Chris Smith (an annoying Emile Hirsch), a working - class stiff and part - time drug dealer, and none too bright, decides to hire a contract killer (whose day job is being a police detective) to dispose of his mother, Adele, who, he thinks, has stolen from him (an act which has put him in trouble
with some local gangsters).
Not exact matches
Both films feature in the Best Picture lineup, as does «Public Enemy Number One,» a sprawling biopic of
gangster Jacques Mesrine that has been a
local box - office smash and leads all nominees
with 10 bids.
Paul also finds himself hopelessly entangled
with Anna (Gong Li), the gambling wife of a
local gangster (Chow Yun Fat), who secretly works for the Chinese resistance while her husband enjoys a mutually beneficial relationship
with their Japanese occupiers.
Mickey Rourke stars as a down - on - his - luck jazz trumpeter who flees into the desert after he sleeps
with the wife of
local gangster Bill Murray and ends up targeted for death.
Seemingly possessing no greater postgrad ambitions than milling around and attempting «Jackass» stunts
with their omnipresent video camera, Jesse and Hector harass Jesse's abuela (Renee Victor), smoke pot, play basketball, occasionally run afoul of some
local gangsters, draw penises on one another's faces, and generally bust each other's balls for a decent chunk of the film.
Joe (Mykelti Williamson), the owner of a
local deli, and Laney (Betty Gabriel), a reformed
gangster, help out
with a few of their friends.
The star of that film, Matthias Schoenaerts, returns for this, alongside Noomi Rapace and Tom Hardy, who co-stars
with Gandolfini as owners of a Brooklyn bar used as a drop - off for illicit funds by
local gangsters.
During one of the highly intense aforementioned shootouts, Anthony Mackie must chase down a
local Hispanic
gangster (all of them have almost their entire bodies inked
with artwork expressing their hatred towards the police) while knocking over bottles of alcohol littered through the streets.
A classic Spitalfields pub
with a lively
local crowd, The Carpenter's Arms was once under the rule of East End
gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray.