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Subgenre Sampler

 
Jackie BrownJackie Brown (1998) Recommended
Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro, Pam Grier
Quentin Tarantino follows–up the fireworks of PULP FICTION with a laidback ode to lowlife dreamers and schemers that reclines comfortably into…
Out of SightOut of Sight (1998) Aro Favourite
Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames
Neatly complementing JACKIE BROWN, novelist Elmore Leonard is adapted here in purely cinematic terms by the director of SEX, LIES & VIDEOTAPE. An…
DobermannDobermann (1997) Recommended
Dir. Jan Kounen
Feat. Tcheky Karyo, Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci
Frenetic French crime thriller filled with over the top gun play and colourful yet grimy characters. Vincent Cassel plays a bank robber known as…
FaceFace (1997)
Dir. Antonia Bird
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone, Phillip Davis
The wily Robert Carlyle plays lead 'face' of an armed–robbery gang, in a tense, grabby thriller that more than holds its own in…
Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're DeadNobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1996)
Dir. Agustin Diaz Yanes
Feat. Victoria Abril, Pilar Bardem
Alcoholic and reluctant whore Victoria Abril turns a few clever tricks on a Mexican mob's laundering operation. A Spanish pulpy fiction grafted with…
Normal LifeNormal Life (1996)
Dir. John McNaughton
Feat. Ashley Judd, Luke Perry, Kate Walsh
Based on a true story of a by–the–book cop who turns to bank–robbing with a bit of encouragement from his off–the–boil…
She's Out (TV Mini-series)She's Out (TV Mini-series) (1995)
Dir. Ian Toynton
Feat. Ann Mitchell, Linda Marlowe, Maureen Sweeney
Six–part crime drama written by Lynda La Plante (PRIME SUSPECT) as a sequel to her 1980's series, Widows. Ann Mitchell is superb as Dolly…
Darkness in TallinnDarkness in Tallinn (1993)
Dir. Ilka Jarvilaturi
Feat. Elina Aasa, Milena Gulbe, Juri Jarvet
In liberated Estonia, gangsters plan the elaborate ambush of gold bullion being restored from a Paris vault. A humble electrician has the pivotal job…
Real McCoy, TheReal McCoy, The (1993)
Dir. Russell Mulcahy
Feat. Kim Basinger, Val Kilmer
You've heard this one before: a paroled bank robber wants to go straight, but is persuaded to pull off one last heist. Kim Basinger and Val Kilmer…
SneakersSneakers (1992) Aro Favourite
Dir. Phil Alden Robinson
Feat. Robert Redford, Ben Kingsley, Sidney Poitier
This reworks the spy–caper genre to dazzling effect as an endearing team of security crackpots attempt to outwit bad egg Ben Kingsley whose…

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