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1) The gambler
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Jim Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother in his wake. He plays both sides, immersing himself in an illicit, underground world while garnering the attention of Frank, a loan shark with an interest...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Private eye Doc Sportello's ex-old lady shows up with a story about her current billionaire land developer boyfriend whom she just happens to be in love with, and a plot by his wife and her boyfriend to kidnap that billionaire and throw him in a loony bin.
3) River
Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
In the south of Laos, an American volunteer doctor becomes a fugitive after he intervenes in the sexual assault of a young woman. When the assailant's body is pulled from the Mekong River, things quickly spiral out of control.
4) Killer Joe
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
'Killer' Joe Cooper is a Dallas detective who doubles as a hit man with the charm of a Southern gentleman. Chris hires Joe to kill his mother in order to collect her life insurance and pay off his debts. When Chris is unable to pay for the service up front, Joe takes Chris's sister Dottie as a retainer until he can be paid.
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
A group of friends reunites at a classmate's funeral, and stumbles upon a financial opportunity that's too good to pass up. But when the investment goes south, they learn that part of their funding came from a notoriously ruthless crime boss, and now it's payback time. They have one perilous chance to the erase the debt, and if they can complete the task they just might escape with their lives.
6) Confidence
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Jack Vig was set to pull off the con of a lifetime until his old mark became his new partner and he had to scramble to find a way out with the money and his life.
7) Ace Wonder
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
A typical day in Willow, pouring rain. It always rains in time like this. A man told me that heaven was crying that day. Maybe so. But heaven's tears were cold. So many stories begin with a dead man, it's become a cliche. A dark alley, a smoking gun and a thousand lingering memories remain to haunt us. But this time, there was no smoking gun, no dark alley, only those unanswered questions. It might have frightened the average kid but not me. I live...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of mob boss Shawn Maguire, Jimmy, now 55, is haunted by the sins of his past. Lately, it seems Jimmy's only solace can be found at the bottom of a whiskey glass. But when his estranged son becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between his crime family and the real family he abandoned long ago.
9) Snitch
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A father's teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at a mandatory minimum prison sentence of ten years. Desperate and determined to rescue his son at all costs, he makes a deal with the U.S. attorney to work as an undercover informant and infiltrate a drug cartel on a dangerous mission, risking everything, including his family and his own life.
10) Reservoir dogs
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"They were perfect strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect crime. Then their simple robbery explodes into a bloody ambush, and the ruthless killers realize one of them is [an undercover police officer]. But which one?" -- Container.
11) Nightcrawler
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A pulse-pounding thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling, where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are...
12) Closed circuit
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Two lawyers who are former lovers become caught up in a conspiracy when they're both placed on the same defense team for a Middle Eastern man accused of masterminding a terrorist act.
13) American heist
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Two brothers, both with troubled pasts, find themselves in the middle of one last bank job.
14) Veronica Mars
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
On the eve of graduating law school, Veronica Mars has put Neptune and her amateur sleuthing days behind her. While interviewing at high-end New York law firms, Veronica Mars gets a call from her ex-boyfriend Logan who has been accused of murder. Veronica heads back to Neptune just to help Logan find an attorney, but when things don't seem right with how Logan's case is perceived and handled, Veronica finds herself being pulled back into a life she...
15) Reflections
Publisher
Monarch Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Europol agent Tom Brindle goes to Barcelona to track down Pygmalion, a serial killer. In Spain, Brindle discovers that DNA found near the body matches a young, volatile soldier, Marco Soler. Further investigation reveals that the real killer may be Marco's estranged twin brother. Brindle uses Marco to create a psychological profile of his deadly brother. But as Agent Brindle closes in on the killer, the killer closes in on him, and the hunter becomes...
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
After law student Sara is caught stealing and loses her job, she falls into the arms of sultry Alex for a wild night out. During an evening of sexual passion, the two make a pact to murder each other's enemies: Nina, Alex's former lover and now mother-in-law, and Brooke, who sabotaged Sara's college career by tattling on her for stealing. When Alex actually follows through on the agreement, Sara finds she must kill Nina or else risk being framed for...
18) Horrible bosses
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers, permanently. There's only one problem: even the best laid plans are only...
19) Wild card
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A bodyguard goes after the sadistic thug who beat his friend, only to find that the object of his wrath is the son of a powerful mob boss.
20) Now you see me
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
An elite FBI squad in a game of cat and mouse against ₁The Four Horsemen₂, a super-team of the world's greatest illusionists. The Four Horsemen pull off a series of daring heists against corrupt business leaders during their performances, showering the stolen profits on their audiences while staying one step ahead of the law.
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