Subgenre Sampler
Gangsters: 360 Films to Buy & Rent
Killer, The (1989)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat
- Action at break–neck speed with a body–count to match the running time, this smorgasbord of super–violence with lashings of good…
Mack the Knife (1989)
- Dir. Menahem Golan
Feat. Raul Julia, Richard Harris, Julie Walters…
- Muddled adaptation of The Threepenny Opera is notable for some pretty inept dance sequences and some rather overt mugging by some well–known…
Violent Cop (1989)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Takeshi Kitano
Feat. Takeshi Kitano
- Popular entertainer 'Beat' Takeshi's directing debut is a stylish, witty yet cynical and disturbing elegy to violence executed with alarming…
As Tears Go By (Wong gok ka moon) (1988)
- Dir. Wong Kar-Wai
Feat. Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung
- Dir. Wong Kar–Wai debuted with this ambitious remake of MEAN STREETS, where best buddies Andy Lau and Jacky Cheung struggle through the…
Colors (1988)
- Dir. Dennis Hopper
Feat. Sean Penn, Robert Duvall
- A grim portrait of law enforcement. Mismatched police partners are assigned to the rife gang–related problems in South–Central L.A.
Flaming Brothers (Jiang hu long hu men) (1988)
- Dir. Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Alan Tang, Pat Ha
- Two close friends from the island of Macao (Tang and Yun–Fat) become dangerously involved in the Chinese triads through decades of prosperity…
Married to the Mob (1988)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Michelle Pfeiffer, Dean Stockwell, Matthew Modine
- Michelle Pfeiffer becomes involved with Dean Stockwell, Matthew Modine and a comically dicey mafia plot.
Orphans (1987)
- Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Albert Finney, Matthew Modine
- Two delinquents attempt to rob a gangster, but tables turn to a point where he becomes their friend and mentor. Powerhouse drama.
Pick-Up Artist, The (Pickup Artist) (1987)
- Dir. James Toback
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Molly Ringwald, Dennis Hopper…
- Serial womanizer Downey gets more than he bargained for when he falls for mobster's daughter Ringwald. Teen sex comedy is more thorny than horny with…
Sicilian, The (1987)
- Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland…
- Still reeling from the box office catastrophe of HEAVEN'S GATE, Michael Cimino turned his attention to this Mario Puzo–scripted saga about an…