Showing posts with label thriller. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thriller. Show all posts

Gun (2010)

Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller
Starring: 50 Cent, Malik Barnhardt, Paul Calderon

A drama set in the world of gun-running.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560954/

PLOT: In the face of rising crime rates and gun violence, the Detroit Police launches a full-scale war against gun runners. With the cooperation of the Feds they target a criminal named Rich (Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson) and his arms operation. When a gun exchange goes bad and Rich’s old friend Angel (Val Kilmer), steps up big time and saves his life, they form a bond that makes his supplier and lover, Gabriella (AnnaLynne McCord) paranoid. But there is a snitch in the group and Gabriella’s biggest deal goes bad only to have an even bigger secret revealed, one that rocks Rich to his core.

Skyline (2010) BRRip

Genre: Sci-Fi | Thriller
Starring: Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, Brittany Daniel.

Plot:
Strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1564585/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyline_(film)

The Good Thief (2003)


Genre: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Starring: Nick Nolte, Tchéky Karyo, Saïd Taghmaoui

An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in the South of France. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281820/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Thief_(film)

Wasabi (2001)

Genres: Action | Drama | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Starring: Jean Reno, Carole Bouquet, Ryoko Hirosue and Michel Muller
Country: France | Japan
Language: French | Japanese

Hubert is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his boss, who doesn't share his view on working methods, he goes back to Japan, where he used to work 19 years ago, to settle the probate of his girlfriend who left him shortly after marriage without a trace. There he mets his former colleague Momo and his daughter Yumi who he did not know was ever born. Hubert eventually finds out why his girlfriend left him and the reason becomes his and his new daughters problem.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281364/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasabi_(film)

Unstoppable (2010)


Genre: Action | Drama | Thriller
Stars: Denzel Washington, Chris Pine and Rosario Dawson
Plot: With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477080/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unstoppable_(2010_film)

Salt (2010)


Genre: Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Plot: A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944835/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_(2010_film)

Storyline
Evelyn Salt is a CIA agent and highly respected by all, including her boss, