Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Blitz (2011)- Dir. Elliott Lester
Feat. Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen… - Subtlety–free actioner with Statham as a brutish cop given free reign to bring in a serial cop–killer. Almost oppressively violent with a…
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (Elite Squad 2) (2010)- Dir. José Padilha
Feat. Wagner Moura, Andre Ramiro - This riveting sequel to dir. Padilha's blockbuster policier features a more politically engaged storyline, with plenty of new angles on the…
Other Guys, The (2010)- Dir. Adam McKay
Feat. Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Samuel L. Jackson… - Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg make for incompatible partners in this absurdist buddy–cop homage from the dir. of STEP BROTHERS and TALLADEGA…
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
- Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer… - Werner Herzog's spin on the 1992 bad–boy classic delights in seeing a pasty, middle–aged Nicolas Cage cracking up (in all three meanings…
Diamond 13 (2009)- Dir. Gilles Behat
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Asia Argento, Olivier Marchal - Downbeat and convoluted thriller with a dying cop roping in his loyal partner in a scheme to steal a shipment of cocaine from a drug…
Flashpoint (TV Series) (2008)- Feat. Hugh Dillon, Enrico Colantoni, Sergio Di Zio
- High–octane cop show from Canada following the 'Strategic Response Unit', a team of elite police who take on the riskier jobs the rest won't…
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…
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 Colin Farrell, Edward Norton, Jon Voight… - A withdrawn, honest Irish cop becomes tangled in a web of betrayal when his brother's drug bust goes savagely wrong and he is ordered to investigate…
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…
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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