Posts Tagged ‘smuggling’

Black Sunday (1977)

Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Shaw, Robert | Dern, Bruce | Keller, Marthe | Fehmiu, Bekim | Weaver, Fritz | Keats, Steven | Gazzo, Michael V. | Daniels, William | Gotell, Walter | Campos, Victor | Robbie, Joseph | Wussler, Robert | Summerall, Pat | Brookshier, Tom | Brooke, Walter
Directors: Frankenheimer, John
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A demented war veteran plots to kill thousands of Americans at the Superbowl in Miami by using a specially designed dart-gun from the Goodyear blimp which flies above the stadium. However, a tough Middle Eastern anti-terrorist agent has uncovered some of the plot and is out to stop him.

Freshman, The (1990)

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Brando, Marlon | Broderick, Matthew | Kirby, Bruno | Miller, Penelope Ann | Whaley, Frank | Polito, Jon | Benedict, Paul | Gant, Richard | Welsh, Kenneth | Payton-Wright, Pamela | Wong, B.D. | Schell, Maximilian | Parks, Bert | Konig, Tex | Cimino, Leonardo
Directors: Bergman, Andrew
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Clark Kellogg is a young man starting his first year at film school in New York City. After a small time crook steals all his belongings, Clark meets Carmine “Jimmy the Toucan” Sabatini, an “importer” bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. When Sabatini makes Clark an offer he can’t refuse, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.

Rush Hour 2 (2001)

Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Chan, Jackie | Tucker, Chris | Lone, John | Zhang, Ziyi | Sanchez, Roselyn | Yulin, Harris | King, Alan | Tsang, Kenneth | Lo Cicero, Lisa | Melancon, Meiling | Q, Maggie | Chan, Patricia | Coloma, Gelbert | Lin, Lucy | Lu, Cindy
Directors: Ratner, Brett
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It’s vacation time for Det. James Carter and he finds himself alongside Det. Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. Things get complicated as the pair stumble onto a counterfeiting plot by L.A. crime boss Steven Reign and Triad Ricky Tan, an ex-cop who played a mysterious part in the death of Det. Lee’s father. Throw in a power struggle between Tan and the gorgeous but dangerous Hu Li and the boys are soon up to their necks in fist fights and life-threatening situations. A trip back to the U.S. may provide the answers about the bombing, the counterfeiting, and the true allegiance of sexy customs agent Isabella. Then again, it may turn up more excitement than Carter was looking for during his vacation.

Romancing the Stone (1984)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance
Countries: Mexico | USA
Actors: Douglas, Michael | Turner, Kathleen | DeVito, Danny | Norman, Zack | Arau, Alfonso | Ojeda, Manuel | Taylor, Holland | Trainor, Mary Ellen | Smith, Eve | Nesnow, Joe | Chávez, José | Muñoz 'Chachita', Evita | García, Camillo | Puebla, Rodrigo | Morayta, Paco
Directors: Zemeckis, Robert
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Joan Wilder is a mousey writer of romance novels. She finds a package from her sister mailed from Colombia in her mailbox. A call from her sister tells her that she has been kidnapped and that bringing the package to Colombia is necessary for her safety and release. Being fairly clueless, she leaves for Colombia to rescue her sister. She is lost within hours of her arrival. She is nearly murdered by one of the men searching for the package when Jack Colton, a fairly low life American rescues her. They begin a journey through the jungle with bullets flying nearby. Is Joan up to all of this? What a way to find out.

Jackie Brown (1997)

Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Crosby, Denise | Grier, Pam | Jackson, Samuel L. | Forster, Robert | Fonda, Bridget | Keaton, Michael | De Niro, Robert | Bowen, Michael | Tucker, Chris | Hamilton, Lisa Gay | Lister Jr., Tom 'Tiny' | Winston, Hattie | Haig, David | Graham, Aimee | Williams, Ellis | Ambrose, Tangie
Directors: Tarantino, Quentin
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Jackie Brown is the name of a flight attendant who gets caught smuggling her boss’ gun money on the airline she works for. Luckily for her, the Fed Ray Nicolet and the LA Cop Mark Dargus decide to team up in order to arrest the arms dealer she works for, whose name they don’t even know. Here’s when she has to choose one way: tell Nicolet and Dargus about Ordell Robbie (the arms dealer) and get her freedom -except that if Ordell suspects you’re talking about him, you’re dead- or keep her mouth shut and do some time. That’s when she meets Max Cherry -her bail bondsman-, a late fifties, recently separated, burnt-out man, who falls in love with her. Then Jackie comes up with a plan to play the Feds off against Ordell and the guys he works with -Louis Gara and Melanie Ralston, among others- and walk off with their money. But she needs Max’s help. No one is going to stand in the way of his million dollar payoff…

