Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure > Gangsters: 74 Films to Buy & Rent
Domino (2005)
- Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Delroy Lindo…
- Brash, hyperkinetic action rendition of the life and times of Domino Harvey (played by Knightley), the daughter of movie–star Laurence Harvey,…
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
- Dir. Jim Sheridan
Feat. 50 Cent, Terrence Howard
- Gangster–rap star "Fiddy" Cent (a.k.a. Curtis Jackson) tells the rags–to–riches tale of his Queens, NYC upbringing and how he saved…
Infernal Affairs 2 (Mou gaan dou II) (2003)
- Dir. Wai Keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak
Feat. Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Carina Lau…
- Solid prequel to the hit Hong Kong policier, goes back in time to the era of the 1991 and moves forward in three acts to the Chinese handover,…
Infernal Affairs 3 (Mou gaan dou III) (2003)
- Dir. Wai Keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak
Feat. Andy Lau, Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Leon Lai…
- Actual sequel to the hit Hong Kong gangland–cop thriller attempts valiantly to tie up loose ends, both picking up where corrupt cop Ming (Lau)…
Infernal Affairs (2002)
- Dir. Wai Keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak
Feat. Andy Lau, Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Anthony Wong…
- This dynamic cops ‘n’ robbers spectacle is populist Hong Kong film–making at its most slick and sophisticated.
Infused with more than a…
Infernal Affairs Trilogy Boxset (2002-2003)
- Dir. Wai Keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak
Feat. Andy Lau, Tony Leung (Chiu-wai)
- Boxset combining all three movies from the dynamic Hong Kong cops ‘n’ robbers trilogy, recently the basis for Martin Scorsese's THE DEPARTED.
Returner (2002)
- Dir. Takashi Yamazaki
Feat. Takeshi Kaneshiro
- Kitted out with a charismatic cast, CGI–action that delivers, and tongue–lightly–in–cheek, this slick, big–budget…
Road To Perdition (2002)
- Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law…
- Handsomely–mounted Chicago gangland flick that casts Tom Hanks against type as a mob hitman who becomes an ‘angel of vengeance’ after he is…
Gangster No. 1 (2000)
- Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul Bettany
- Ageing gangster Malcolm McDowell recalls his ascendance in the 70s to London’s underworld throne at the expense of the ‘Butcher of…
Get Carter (2000)
- Dir. Stephen Kay
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Rachael Leigh Cook, Mickey Rourke…
- Unnecessary remake of the British hard–boiler transposes the action to the Pacific Northwest where Las Vegas mob enforcer Sylvester Stallone…