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Running ScaredRunning Scared (2006)
Dir. Wayne Kramer
Feat. Paul Walker, Chazz Palminteri, John Noble
Flashy, hopped–up mob thriller has New Jersey foot–soldier Paul Walker assigned to conceal a snub–nosed revolver, a gun used in a…
Beat My Heart Skipped, TheBeat My Heart Skipped, The (De battre mon coeur s'est arrete) (2005) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Romain Duris, Niels Arestrup, Jonathan Zaccai
A star–turn by Romain Duris invigorates this deft remake of James Toback's 1978 thriller FINGERS, playing a reluctant young thug with a…
Crime NovelCrime Novel (Romanzo criminale) (2005)
Feat. Kim Rossi Stuart, Pierfrancesco Favino, Claudio Santamaria
Novel–based Italian crime drama concerning a group of small–town crims who went on to become Rome's most merciless crime family and a…
ElectionElection (2005) Recommended
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…
Secuestro ExpressSecuestro 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…
TsotsiTsotsi (2005) Recommended
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 FishDead 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,…
Old BoyOld Boy (Oldboy) (2004) Aro Favourite
Dir. Park Chan-Wook
Feat. Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yoo
Wowing audiences wherever it's played (including being nominated for the Palm D'Or at Cannes), this achingly intense thriller from Korea raises the…
One Night in MongkokOne Night in Mongkok (Wong gok hak yau) (2004) Recommended
Dir. Derek Yee
Feat. Daniel Wu, Cecilia Cheung
A bespectacled 'Mainland' Chinese man is recruited for the assassination of a triad boss in the lusciously seedy Hong Kong district of Mongkok, but…
BookiesBookies (2003)
Dir. Mark Illsley
Feat. Nick Stahl, Lukas Haas, Rachael Leigh Cook
Four college friends become small–time bookies, only to find their world spinning dangerously out of control when their greed attracts the…

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