Victor Argo
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the downfall of New York drug kingpin Frank White. Frank is a criminal driven by personal demons and an idiosyncratic sense of social justice. Having grown rich via his illegal exploits, Frank decides to give back to the city by building a multi-million dollar hospital in an impoverished neighborhood. He attempts this by joining forces with a Chinatown gangster which, in turn, enrages the local - and very racist - Mafia. Meanwhile, Frank...
Publisher
Trimark Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
When his bad back goes out, a world-weary detective fails to stop a fatal shooting spree and subsequently finds both his reputation and self-esteem shot. But after a beautiful, sexy chiropractor works magic on his back, his ego - along with other parts of his anatomy - gets him back in the game and he is ready to kick some butt!
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[between 2000 and 2009]
Language
English
Description
When the greedy owner of a neighborhood cigar shop threatens to turn the shop into a trendy vegetarian restaurant, the people in the neighborhood prove they'll do just about anything to save their favorite hangout.
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
East meets West in this hip-hop infused samurai-gangster story in which a professional killer goes by the name of Ghost Dog and who lives by the age-old code of the samurai. When Ghost Dog's code is dangerously betrayed by the dysfunctional mafia family that occasionally employs him, he must find a way to defend himself without breaking the code of the samurai.
Publisher
Artisan Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
He has survived on the streets for twenty years. He's a gambler...a thief...a junkie...a killer and a cop. Now he's investigating the most shocking case of his life, and as he moves closer to the truth his self-destructive past is closing in.
6) Angel eyes
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
After a startling ambush, one of Chicago's best cops, Officer Sharon Pogue, is looking point blank into the barrel of a scumball's handgun. Then it happens, a mysterious stranger appears out the the shadows and saves her life. She discovers that its not the first time she and the mystery man have met before. The troubled pasts of these two have led them to build walls around their private lives, but brick by brick, secret after secret, love is going...
Series
The Criterion Collection ; 1057
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Jim Jarmusch combined his love for the ice-cold crime dramas of Jean-Pierre Melville and Seijun Suzuki with the philosophical dimensions of samurai mythology for an eccentrically post-modern take on the hit-man thriller. In one of his defining roles, Forest Whitaker brings a commanding serenity to his portrayal of a Zen contract killer working for a bumbling mob outfit, a modern man who adheres steadfastly to the ideals of the Japanese warrior code...
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Reservoir dogs: After a botched bank robbery, the gang meets up in a warehouse where the group suspects that one of them is really a cop.
Bad lieutenant: He's a gambler ... a thief ... a junkie ... a killer and a cop. Now he's investigating the most shocking case of his life, and as he moves closer to the truth, his self-destructive past is closing in.
