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Subgenre Sampler

 
Harry (TV Series)Harry (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. Oscar Kightley, Sam Neill, Hunter Kamuhemu
Oscar Kightley plays a grieving South Auckland detective swamped by a series of armed robberies in this dark, authentic local policier, a welcome…
R.I.P.DR.I.P.D (2013)
Dir. Robert Schwentke
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Bacon
This big budget flop is a lot of fun on its own terms: a carefree, unpretentious shoot–em–up about deceased detectives who project the…
Shetland (TV Series)Shetland (TV Series) (2013) Recommended
Feat. Douglas Henshall, Steven Robertson, Alison ODonnell
Created from the novels by Ann Cleeves (VERA), this BBC series follows Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez (Douglas Henshall) and his team as they…
Top of the Lake (TV Series)Top of the Lake (TV Series) (2013) Recommended
Dir. Jane Campion, Gerard Lee
Feat. Elisabeth Moss, Peter Mullan, David Wenham
An unnerving, atmosphere–rich 'feminist' policier from Australasian auteur Jane Campion, centred on the mystery of a 12–year–old…
Tunnel, The (TV Series)Tunnel, The (TV Series) (2013) Recommended
Feat. Stephen Dillane, Clemence Poesy, Mia Goth
An Anglo/French remake of Scandinavian crime hit THE BRIDGE, centred alternatively on a British and French detective who find themselves working…
Welcome to the PunchWelcome to the Punch (2013)
Dir. Eran Creevy
Feat. James McAvoy, Mark Strong, Andrea Riseborough
James McAvoy and Mark Strong square off as obsessive cop and elusive criminal mastermind respectively in this high–performance thriller set in…
WPC 56 (TV Series)WPC 56 (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. Jennie Jacques
In the tradition of JULIET BRAVO, this Birmingham–set police drama follows the trials and triumphs of a woman constable to serving in the…
21 Jump Street21 Jump Street (2012) Recommended
Dir. Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Feat. Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice-Cube
It's back to the books for two larrikin junior cops on undercover assignment at a high school harbouring a drug ring, in this cocksure spoof of the…
Alcatraz (TV Series)Alcatraz (TV Series) (2012)
Feat. Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia, Sam Neill
A short–lived but engrossing policier with a mystery hook – a la LOST – which re–imagines San Francisco's Alcatraz prison as…
End of WatchEnd of Watch (2012) Recommended
Dir. David Ayer
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena, Anna Kendrick
David Ayer, writer of TRAINING DAY, gives us another bracing cautionary tale of Los Angeles law enforcement, here following the good police work of…

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