Frantic (1988)

Monday, April 7th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Ford, Harrison | Buckley, Betty | Soumare, Djiby | Seigner, Emmanuelle | Virton, Dominique | Klein, Gérard | D'Audeville, Stéphane | Spielvogel, Laurent | Alain Doutey | Ciron, Jacques | Leibovici, Roch | Vincent, Louise | Melennec, Patrice | Jaroszewicz, Ella | Lagneau, Joëlle
Directors: Polanski, Roman
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Ford plays an American doctor whose wife (Betty Buckley) suddenly vanishes while the couple is visiting Paris. To recover her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops and triplicate-form bureaucrats. Ultimately - and relunctantly - he must try a defaint, mysterious waif (Emmanuelle Seigner) who knows more than she tells about the woman’s kidnappers.

Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Murphy, Eddie | Reinhold, Judge | Ashton, John | Eilbacher, Lisa | Cox, Ronny | Berkoff, Steven | Russo, James | Banks, Jonathan | Elliott, Stephen | Hill, Gilbert R. | Kimbro, Art | Bailey, Joel | Pinchot, Bronson | Reiser, Paul | Champion, Michael
Directors: Brest, Martin
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Detroit cop Axel Foley is delighted when he receives a surprise visit from his best friend Mikey Tandino, who lives in California. Not long after Mikey arrives in Detroit, Mikey is killed, right in front of Axel, by a man named Zack. Axel follows Zack to Beverly Hills, California, where Beverly Hills police department Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil assigns Detective Billy Rosewood and Rosewood’s partner, Sergeant John Taggart, to keep an eye on Axel. Axel visits his friend Jenny Summers, who works in an art gallery. With Jenny’s help, Axel discovers that Zack works for Jenny’s boss, Victor Maitland, the man who owns the art gallery. Maitland is a drug kingpin who is using the gallery as a front, and Maitland had Zack kill Mikey after Maitland accused Mikey of stealing some of Maitland’s bonds. With the help of Jenny, Billy, and Taggart, Axel does what he can to make sure Maitland and Zack won’t kill any more people.

Falcon and the Snowman, The (1985)

Monday, January 28th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Hutton, Timothy | Penn, Sean | Hingle, Pat | Van Patten, Joyce | Reed, Rob | Newell, Rob | West, Karen | Camacho, Art | Kozuch, Annie | Dysart, Richard | Pointer, Priscilla | Makepeace, Chris | Harewood, Dorian | Kaplan, Mady | McCalman, Macon
Directors: Schlesinger, John
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The true story of Christopher Boyce (Hutton), a young All-American man whose job as a guard for sensitive documents shatters his faith in his country and leads him to a sometimes comic, sometimes chilling sideline as a spy for the Soviets, aided by his scruffy buddy, Daulton (Penn); it can’t last, though, and the consequences are tremendous for Boyce and his family.

Blood Diamond (2006)

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: DiCaprio, Leonardo | Hounsou, Djimon | Connelly, Jennifer | Kuypers, Kagiso | Vosloo, Arnold | Coleman, Antony | Mabhena, Benu | Lukola, Anointing | Harewood, David | Wallace, Basil | Mistry, Jimi | Sheen, Michael | Weyers, Marius | Collins, Stephen | Mwine, Ntare
Directors: Zwick, Edward
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Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990’s Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) - an ex Mercenary from Zimbabwe - and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) - a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon - who was taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields - has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men embark on a trek through rebel territory, a journey that could save Solomon’s family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have.

Up in Smoke (1978)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Marin, Cheech | Chong, Tommy | Martin, Strother | Adams, Edie | Fong, Harold | Novo, Richard | Moder, Jane | Bille, Pam | Roberts, Arthur | Beeler, Marian | Hotton, Donald | Jacobs, John Ian | Joy, Christopher | Vitte, Ray | Caldwell, Michael
Directors: Adler, Lou
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Two directionless musicans, a Chicano guitarist (Cheech Marin) and a White drummer (Tommy Chong), meet up in a chance encounter and embark on a series of odd adventures, including being the unwitting partcipants of a bizarre marijuana smuggling plot.