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Angela Latella is a Neapolitan entrepreneur who runs a paint shop with her children. When a Camorra boss decides to target her business with increasingly high protection money demands, she refuses to give in and, against everyone's advice, finds the courage to report her extortionists. Based on the true story of Silvana Fucito.
After the gruesome events on Caprini, Sharp and his elite team of tough, witty and trigger happy space Marines must now head out to the icy planet Mezzo to investigate further Ma'har activities. What they will encounter will defy their imaginations as they tackle giant man eating snow worms, an underground city of Cyborgs, a slew of murderous alien entities and maybe, finally, the ever elusive Ma'hars.
Sharon Tate is a rising young star before her life ends in a shocking murder.
Helen Briggs volunteers to conduct a mask-making workshop at the local penitentiary. As she struggles to convey her empathy for the prisoners, Helen is forced to question her own faith in the redemptive power of Art.
It tells of a gang that wants to take over and run the streets. However, this task will prove difficult because Inspector Batson and Do Good are on the trail, Villon and Skull are out for revenge, and it is all going to collide in a deadly battle.
Surrounded by his family and friends Leo celebrates his 30th birthday by toasting the future. But when the party ends and Leo and his girlfriend walk home something happens that will change their lives forever...
First film of the yakuza series starring Hiroki Matsukata.
Jimmy Loveit, born with shortened arms due to thalidomide, is a talented kick boxer despite his handicap. Ably coached by Ron, Jimmy is a formidable opponent for anyone in the ring. One night, whilst snuggling up with his wife and daughter, their apartment is attacked by two gangsters who've mistaken their flat for someone else's. With his wife injured and his daughter missing, Jimmy starts a one-man war against the crime boss who sent the hit men.
A woman flies to South Africa for the funeral of her younger sister, whom she loved but had rarely had a good relationship with.
A struggling filmmaker finds himself involved in a dark world of guns, drugs and prostitution.
Three young people who will do anything to pursue a singing career and leave the country. At a nighttime party, they use hallucinogenic pills, and one of them dies in an incident, and his corpse becomes a problem for his two friends...
Semih, who was discharged from the army a month early for his "heroism" in operations in the southeast, encounters his brother's funeral on the day he returns from the army. When he sets out to find his brother's killer, Semih is drawn into another battle filled with difficult questions. As he searches for the truth, he will realize that what was lost was not just his brother's life, but also the harsh reality of lives doomed to be lost in "The Other Istanbul," fueled by anger and helplessness.
Roland “Rolly” Gentry is a hardened private eye who thought he’d seen it all. But when a mysterious woman steps into his office and asks him to have a “talk” with her ex-husband, Rolly is tossed into a seedy world where not even his entire collection of self-help books and CDs can assist him: Suburbia. As he delves ever deeper into the darkest corners of homeowners’ association politics, he faces a threat not only to the façade of stabilty society presents, but to the inner wisdom within his own secret soul.
Narcotics investigator Herbert Strähl is engaging in a fierce and seemingly hopeless battle against the drug scene on Langstrasse in Zurich. Carol is a wild young drug addict. Strähl's problems really begin when he falls in love with her. In his attempt to get Carol out of her disastrous environment, he increasingly finds himself in danger of falling into a vortex of dependence and violence.
Pancho goes to his drug dealer's (Bedussey) house for a cocaine deal which then goes wrong.
Agathe is turning 30 and has finished her thesis on secret societies in France. A young woman is found dead in the Seine, murdered for a specific ritual. She is an image of Agathe, has the same first name and is similarly dressed. The traces lead to one of the secret societies this included in Agathe's study.
Tommy Gold makes a living out of dealing drugs. One day he gets caught carrying cocaine. He is sentenced to ten years in prison, but gets released after two years. In prison Tommy had plenty of time to think things over and as soon as he is released, he wants to return to his old job. Since he doesn't have any money, he pays a visit to Uncle Murphy, a loan shark. With his newly found fortune, things are seemingly going very well for Tommy. He's becoming more famous by the day, but still it's not enough. Tommy wants even more. He decides to buy a studio for his hip hop musician friend Chief, which Tommy can use to make his business look more legit.
A loner with a death wish seeks vengeance against the gang lord responsible for the murder of his mother and best friend.
Davies discovers a link between three separate investigations - an armed robbery at a job centre, the disappearance of a pensioner and a routine house burglary.
Some bad men are pushing a designer version of Kool Aid, and people are getting hurt. The stakes are high as Kool Aid Man, goes undercover to stop the drug dealers, save the girl and quench your thirst. See Kool Aid Man in butt kicking, kung fu’ing, sugary, refreshing action as he burst through the walls to take back his city.
