Posts Tagged ‘blackmail’

Godfather: Part II, The (1974)

Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Pacino, Al | Duvall, Robert | Keaton, Diane | De Niro, Robert | Cazale, John | Shire, Talia | Strasberg, Lee | Gazzo, Michael V. | Spradlin, G.D. | Bright, Richard | Moschin, Gastone | Rosqui, Tom | Kirby, Bruno | Sivero, Frank | De Sapio, Francesca
Directors: Coppola, Francis Ford
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The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

Firm, The (1993)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Cruise, Tom | Tripplehorn, Jeanne | Hackman, Gene | Holbrook, Hal | Kinney, Terry | Brimley, Wilford | Harris, Ed | Hunter, Holly | Strathairn, David | Busey, Gary | Hill, Steven | Bell, Tobin | Garrick, Barbara | Hardin, Jerry | Calderon, Paul
Directors: Pollack, Sydney
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Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by ‘The Firm’ and made an offer he doesn’t refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan…

Man on Fire (2004)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Mexico | UK | USA
Actors: Washington, Denzel | Fanning, Dakota | Anthony, Marc | Mitchell, Radha | Walken, Christopher | Giannini, Giancarlo | Ticotin, Rachel | Ochoa, Jesús | Rourke, Mickey | Peláez, Angelina | Sánchez Parra, Gustavo | Camilo, Gero | Hernández, Rosa María | Del Castillo, Heriberto | Zaragoza, Mario
Directors: Scott, Tony
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A wave of kidnappings has swept through Mexico, feeding a growing sense of panic among its wealthier citizens, especially parents. In one six-day period, there were twenty-four abductions, leading many to hire bodyguards for their children. Into this world enters John Creasy, a burned-out ex-CIA operative/assassin, who has given up on life. Creasy’s friend Rayburn brings him to Mexico City to be a bodyguard to nine-year-old Pita Ramos, daughter of industrialist Samuel Ramos and his wife Lisa. Creasy is not interested in being a bodyguard, especially to a youngster, but for lack of something better to do, he accepts the assignment. Creasy barely tolerates the precocious child and her pestering questions about him and his life. But slowly, she chips away at his seemingly impenetrable exterior, his defenses drop, and he opens up to her. Creasy’s new-found purpose in life is shattered when Pita is kidnapped. Despite being seriously wounded during the kidnapping, he vows to kill anyone involved in or profiting from the kidnapping. And no one can stop him.

Mr. Brooks (2007)

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Costner, Kevin | Moore, Demi | Cook, Dane | Hurt, William | Helgenberger, Marg | Santiago-Hudson, Ruben | Panabaker, Danielle | Aisha Hinds | Crouse, Lindsay | Lewis, Jason | Aylesworth, Reiko | Schulze, Matt | Delawari, Yasmine | Dinwiddie, Traci | Cole, Michael
Directors: Evans, Bruce A.
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The story follows a man with a murderous alter ego. Tracy Atwood is a tough detective whose devotion to her craft catches the attention and respect of the serial killer she is hunting, which leads to a symbiotic relationship.

Office Space (1999)

Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Livingston, Ron | Aniston, Jennifer | Herman, David | Naidu, Ajay | Bader, Diedrich | Root, Stephen | Cole, Gary | Riehle, Richard | Wentworth, Alexandra | Bays, Joe | McGinley, John C. | Willson, Paul | McInroe, Kinna | Duffey, Todd | Pitts, Greg
Directors: Judge, Mike
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Peter Gibbons just can’t seem to catch a break. His girlfriend is cheating on him, he has an obnoxious neighbor, and he’s completely miserable with his job as a small cog in a company called Initech. Then he visits a hypnotherapist, who dies just after putting Peter into a state of complete bliss. Free of worrying about making a living, he no longer feels the need to keep his job, just as the company is going through a massive downsizing. However, his new attitude only makes him more valuable in the company’s eyes, and his friends Michael and Samir are fired instead. Together, they scheme to plant a virus inside Initech’s computer system that will pull money into their own account.

Woman in Green, The (1945)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Rathbone, Basil | Bruce, Nigel | Brooke, Hillary | Daniell, Henry | Cavanagh, Paul | Boulton, Matthew | Amber, Eve | Worlock, Frederick | Bryson, Tom | Shepherd, Sally | Gordon, Mary | Burton, John | De Becker, Harold | Denison, Leslie | Ellis, Tony
Directors: Neill, Roy William
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Holmes and Watson investigate a series of bizarre and apparently unconnected murders, and the death of a possible suspect. The trail leads to a society of hypnotists and a mysterious, glamoruos woman. The fiendish Dr Moriarty, though reported hanged in Montevideo, is belived to be involved.

