Category: Crime

Pusher II: With Blood On My Hands – One Criminal & a Baby

On By C.H. NewellIn Action, Blogs, Cinematography, Copenhagen, Crime, Criminals, Directors, Drama, Drugs, DVD, Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Foreign Films, Independent Film, Indie Film, Mads Mikkelsen, Movies, Nicolas Winding Refn, Prison, Pusher, Pusher II: With Blood On My Hands, Reviews, Sequel, ThrillerLeave a comment

Refn's sequel to his 1st PUSHER film is another bleak trip to Copenhagen's underworld.

Pusher: A Gritty Copenhagen Tale of Crime

On By C.H. NewellIn 1996, Blogs, Cinematography, Copenhagen, Crime, Directors, Drugs, DVD, Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Independent Film, Indie Film, Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen, Movies, Nicolas Winding Refn, Pusher, Reviews, Special Features, Thriller, Trilogy, Zlatko BuricLeave a comment

Refn's debut, PUSHER, is a brutal, bleak piece of cinema.

The Raid 2: Because Somehow It Gets Better

On By C.H. NewellIn 2014, Action, Blogs, Blood, Blu ray, Bluray, Choreography, Cinematography, Crime, Directors, DVD, Effects, Fighting, Film, Filmmaking, Gareth Evans, Gore, Iko Uwais, Movies, Reviews, Sequel, The Raid, The Raid 2, The Raid 2: Berandal, The Raid: Redemption, Thriller, TrilogyLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MuXrN8L9ro The Raid 2: Berandal. 2014. Directed & Written by Gareth Evans. Starring Iko Uwais, Arifin Putra, Yayan Ruhian, Oka Antara, Tio Pakusodewo, Alex Abbad, Julie Estelle, Ryuhei Matsuda, Kenichi Endo, and Kazuki Kitamura. Entertainment One Films Canada. Rated 18A. 150 minutes. Action/Crime/Thriller ★★★★★ (Film) ★★★★★ (Blu ray release) Even the trailer just absolutely melts …

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One Ass Kicker Cop v. A Building Full of Psychotics in The Raid: Redemption

On By C.H. NewellIn 2011, Action, Blogs, Blood, Blu ray, Bluray, Choreography, Cinematography, Crime, Directors, DVD, Fighting, Film, Filmmaking, Gareth Evans, Gore, Iko Uwais, Martial Arts, Mike Shinoda, Movies, Reviews, Sequel, The Raid, The Raid: Redemption, ThrillerLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f6f_kfp1Z8 The Raid: Redemption. 2011.  Dir. Gareth Evans.  Starring. Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Pierre Gruno, Tegar Satrya, and Ray Sahetapy. XYZ Films. Rated 18A. 100 minutes. Action/Crime/Thriller ★★★★1/2 (Film) ★★★★★ (Blu ray release) There are not a lot of action films I truly love, in the sense I don't particularly favour …

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13 Sins: Economy & Morality

On By C.H. NewellIn 13 Beloved, 13 Sins, 2014, A Necessary Death, Blogs, Blood, Crime, Daniel Stamm, Film, Filmmaking, Horror, Intruders, Movies, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Remake, Reviews, Ron Perlman, The Last Exorcism, ThrillerLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTNtyJIKTXk 13 Sins. 2014. Dir. Daniel Stamm. Screenplay by David Birke & Stamm; based on the original source material 13: Game of Death by Chookiat Sakveerakul & Eakasit Thairatana. Starring Mark Webber, Devon Graye, Tom Bower, Rutina Wesley, Ron Perlman, and Pruitt Taylor Vince. Entertainment One. Rated R. 93 minutes. Horror/Thriller ★★★★ The beginning of …

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William Friedkin’s THE HUNTED – A Retrospective Review

On By C.H. NewellIn 2003, Action, Benicio Del Toro, Blogs, Cinematography, Connie Nielsen, Crime, Directors, Drama, Fighting, Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Movies, Paramount Pictures, Retrospective Review, Reviews, The Hunted, Thriller, Tommy Lee Jones, William FriedkinLeave a comment

A look back at an underrated William Friedkin film.

The Drop is a Moody Ride Through the Brooklyn Mob

On By C.H. NewellIn 2014, Cinematography, Crime, Dennis Lehane, Drama, Film, Filmmaking, James Gandolfini, Literature, Movies, Noomi Rapace, Reviews, Short Stories, The Drop, Thriller, Tom HardyLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6nWJ5NDYMU The Drop. 2014. Dir. Michaël R. Roskam. Written by Dennis Lehane; based on his own short story "Animal Rescue". Starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, and John Ortiz. 20th Century Fox. Rated 14A. 106 minutes. Crime/Drama/Thriller ★★★★ The Drop is Michaël R. Roskam's first American film. He's most recently come from directing the Oscar …

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Stretch Tries But Stretches Too Thin

On By C.H. NewellIn Blogs, Comedy, Crime, Film, Joe Carnahan, Movies, Patrick Wilson, Reviews, Stretch, Thriller, VODLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StLOfuVjCQE Stretch. 2014.  Dir. Joe Carnahan. Screenplay by Carnahan from a story by himself, Jerry Corley & Rob Rose. Starring Patrick Wilson, Chris Pine, Brooklyn Decker, Ed Helms, Jessica Alba, and James Badge Dale. Universal Pictures. Rated R. 94 minutes. Action/Comedy/Thriller ★★★ When Stretch opens up, you see Patrick Wilson, playing the titular character Stretch (get it? …

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