Mirza, a young Sarajevo orphan, earns easy money by assisting a local drug dealer. Dispatched on a job one day, a chance encounter makes him painfully aware of his despicable role - but equally of the possibility of changing things for the better.
The Prosecutor Andrea Martinez is transferred to a town in the province of Turin for the love of Marina Ardenzi.
On Belgian territory, a unique emitter is being developed under the supervision of a Russian scientist. The lives of many are at risk, as the device can disable any mechanism running on liquid fuel. Matveev must track down the international terrorists to prevent a catastrophe...
Film crew document a week in the life of a juvenile courier running for gangs in the ghettos of 'The Cape Flats', in Cape Town. The drugs he delivers. The stores he robs. The people he kills.
3 top CIA Agents run into a new breed of day walking Vampire during a mission gone wrong, when they realize the new terror they are up against when one of their team is bitten and turned, they decide to bite each other and change, in order to fight this newer form of dark criminal.
A strong, bold woman confronts the police and manages to seize control of a drug cartel while seeking revenge.
This is the only time in the series that Hakuryu has an all-out confrontation with the police. The highlight is how Hakuryu maneuvers his way out of the trap set by the police. Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi of "Kamen Rider Kabuto" plays the police chief. Kazuki Kannai, who has been appointed chief of police, has been cracking down on the Kurosu clan members in a ruthless manner. Kannai plans to crush the Kurosu clan in order to bring the other gangs to their knees, and if that happens, he will be at the top of the world, both in the front and the back. Shirakawa, determined, pledges his total surrender to Kamiuchi. Still, Kannai is not convinced...
Marco is a cycling enthusiast. To be precise, he is a cycling fanatic. One day, evil thieves steal his beloved bicycle. Marco decides to find the bad guys on his own and punish them severely ...
A young, idle, half-mad man kidnaps a wealthy woman and confines her to the trunk of his car. He drives very close to the police who are watching his victim's house. He talks to the police and accentuates the danger more and more.
The death of Todo-gumi Wakato and Hattori Retsu broke out in the Todo-gumi over the next young head. A fierce bargain between the Wuxia Association Chairman Reijiro Masaki and the Arase faction, which is in opposition to the Masaki faction, takes place.
After being orphaned at the age of 12 and living with incompatible relatives, Kailash ends up on the streets, is picked by police and lodged in a cell at the age of 18. It is here he will be interrogated by S.P. Rathod and given an option of either rotting in jail or spying for him. He undertakes to co-operate fully with Rathod, undergoes training, and infiltrates a gang of Andhra Pradesh Naxalites - successfully arranging the death of its' leader, Mahendra Thapa.
Münster stumbles upon the body of a young woman who has been strangled in her home and surprises the killer, who is still at the scene. The killer flees, but an unusual book is found at the scene, dedicated to the killer. When another victim is found, Van Veeteren's literary expertise is put to the test when it becomes clear that they are dealing with a serial killer who chooses his victims based on the names of characters from 19th-century crime novels. What will be the name of the next victim?
The young Romanian Wanda works as a call girl. She has no idea that the reserved neighbor Waller has her constantly in his sights. She also has no idea that Waller is blackmailing her clients with his videotapes and dropping some of the money in her letterbox. One day, Waller and Wanda meet by chance in the hallway. When Waller learns that Wanda has to go procuring for her husband because he is holding her son hostage, he feels called to be her guardian angel and promises her a new, better life. Against her will, he frees her from the milieu and takes her on one last "tour". Together they visit her clients a second time and blackmail them again. Only this time the price is higher, because Waller and Wanda need a lot of money for a better life...
Crime Movie from and with Jerry Cotton / George Nader expert Christos Tses as well as Yvonne de Bark, Erik Schumann, Brigitte Grothum, Hans von Borsody, Luca Maric and Pinkas Braun.
Prashant witnesses atrocities at the hands of local dons and the police, then becomes a don himself to show that good can be done for the community instead of destruction.
Police officer Lena Jörning is confronted with the first corpse of her professional career and recognizes her sister, whom she has not heard from for 12 years. The case raises many questions: When did Evelyn return? What roles do Evelyn's husband Claas and Lena's fiancé Bruno play in the death? The criminal investigation team arrives to take over the case. The investigation becomes a dramatic journey into the past for everyone involved, which - until then unrecognizable to Lena - overshadows even the present of the entire village.
After World War II, a group of young “robbers” redistributes the wealth of the rich to the poor while protecting the honor of women, especially the wives and sisters of soldiers at the front. Though branded outlaws by the law, their criminal yet benevolent deeds win the tacit approval of the local community.
