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Ginji The SlasherGinji The Slasher (2003)
Dir. Takeshi Miyasaka
Feat. Riki Takeuchi
Low profile suspenser, set around a recalcitrant swordsman who goes on the rampage in post–WW2 Japan and 50 years later is released to start…
I'll Sleep When I'm DeadI'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003) Recommended
Dir. Mike Hodges
Feat. Clive Owen, Charlotte Rampling, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Reteaming dir. Mike Hodges with star Clive Owen for a follow–up to the acclaimed CROUPIER, this takes more of a cue from the director’s…
Infernal Affairs 3Infernal 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)…
AngelaAngela (2002)
Dir. Roberta Torre
Feat. Donatella Finocchiaro
A solid, if oblique drama depicting the doings of the 1980s Sicilian Mafia as seen through the eyes of mob–wife Finocchiaro. Although…
City of GodCity of God (Cidade de Deus) (2002) Recommended
Dir. Fernando Mierelles
Feat. Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmano da Hora, Phellipe Haagensen
An incendiary Brazilian drama depicting two decades of blood–drenched rivalry between two youth gangs who control a slum area of Rio De…
Infernal AffairsInfernal Affairs (2002) Recommended
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…
Quickie, TheQuickie, The (2002)
Dir. Sergei Bodrov
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Vladimir Mashkov, Henry Thomas
A middling US debut for the dir. of PRISONER OF THE MOUNTAINS, this weaves a drama of moral corruption around a troubled Russian mob family festering…
Road To PerditionRoad To Perdition (2002) Recommended
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…
Friends and FamilyFriends and Family (2001)
Dir. Kristen Coury
Feat. Tony Lo Bianco, Greg Lauren
An unassuming, mostly ticklish comedy, in which a gay couple in New York are visited by relations and have to conceal their careers as Mafia hitmen.…
HeistHeist (2001)
Dir. David Mamet
Feat. Gene Hackman, Ricky Jay, Delroy Lindo
The heisting of Swiss–Bank bullion by professional thieves Gene Hackman, Ricky Jay and Delroy Lindo is given enjoyably intricate spins by…

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