Cherry Crush (2007)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Reed, Nikki | Tucker, Jonathan | Gonzalo, Julie | O'Keefe, Michael | Morris, Haviland | Boutsikaris, Dennis | Whaley, Frank | Neeck, Alessa | Martin, Christopher Jon | Browne, Patricia Lewis | Powell, Billy | Tripiciano, Thomas | Lang, Nick | Smith, Ferdinand Jay | Anderson, Sarah
Directors: DiBella, Nicholas
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Jordan Wells, a talented, seventeen-year-old photographer struggles between falling in line with his father’s plans for his future and following his desire to pursue photography. After he gets throw out of his upscale prep school for taking provocative pictures of some of the girls in his class, he transfers into a public school and becomes involved with Shay, a beautiful girl from the other side of the tracks. As the passion of their relationship heats up, Jordan soon finds himself an accessory to murder —twice.

Falcon and the Snowman, The (1985)

Monday, January 28th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Hutton, Timothy | Penn, Sean | Hingle, Pat | Van Patten, Joyce | Reed, Rob | Newell, Rob | West, Karen | Camacho, Art | Kozuch, Annie | Dysart, Richard | Pointer, Priscilla | Makepeace, Chris | Harewood, Dorian | Kaplan, Mady | McCalman, Macon
Directors: Schlesinger, John
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The true story of Christopher Boyce (Hutton), a young All-American man whose job as a guard for sensitive documents shatters his faith in his country and leads him to a sometimes comic, sometimes chilling sideline as a spy for the Soviets, aided by his scruffy buddy, Daulton (Penn); it can’t last, though, and the consequences are tremendous for Boyce and his family.

Zero Effect (1998)

Monday, January 21st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Pullman, Bill | Stiller, Ben | Ryan O'Neal | Dickens, Kim | Featherstone, Angela | Ross, Hugh | DeVincentis, Sarah | O'Toole, Matt | Mariana, Michele | Katims, Robert | Henry, Tyrone | Barthell, Aleta | Watkins, Tapp | Westerwelle, Wendy | Hasson, Lauren
Directors: Jake Kasdan
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Shifty timber tycoon Gregory Stark (’Ryan O’Neal’ (qv)) is being systematically blackmailed and the use of regular private detectives have proved ineffective. Stark decides to call upon the services of the renowned, reclusive Daryl Zero (’Bill Pullman (qv)), supposedly the world’s greatest detective. Stark is very surprised to find himself discussing the intimate details of the case with Zero’s amiable associate Steve Arlo (’Stiller, Ben’ (qv)) who explains Zero’s propensity for never meeting with clients. Zero, using his two ‘obs’ of objectivity and observation, quickly discovers the identity of the blackmailer but continues the case in order to discover exactly why the seemingly ordinary Gloria Sullivan (’Kim Dickens’ (qv)) is attacking Stark in this fashion. As Zero becomes more engrossed in the case and, even worse for him, becomes personally involved with Gloria he is forced to decide between the blackmailer and his client!

Femme Fatale (2002)

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: France
Actors: Romijn, Rebecca | Banderas, Antonio | Coyote, Peter | Ebouaney, Eriq | Edouard Montoute | Rasmussen, Rie | Frémont, Thierry | Henry, Gregg | Curzon, Fiona | Milgram, Daniel | Minéo, Jean-Marc | Chatel, Jean | Petit, Stéphane | Follet, Olivier | Eva Darlan
Directors: De Palma, Brian
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International con artist/thief Laure Ash helps pull off a diamond robbery in Cannes during the annual film festival. She double-crosses her partners-in-crime and makes off with the diamonds to Paris where she accidently assumes the identy of a distraught woman who commits suicide and then leaves the country. Seven years later, Laure (now called Lily Watts) re-surfaces as the wife of the new American ambassador to France where a certain Nicolas Barto, a Spanish photographer, takes her picture which sets the stage for a motion of events as the evil Laure resorts to low, underhanded means to protect her former identity by emotionally and financially destroying Nicolas while evading her former partners-in-crime still looking for her to reclaim the stolen diamonds.