Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Gangsters: 353 Films to Rent
- Rogue Assassin (War) (2007)
- Dir. Philip G Atwell
Feat. Jet Li, Jason Statham
- Mildly entertaining actioner pits Statham as an FBI detective hell–bent on revenge after Li kills his partner; titular character Li, meanwhile,…
- Smokin' Aces (2007)
- Dir. Joe Carnahan
Feat. Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys…
- A high–strung crime caper of competing assassins from the dir. of NARC, dispatching with boyish glee a bevy of visual and narrative bullet…
- We Own the Night (2007)
- Dir. James Gray
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes…
- Accomplished crime saga concerns a nightclub manager (Phoenix) on the fringe of New York's Russian Mafia, whose lifestyle is jeopardized when family…
- You Move You Die (2007)
- Dir. Ketzal Sterling
Feat. Ketzal Sterling, Bruce Hopkins
- Ad hoc gangster thriller out of Auckland concerns a stolen engagement ring, and its ensuing recovery by a desperate fiancĂ©e and his posse of…
- Brotherhood (TV Series) (2006)
- Feat. Jason Isaacs, Jason Clarke
- Tough, multistoried drama from HBO competitor Showtime builds a crime legacy on par with THE SOPRANOS in focusing on the Irish neighborhood of…
- City of Violence, The (2006)
- Dir. Ryoo Seung-Wan
Feat. Doo-hong Jung, Kil-Kang Ahn
- A dazzling, action–fantastic revenger by way of Korea, this draws its considerable bloodletting from the aftermath of a funeral, where two…
- Departed, The (2006)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson…
- A rip–roaring remake of Hong Kong actioner INFERNAL AFFAIRS, Martin Scorsese returns to the mean streets in this high–performance game of…
- Dirty Carnival, A (Biyeolhan geori) (2006)
- Dir. Ha Yoo
Feat. In-sung Zo, Ku Jin, Tae won Kwon
- Dynamite entry in the burgeoning Korean gangster genre explores the meteoric rise – and inevitable fall – of one Byung–du, a lowly…
- Election 2 (Triad Election) (2006)
- Dir. Johnny To
Feat. Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Louis Koo
- Genre exponent Johnny To logically extends the gangland politics of his original film in this punchy, no–nonsense sequel concerning a fresh…
- Exiled (Fong juk) (2006)
- Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Anthony Wong, Simon Yam, Richie Ren…
- Master exponent of genre Johnnie To pays homage to spaghetti westerns and the bygone era of John Woo in this energetic, skilfully dispatched action…