Ninth and last film of the yakuza series starring Hiroki Matsukata.
Based on actual events that plastered the front pages of Thai newspapers in 1986, Sherry Anne was a Thai-American teenager whose murdered corpse was left by the roadside. The investigation resulted in four men being wrongfully accused and jailed for 7 years. The case of Sherry Anne led to public outcry demanding improvement in the legal system to protect the wrongfully accused people.
The chilling story of Austrian author and serial killer Johann “Jack” Unterweger. Convicted in 1976 for the brutal murder of 18-year-old Margaret Schäfer, strangled with her own bra, Unterweger was sentenced to life in prison. Behind bars, he reinvented himself as a writer, publishing poetry, plays, and an acclaimed autobiography that portrayed his crimes as the product of a troubled youth. His transformation into a literary figure won him the support of intellectuals and politicians, who campaigned for his release. In 1990, after serving just 15 years, Unterweger walked free — hailed as a symbol of rehabilitation.... or was he?
Fifteen year old Mustafa has a nickname Schizo. He is hired by his mother’s boyfriend to find fighters for illegal fistfights. His life is changed forever when a young man mortally beaten in one of the fights asks Schizo to deliver his prize money to his girlfriend and young son. Schizo takes the money to the woman as promised and falls in love with her. Now he knows for whom he has to make money, no matter what the cost. In fistfights there are no rules… until blood is spilled!
Tibor Malkáv is an andaverage 37-year-old man, who though not rich, leads a comfortable and uncomplicated life. All this changes when he finds out his mother is dying of cancer and the cost of surgery is well beyond his means. A one-eyed man known as the Cyclops offers Tibor a solution to his financial woes, however, there is a catch and Tibor has to kill someone in return. What follows is a chain reaction that has long-lasting and unexpected results.
Van Veeteren finds retiring from the police force is easier said than done when two decapitated bodies are found in quick succession. The matching MO in the two grisly murders brings the investigation teams of Maardam and Kaalbringen together - a collaboration that is not without its problems.
The film shines a light on Kansas City’s less glorious past when it was a major distribution hub for heroin in the 1930s and 1940s. Black Hand Strawman explains how Kansas City’s Mafia exercised control over the Teamsters Union Local 41 from the 1950s into the 1980s.
Forty years after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, more than 80% of Americans still believe that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone. This documentary attempts to separate fact from conspiracy theories to get to the truth, employing stunning forensic technology that makes it possible for the first time to be an eyewitness to this crime of the century – to see precisely what happened that November day in Dallas.
The story revolves around a haunted farmhouse Mantra Nilayam, which is owned by Mantra (Charmi). She tries to sell the house but due to mysterious deaths at the house, nobody comes forward to buy it. A professor, however, agrees to buy the property on the condition that someone stay in the house for three months. Hero (Sivaji), a goon who looks after land settlements, is ready to stay in the house for the commission promised once the house is sold. The remainder of the film involves how Hero solves the mystery behind the deaths.
Keshu or Keshav Menon (Jayasurya) is a school dropout and a good-for-nothing sort. He is an introvert by nature, works in a photostat shop for living and stays with his mother in modest surroundings. One fine day, he makes a counterfeit note and it leads him to a shady antique shop owner, Danny Sayippu (Mukesh). At the insistence of Danny, he starts making more fake currency and soon, his life goes from bad to worse.
A murder takes place in a residential complex, and each of the neighbors gets involved in some way.
Through interviews and documentary footage, this short film explores the enigmatic figure of "The Hammer." Amidst conflicting testimonies and dark atmospheres, the story of an icon shrouded in mystery emerges, whose exploits and secrets still resonate in the collective imagination.
The film delves into a chilling narrative of corruption and crime at the pinnacle of society, exposing a violent, sinister reality. This story captures the brutal intersection of power and moral decay, where elite individuals engage in horrific acts to maintain their influence.
Based on the true story of an old school Latino Hitman who goes through rehab and repentance after a near death experience, but is forced to fall back into his old ways when his daughter is killed by her jealous boyfriend.
A woman loses her brother in an illegal immigration attempt and must return his body to their homeland.
A team of gangsters plan to rob a savings and loan post office, while two good friends with no serious plans for their lives meet a mysterious girl named Gloria. The two story lines slowly intersect.
The Man With 80 Wives is a British documentary that aired on Channel 4 on July 19, 2006. It featured journalist Sanjiv Bhattacharya, trying to find the whereabouts of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints leader, Warren Jeffs.