shot-in-the-back movies

Great Gatsby, The (1974)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Redford, Robert | Dern, Bruce | Wilson, Scott | Waterston, Sam | Da Silva, Howard | Blossom, Roberts | Herrmann, Edward | Sullivan, Elliott | Hughes, Arthur | Tamarin, Paul | Devlin, John | Fairman, Blain | Sherman, Bob | Chancer, Norman | Smith, Sammy
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Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby’s circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.

Ned Kelly (2003)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama | Western
Countries: Australia | France | UK
Actors: Ledger, Heath | Bloom, Orlando | Rush, Geoffrey | Watts, Naomi | Edgerton, Joel | Kinlan, Laurence | Barantini, Phil | Condon, Kerry | McQuade, Kris | Browning, Emily | Paramore, Kiri | Griffiths, Rachel | Morrell, Geoff | Tingwell, Charles 'Bud' | Burmeister, Saskia
Directors: Jordan, Gregor
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This film is based on “Our Sunshine” by Robert Drew, a novel based on the life of Australian bushranger and icon, Ned Kelly. It tells of his life as a bushranger in north-west Victoria, where he lived all his life. He, his brother Dan, and two other men, Steve Hart and Joe Byrne, formed a gang. These four robbed a bank and hijacked an entire town for 3 days. They killed three policemen who were hunting them. They then took over a pub in Glenrowan, where they basically held a party, waiting for a train full of police to derail at a part of the track that they tore up. However a school teacher warned the train, so the gang and all the others in the pub ended up in a shootout with scores of policemen.

Faust: Love of the Damned (2001)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Fantasy | Horror
Countries: Spain | USA
Actors: Frost, Mark | Brook, Isabel | Rope, Jennifer | Combs, Jeffrey | Van Campen, Mònica | Reixach, Fermí | Charles, Leslie | Inocian, Junix | Paterson, Robert | Martínez, Marc | Divoff, Andrew | Leach, Clare | Maestre, Francisco | Svensson, Ronny | Sarr, Alex
Directors: Yuzna, Brian
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An artist, John Jaspers (Mark frost) sells his soul to the mysterious “M” (Andrew Divoff)in order to get revenge on the people who killed his girlfriend. Soon, he realizes everything has a price, and he is transformed into a horned demon with a passion for killing. He learns that M plans to release the Homunculus, a giant Lizard-like monster onto the earth, opening the gate to hell. Now, Jaspers must stop M before he can let the apocalypse begin…

History of Violence, A (2005)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Mortensen, Viggo | Bello, Maria | Harris, Ed | Hurt, William | Holmes, Ashton | MacNeill, Peter | McHattie, Stephen | Bryk, Greg | Kay, Sumela | Schmid, Kyle | Drakeford, Deborah | Quigley, Gerry | Hayes, Heidi | Devine, Aidan | MacDonald, Bill
Directors: Cronenberg, David
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The tale of Tom Stall. Tom is a loving family man and well-respected citizen of a small Indiana town. But when two savage criminals show up at his diner, Tom is forced to take action and thwart the robbery attempt. Suddenly heralded as a hero who took the courage to stand up to crime, people look up to Tom as a man of high moral regard. But all that media attention has the likes of mobsters showing up at his doorstep, charging that Tom is someone else they’ve been looking for. Is it a case of mistaken identity or does Tom have a history that no one knows about? Either way, someone’s about to find out if there’s a history of violence.

Hoodlum (1997)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Fishburne, Laurence | Roth, Tim | Williams, Vanessa L. | Garcia, Andy | Tyson, Cicely | McBride, Chi | Williams III, Clarence | Bradford, Richard | Atherton, William | Devine, Loretta | Latifah, Queen | Starr, Mike | Starr, Beau | Benjamin, Paul | Guzaldo, Joe
Directors: Duke, Bill
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The film focuses on the war of two gangs in 1930s Harlem for the control of illegal gaming - one headed by black strategic godfather Bumpy Johnson and another by white ruthless hothead Dutch Schultz. Negotiations proposed by white syndicate boss Lucky Luciano never get under way, blood flows and Johnson gets jailed. When Johnson is paroled, he gets the work of enforcer for mighty Stephanie “The Queen” St. Clair. She is also jailed for racketeering and when she leaves she makes him promise “no violence”.

