L.A. Confidential heads and shoulders above other cop thrillers of its era.

Entertainment One out of the UK has unveiled the full UK trailer for John Hillcoat's contemporary crime thriller Triple 9, about a crew of dirty cops trying to pull off an impossible heist.

Ahead of its release next week a new red band trailer has arrived online for Brian O'Malley's supernatural thriller Let Us Prey starring Pollyanna McIntosh and Liam Cunningham; check it out below after the official synopsis... Rachel (Pollyanna McIntosh; The Woman, Filth), a rookie cop, is about to begin her first night shift in a -LSB-...]

Jerzy Skolimowski describes his next film, 11 Minutes, as a «catastrophic thriller,» suggesting that the Polish director's bit part in Joss Whedon's The Avengers was time well spent... The cast for John Hillcoat's Triple Nine, a thriller about crooked Los Angeles cops planning a robbery, includes Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kate Winslet, Aaron Paul, and Michael Peña... Mohsen Makhmalbaf lives!

When I first saw previews for this film, I couldn't help but get excited about the strong cast of solid actors involved, and likewise it's been a while since a decent cop thriller was released.

In director Matthew Daville's thriller, the 28 - year - old actor plays an honest young cop with deep suspicions about an otherwise - heroic detective (Edgerton) who claims to have discovered a hit - and - run accident involving a child, but was actually responsible for it.

Exposed (R for profanity, violence and rape) Supernatural thriller about an attractive Latina (Ana de Armas) who witnesses a miracle before being befriended by a cop (Keanu Reeves) investigating his partner's mysterious death.

Terribly Happy (Unrated) Crime thriller about a Copenhagen cop (Jakob Cedergren) who is reassigned after suffering a nervous breakdown to a small town only to end up at odds with the local bully (Kim Bodnia), a wife beater with a flirtatious wife (Lena Maria Christensen).

So begins the trailer for «Premium Rush,» an action thriller about a New York City bike messenger caught up in a life or death chase with a dirty cop and a