Subgenre Sampler
Gangsters: 360 Films to Buy & Rent
- Give 'Em Hell Malone (2009)
- Dir. Russell Mulcahy
Feat. Thomas Jane, Ving Rhames, French Stewart…
- A tough as nails private investigator squares off with gangsters and their thugs to protect a valuable secret. Malone goes through hell to protect…
- Horde, The (La Horde) (2009)
- Dir. Yannick Dahan, Benjamin Rocher
Feat. Aurelien Recoing, Eric Ebouaney, Doudou Masta
- Fist–pumping zombie flick pits cops and criminals in a fight for their life against the walking dead amidst the slums of Paris. Bloody and…
- Perrier's Bounty (2009)
- Dir. Ian Fitzgibbon
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Gabriel Byrne…
- Jovial Irish caper in the vein of Sexy Beast, with Murphy as a petty crim in hock to a local gangster. A talented cast clearly enjoying themselves…
- Public Enemies (2009)
- Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard, Christian Bale…
- Michael Mann transposes the cops–and–robbers psychology of HEAT to depression–era America in this ambitious, if at times inadequate…
- Shinjuku Incident (San suk si gin) (2009)
- Dir. Derek Yee
Feat. Jackie Chan, Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu
- Jackie Chan turns serious for this gritty, nocturnal gangland drama centered around a Chinese immigrant who is unintentionally drawn into Tokyo’s…
- Sicilian Girl, The (La siciliana ribelle) (2009)
- Dir. Marco Amenta
Feat. Veronica D'Agostino, Gerard Jugnot
- A vivid, level–headed account of Mafiaso intrigue, based around real events surrounding a young woman’s testimony in court against Sicilian…
- Staten Island (Little New York) (2009)
- Dir. James DeMonaco
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Seymour Cassel…
- Ethan Hawke plays a blue collar New Yorker whose plan to fleece a mob boss of his dirty money comes unstuck when a deaf–mute hitman enters the…
- Take, The (TV Mini-series) (2009)
- Dir. David Drury
Feat. Tom Hardy, Brian Cox, Shaun Evans…
- Stylish, tough–as–nails gangland mini–series follows the fortunes of a recently released convict set on taking the London…
- American Trap, The (2008)
- Dir. Charles Biname
Feat. Remy Girard, Colm Feore, Janet Lane
- Paranoid sixties set thriller has a Canadian criminal becoming an unwitting secret weapon for a covert organisation and bearing witness to a chain of…
- Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2008)
- Dir. Stacy Peralta
Feat. Forest Whitaker
- Incisive documentary examining the shared histories and violent rivalries of Los Angeles' most notorious street gangs.
Tracing the roots of the…