Crime Films reviews and tests

DVD Film - The cast: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner. A seasoned robber is planning what could be the biggest success yet for his gang of thieves. In the process, he tries to figure out how to escape the trap of his life and the city while eluding an FBI agent who is trying to catch him and his band of bank robbers. Ben Affleck not only leads a superb cast, but he also directs and co-wrote the screenplay for this suspenseful, critically acclaimed crime thriller that takes place - and often explodes - in the gritty locations of Boston. Also starring Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Titus Welliver, Pete Postlethwaite and Chris Cooper.

DVD Film - The cast: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks. Life seems perfect for John Brennan (Russell Crowe) until his wife Lara (Elizabeth Banks) is arrested for a murder she claims she didn't commit. Three years before his sentencing, John is trying to keep his family together, raising their son and teaching at the university. In the meantime, he is searching hard for any available evidence to prove his wife's innocence. After the last appeal is rejected, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides to take the only possible solution: to help his wife escape from prison.

DVD Film - The cast: Charles Bronson. The Mafia is after him, but he's ready to fight. Vince Majestyk is not a blank slate for the police. Before he came to colourado to try to grow watermelons, he had a run-in with the law in California. That's why Captain McAllen and his officers are willing to arrest Majestyk on sight if the little crook Bobby Kopas points him out. Majestyk has made it clear to this bird that he is not to be trifled with. In prison, Vince meets the feared mobster Frank Renda. When the two men are taken to state prison, Renda's men hijack a bus and try to free their boss.

DVD Film - The cast: Vinnie Jones. Luca and Martina's journey from Las Vegas to Los Angeles turns into an incredible ride, full of terrifying twists and turns, as they are unwittingly drawn into a world of strippers, thieves and assassins. It all starts when two hitchhikers, Sean and Emilio, get pulled over on the highway and then they all check into a motel for the night. In the morning, Luca is shocked to discover that Sean and Emilio have kidnapped Martina and left him a telling letter with instructions on how to proceed. In the trunk of his car, he unexpectedly discovers a bar dancer, Cherie, on the run from a hired killer. And so Luca becomes both the pursuer and the pursued.

DVD Film - The cast: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes. The only one he can't catch is himself. Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) takes drugs, consorts with mobsters and gambles. He's calmly fucking a girl on the street and pointing a gun at her boyfriend's head. He's the best cop in town. He's at the bottom and the top at the same time! Now he's got a strange case of a brutal massacre of an African family. Suddenly it's too much for him. Terence is going down, and it's time to put it in reverse.

DVD Film - More speed, more fun. The streets of St. Petersburg at night attracted a diverse group of young people. Hacker Stepa, rich man's son Korolev, beautiful Katya, passionate Docker and many others share one passion - speed street racing. Gasoline is flowing through everyone's veins, but some want to win and make money so badly that they won't hesitate to spill real blood.

DVD Film - The cast: Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson. Based on the 1950s book by Jim Thompson, director Michael Winterbottom's controversial crime drama The Killer in Me tells the story of the double life of small-town Texas sheriff's deputy Lou Ford. The charismatic, modest young man has a dark side - a hatred of women. Thus we gradually discover that he is a dangerous psychopathic serial killer. In a film blacker than film noir, it turns out that the dark secret isn't just Lou's. According to the director, it is a suspenseful story that invites reflection on forms of human violence.

DVD Film - A great black comedy starring Robin Williams. An Alaskan travel agent named Paul (Robin Williams) thinks he has finally found a solution to his financial woes in the form of a frozen body he accidentally discovers. He passes off the frozen corpse as his long-lost brother Raymond to collect the insurance money. But his plans are disrupted by an aspiring insurance salesman and two hit men. This corpse is a desirable commodity.

DVD Film - The cast: Al Pacino. It's a hot afternoon in Brooklyn and two optimistic losers decide to rob a bank. Sonny (AI Pacino) directs the action, Sal (John Cazale) is his accomplice and the result is one big disaster. The police, TV cameras, and even a pizza delivery service will arrive. Al Pacino collaborated with director Sidney Lumet (they made Serpico together) on this great comedy suspense film. The film earned six Academy Award nominations and even won one, for its screenplay by Frank Pierson. Dog Day Afternoon is based on a true story. Brilliant workmanship. Very precise work by Sidney Lumet.

DVD Film - The cast: Keanu Reeves, James Caan. Committing your dreams is not a real crime. Henry (Keanu Reeves) is sleepwalking through life, but everything changes one morning when he accidentally stumbles into a bank robbery. Instead of revealing the names of the real culprits, he accepts his fate. In prison, he finds a new meaning in life with the help of his cellmate Max (James Caan). After serving his sentence, he decides that he now has every right to rob the same bank that he robbed. He discovers a forgotten tunnel that connects the bank to a nearby theatre.

DVD Film - An ambitious priest clashes with his brother, a cynical Los Angeles detective investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute. In 1948, the prudent and ambitious priest Monsignor Desmond Spellacy, working under the orders of the enterprising Cardinal Danaher, becomes involved in church-sponsored development projects. These are very lucrative for the local Catholic diocese. Desmond has a somewhat strained relationship with his abrasive and short-tempered older brother, LAPD Detective Tom Spellacy, who was once in the employ of corrupt builder Jack Amsterdam.

DVD Film - Inspector Mattei (Daniel Auteuil) is about to arrest a notorious gang of bank robbers. However, a well-hidden sniper (Mathieu Kassovitz) intervenes in the clash with the police and shoots several policemen, thanks to which the thieves succeed. Inspector Mattei (Daniel Auteuil) is about to arrest a notorious gang of bank robbers. However, a well-hidden sniper (Mathieu Kassovitz) intervenes in the clash with the police, shooting several policemen and allowing the thieves to escape. However, one of them is seriously injured, which forces the gang to change their plan.

DVD Film - The cast: Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura. Mafia. Gambling. Prostitution. Murder. Joe Valachi lived through it all... and he testified about it all. Joe Valachi, a former mobster, is in jail. He decides to become the main witness in the high-profile trial of a mafia boss. In his testimony in front of the cameras, he gradually reveals his entire life story, the history of his fall into the snares of the mafia and crime.

DVD Film - Alain Delon in the lead role. A fatal circle leads three men straight into the arms of death. After his release from prison, Corey (Alain Delon) returns to his girlfriend, who has since given way to his partner. Coincidence brings him together with the fugitive criminal Vogel and the former police officer Jansen. Together, they rob a jewelry store. They are encouraged by the easy success and start looking for the next object.

DVD Film - Final new cut of The Godfather 3. Newly restored and edited by Francis Ford Coppola. For the 30th anniversary of the release of The Godfather 3, director and screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola has prepared his new vision of the final film in the Godfather trilogy in a new and restored cut - Godfather Coda: The death of Michael Corleone. Michael is now 60 years old, trying to cleanse his family of crime and looking for a suitable successor to run his empire. Young Vincent (Andy Garcia) seems like a suitable candidate, but he may also be the fuse that turns Michael's hope for legitimate business into a hell of mafia cruelty.