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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When Triad leader Hung's wife gives birth to a baby boy, Hung considers leaving the world of the gangsters. Despite the fact that he is not sure of his decision, word gets out fast and now, a brutal war begins in the world of "jiang-hu". Two hoodlums, Wing and Turbo, set to make a name for themselves, are ordered to kill Hung. Meanwhile, an internal conflict begins between Hung and his #1 man, Left-Hand. Despite this conflict, the two have nothing...
4) Lord of war
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the rise and fall of Yuri Orlov, from his early days in the early 1980s in Little Odessa to selling guns to mobsters in his local neighbourhood, and through to his ascension through the decade of excess and indulgence into the early 90s. He forms a business partnership with an African warlord and his psychotic son. His relationship with his younger brother is somewhat volatile, he is married to a famous model, and he is relentlessly pursued...
6) Black Out
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Nederlands
Description
If Guy Ritchie made THE HANGOVER in Amsterdam, it might look something like Black Out, an audacious crime thriller laced with colorful lowlifes, tough femmes fatales, corrupt cops, and outbursts of extreme violence. On the day before his wedding, retired criminal Jos wakes up next to a murdered man with no recollection of what happened the night before. He soon discovers that a group of gangsters have pinned him as the lone suspect in the theft of...
7) White heat
Series
Warner Bros. Pictures gangsters volume 1
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
In his last role as a heartless gangster, James Cagney embarks on the prison break of a lifetime in this chilling tale that features one of the most riveting finales in movie history.
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Français
Description
Now back in France, Mesrine is finally in police custody and facing justice for his crimes. After escaping a courtroom and kidnapping the judge at gunpoint, Mesrine is declared Public Enemy Number 1 and is eventually condemned to a maximum-security prison where he writes his memoirs, establishing himself as a household name and the anti-hero across France. Mesrine stages another daring escape and disappears into the lawless underworld, taunting the...
Series
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Now in his 60s, Don Michael Corleone is dominated by two passions: freeing his family from crime and finding a suitable successor. That successor could be his fiery nephew Vincent--but Vincent may also be the spark that turns Michael's hope of business legitimacy into an inferno of mob violence.
10) Passion play
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The last thing washed up jazz musician, Nate Pool, wanted to do was betray sinister gangster, Happy Shannon. But it may be the last thing he does unless he can deliver Lily, a beautiful and mysterious carnival sideshow attraction.
11) Ball of Fire
Language
English
Formats
Description
A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia encounter a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover. Nominated for 4 **Academy Awards**.
Pub. Date
[2009?]
Language
Español
Description
"Por tradici?on, los primog?enitos de la familia, deben convertirse en Santo a su mayor?ia de edad. A?si es como Roberto se convierte en el famoso "Enmascardo de Plata". Su primera misi?on es combatir a El Rey del Crimen, un inc?ognito personaje que asesina a un pelotari y rapta a otro. El Santo se enfrenta a su oponente en un combate singular dentro y fuera del ring."
When he comes of age, oldest son Roberto follows family tradition by donning the...
13) Randy & the mob
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Good ol' boy Randy Pearson can't seem to help getting in over his head, and so he borrows from the Mob. When he can't pay, his only hope is a helping hand from his long-suffering wife, his estranged, gay twin brother, and "Tino Armani," a mysterious modern day prophet with a knack for high fashion, Italian cooking and making money appear, and disappear"--Container.
14) VFW
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A typical night for a group of war veterans at the local VFW turns into an all-out battle for survival when a teenage girl runs into the bar with a bag of stolen drugs. Suddenly under attack from a gang of punk mutants looking to get back what's theirs, at any cost, the vets use every weapon they can put together to protect the girl and their VFW in the biggest fight of their lives.
15) Safe
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When a second-rate cage fighter, Luke Wright, is tormented by the Russian Mafia and wanders the streets of New York, he witnesses a young Chinese girl, Mei, being pursued by the same mafia who want her for a priceless numerical code that they would kill for.
16) Cut throat city
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of four boyhood friends in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward who return after Hurricane Katrina to find their homes decimated, with no jobs, and no help from FEMA. Out of options, they reluctantly turn to a local gangster, who offers them one shot at turning their situations around, by pulling off a dangerous heist in the heart of the city.
18) The Gambler
Author
Language
English
Description
Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Jim Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother in his wake. He plays both sides, immersing himself in an illicit, underground world while garnering the attention of Frank, a loan shark with an interest...
19) The Godfather
Series
Language
English
Description
"Don" Vito Corleone is the head of a New York mafia 'family.' His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father's business. Not given a choice, the business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but gives in to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. An up and coming rival of the Corleone family wants...
20) Chinatown
Language
English
Formats
Description
A landmark movie in the film-noir tradition, CHINATOWN stands as a true screen classic. Jack Nicholson is private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite (Faye Dunaway) to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together....
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