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Subgenre Sampler
Dick Tracy (1990)
- Dir. Warren Beatty
Feat. Warren Beatty, Madonna - A glossy update of the comic–book and 1940s TV serial with Warren Beatty as the suave crime–buster. Superb art–direction, costumes…
God of Gamblers (1990)- Dir. Wong Jing
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat - Chow Yun–Fat plays a gambling king who is de–throned by amnesia, then embraced by a petty hustler who discovers he can trigger his memory…
Goodfellas (1990)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro… - The double–edged allure of life in the Mafia is richly detailed in Martin Scorsese's riveting saga that follows a young mobster through three…
King of New York (1990)- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes… - A ruthless drug lord (Walken) is determined to resume his throne as the king of New York's underworld after five years behind bars. A vicious crime…
State of Grace (1990)- Dir. Phil Joanou
Feat. Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Ed Harris - Penn returns to his Irish mob roots in New York's Hell's Kitchen to find tenuous–at–best relations with the neighbouring Mafia. Oldman…
Canton Godfather, The (Miracles; Mr. Canton and Lady Rose) (1989)- Dir. Jackie Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Anita Mui - Though light on martial arts, this lavish period production is generally considered Jackie Chan's most accomplished movie. At once inspired by THE…
Killer, The (1989)- 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…
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…
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…
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