Sentences with phrase «turned gang leader»

The villain of the piece, ex-prostitute turned gang leader Ma - Ma, is played by Lena Headey who, as we all know by now, is phenomenal in everything she touches.

Not exact matches

It has gone from near - barren to bustling under the leadership of supervisor Jim Hobson, the former gang leader - turned - Vietnam War hero who organized this year's banquet just as he did for 11 years at his former park district post, Kiwanis Playground on the Far North Side.

With Tron: Legacy «s Garret Hedlund in final talks to star as Kaneda, the gang leader, and Kristen Stewart offered the role of Ky Reed, a woman who is part of an underground movement to expose the government for turning orphans into living weapons (she also may possess some abilities herself), the big question now is who will play Tetsuo, the young man whose latent powers will release the powerful being known as Akira?

Though not as transparently villainous as his much - witnessed prior turn as gang leader Bill the Butcher in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York, Day - Lewis ensures this mustachioed character is more able to instill fear in the viewer, even from the comforts of one's couch.

Having tracked the fugitive to the Sandin's home, the gang leader (Rhys Wakefield) demands the Sandins turn the stranger over in exchange for their lives.

I really got to be a part of the community through Spike and [longtime Chicago political activist] Father Michael Pfleger who introduced me to some young peacekeepers, some reformed gang members turned leaders in the South side of Chicago.

At times the book reads like a page - turning espionage novel, beginning with a 1907 bank robbery masterminded by the 29 - year - old Stalin and led by gang leader, Kamo who was «completely enthralled» by Stalin (read the excerpt).