Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Investigator, The (TV Series) (2008)- Probing Kiwi crime doco series investigating six unsolved New–Zealand crimes by delving into the pitfalls of the justice system in our country…
Lady Cop and Papa Crook (Daai Sau cha Ji Neui) (2008)- Dir. Siu Fai Mak, Felix Chong
Feat. Eason Chang, Sammi Cheng, Tak-bun Wong… - An oil kingpin (Chang) finds himself in alliance with a cop (Cheng) when his son is kidnapped, resulting in an uneasy relationship between the law…
Max Payne (2008)- Dir. Jason Moore
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges… - Another over–stylised blockbuster based on a video game, this stars Wahlberg as a particularly grim maverick cop on a mission of revenge to…
Mentalist, The (TV Series) (2008)- Feat. Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang
- Superior crime series sees Simon Baker play an ex–'psychic' who now uses his remarkable powers of scrupulous observation in the name of the…
Pride and Glory (2008)- Dir. Gavin O'Connor
Feat. Colin Farrell, Edward Norton, Jon Voight… - A withdrawn, honest Irish cop becomes tangled in a web of betrayal when his brother's drug bust goes savagely wrong and he is ordered to investigate…
Righteous Kill (2008)- Dir. Jon Avnet
Feat. Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, John Leguizamo… - Heavyweight has–beens De Niro and Pacino team up again as a couple of NYPD detectives on the trail of a serial killer, whose signature murders…
Street Kings (2008)- Dir. David Ayer
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Hugh Laurie, Forest Whitaker… - LA CONFIDENTIAL author James Ellroy and the writer of TRAINING DAY team up for this ultra–macho, ultra–violent LAPD–centric…
Wallander (TV Series, UK) (2008)
- Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Sarah Smart, Sadie Shimmin
- UK adaptation of Henning Mankell’s crime novels sees Branagh take on the titular role of the grizzled Nordic detective, solving gristly crimes in…
Whitechapel (TV Mini-series) (2008)- Feat. Rupert Penry-Jones, Phil Davis, Steve Pemberton
- Atmospheric detective show focused on a group of detectives who are trying to track down a Jack The Ripper copycat. Filmed entirely in the East…
American Gangster (2007)- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor… - Hefty gangster flick in the tradition of SCARFACE, SERPICO, et. al., but based on an amazing true story: Washington plays Frank Lucas, the driver to…
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