Crow: City of Angels, The (1996)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Action | Crime | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Perez, Vincent | Kirshner, Mia | Brooks, Richard | Pop, Iggy | Jane, Thomas | Castellanos, Vincent | Trang, Thuy | Acosta, Eric | Dury, Ian | Ellis, Tracey | Mitchell, Beverley | Smith, Aaron Thell | Gelfant, Alan | Desai, Shelly | Chant, Holley
Directors: Pope, Tim
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Some time ago, Ashe Corven and his son Danny were killed when they stumbled across a pack of drug dealers murdering a fellow dealer. The dealers work for Los Angeles drug kingpin Judah Earl. Local tattoo artist Sarah, who has great knowledge of the crow legend because of what happened with her late friend Eric Draven, has been having dreams about Ashe and Danny. One night when a crow leads her to the scene of the murders of Ashe and Danny, Ashe appears before her. The crow has resurrected Ashe, so Ashe can go after Judah and his right hand man Curve. With the guidance of the crow, Ashe starts killing off Judah’s men one by one, on his way to Judah.

End of Days (1999)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Action | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Schwarzenegger, Arnold | Byrne, Gabriel | Tunney, Robin | Pollak, Kevin | Pounder, CCH | O'Connor, Derrick | Weisenberg, David | Judd, Rainer | Margolyes, Miriam | Kier, Udo | Varnado, Victor | O'Hagan, Michael | Margolis, Mark | Shearer, Jack | Steiger, Rod
Directors: Hyams, Peter
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On December 28th, 1999, the citizens of New York City are getting ready for the turn of the millennium. However, the Devil (Byrne) decides to crash the party by coming to the city, inhabiting a man’s body, and searching for his chosen bride, a 20-year-old woman named Christine York (Tunney). If he bears her child between 11:00 PM and midnight on New Year’s Eve, the world will end, and the only hope lies within an atheist ex-cop named Jericho Cane (Schwarzenegger), who no longer believes in God because of the murder of his wife and daughter.

Man of the Year, The (2003)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime
Countries: Brazil
Actors: Benício, Murilo | Abreu, Cláudia | Lage, Natália | Dória, Jorge | Gonçalves, André | Ramos, Lázaro | Fortuna, Perfeito | Moska, Paulo | Moura, Wagner | Barros, André | Mossy, Carlo | Ximenes, Mariana | Haddad, Amir | Wilker, José | Ribeiro, Agildo
Directors: Fonseca, José Henrique
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Maiquel has lost a bet and dyed his hair blond. This little event triggers a head-on collision with destiny in which Maiquel goes from nobody to hero to outlaw—all in 24 hours.

Half Past Dead (2002)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Seagal, Steven | Chestnut, Morris | Rule, Ja | Peeples, Nia | Plana, Tony | Kurupt | Taliferro, Michael | Christian, Claudia | Thorson, Linda | Bruce Weitz | McGrady, Michael | Bremmer, Richard | Jaenicke, Hannes | Battaglia, Matt | Bowers, Wiliam T.
Directors: Don Michael Paul
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A criminal mastermind has set in motion a plan to infiltrate a high tech prison in order to persuade a death row inmate to reveal the whereabouts of $200 million worth of gold. It’s up to an undercover FBI agent to stop him before it’s too late.

Head in the Clouds (2004)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: Canada | Spain | UK | USA
Actors: Theron, Charlize | Townsend, Stuart | | Berkoff, Steven | Penélope Cruz | La Haye, David
Directors: John Duigan
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HEAD IN THE CLOUDS is a sweeping romantic drama set in 1930’s England, Paris, and Spain. Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic lifestyle and her burgeoning career as a photographer. But Guy and Mia feel impelled to join the fight against fascism, and the three friends are separated - seemingly forever.