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Subgenre Sampler
Get Carter (2000)- Dir. Stephen Kay
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Rachael Leigh Cook, Mickey Rourke… - Unnecessary remake of the British hard–boiler transposes the action to the Pacific Northwest where Las Vegas mob enforcer Sylvester Stallone…
Lock Stock and Four Stolen Hooves (TV Series) (2000)- Dir. Sheree Folkson
- Tele–sequel to the hit movie LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS, gives a reasonably funny riff on the bumbling quartet of lads on the make,…
Love, Honour and Obey (2000)- Dir. Dominic Anciano, Ray Burdis
Feat. Jonny Lee Miller, Ray Winstone, Jude Law… - Jonny Lee Miller is appealing as a mischief–making wannabe–crim in this half–serious set of London gangster moves, that basically…
One Hundred Steps, The (I Cento Passi) (2000)- Dir. Marco Tullio Giordana
- Expansive, fact–based drama set around a young man's fight against local mafiosos in the small Sicilian village of Cinisi in the…
Snatch (2000)
- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Dennis Farina, Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro… - A LOCK STOCK knock–off by 'im–who–knows–best: the director himself, Guy Ritchie. Like its predecessor, this cockney…
Time and Tide (2000)- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Nicholas Tse, Wu Bai - Healthy measures of hard–boiled alienation and gyroscopic fire–fights ignite this Hong Kong kick–butt–fest that somersaults…
Boondock Saints, The (1999)- Dir. Troy Duffy
Feat. Sean Patrick Flannery, Norman Reedus, Willem Dafoe… - Irish–Bostonian brothers Sean Patrick Flannery and Norman Reedus become vigilante saints after knocking off some Russkie wise guys, becoming…
Busted (Everybody Loves Sunshine) (1999)- Dir. Andrew Goth
Feat. Goldie , David Bowie - North London mobster glory awaits Goldie (the drum–n–bass star) who must reclaim his criminal empire from a…
Essex Boys (1999)- Dir. Terry Winsor
Feat. Charlie Creed-Miles, Sean Bean - One of the present wave of British crime–films, this tale of trainee cabbie Charlie Creed–Miles going to work for volatile hard–man…
Heaven (1999)
- Dir. Scott Reynolds
Feat. Martin Donovan, Joanna Going, Danny Edwards… - Banished into virtual anonymity by Miramax studio indifference, we can only assume they found this 'arty' thriller too slippery to pigeonhole and…
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