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Subgenre Sampler
Election (2005)
- Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Simon Yam, Tony Leung (Kar-fai) - A terrific gangland power tussle from genre exponent Johnnie To, this combative suspenser embarks on the shady underworld of triad politics in…
Excellent Cadavers (2005)- Dir. Marco Turco
- The hush–hush war between Sicily’s mafia and the prosecutors who slept with the fishes is recounted in this fascinating documentary, an ideal…
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…
Havoc (2005)- Dir. Barbara Kopple
Feat. Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips, Freddy Rodríguez… - Two pretty teenage girls in Los Angeles (Hathaway, Phillips) become impatient with the wannabe–gangsta antics of their high–school…
In the Light of the Sun (Alla luce del sole) (2005)- Dir. Roberto Faenza
Feat. Luca Zingaretti - Grave Italian drama, set in a time of increased Mafia terrorism and based on the chain of events that led to the assassination of the Catholic priest…
Johnny Slade's Greatest Hits (2005)- Dir. Larry Blamire
Feat. John Fiore, Vincent Curatola, Robert Giardina - A down–and–out crooner finally finds success after he is unsuspectingly hired by the mob to sing lounge songs coded with details of…
Manderlay (2005)- Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Bryce Dallas Howard, Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe… - Part two of Lars von Trier’s ‘USA’ trilogy reemploys DOGVILLE’s Brechtian framework of stage outlines and minimal props in the odyssey of…
Secuestro Express (2005)- Dir. Jonathan Jakubowicz
Feat. Mia Maestro, Ruben Blades - Venezuela comes off second best in this exploitative thriller peddling the country's professional kidnapping trade, where a couple of wealthy young…
Tsotsi (2005)- Dir. Gavin Hood
Feat. Presley Chweneyagae - Deserved winner of the 2006 Foreign Language Oscar, this gripping tale of a young homicidal street–thug ('tsotsi') in post–apartheid…
Dead Fish (2004)- Dir. Charley Stadler
Feat. Gary Oldman, Robert Carlyle, Jimi Mistry… - The stock British gangster flick gets yet another working over: Gary Oldman plays a hitman who crosses paths with various motley individuals,…
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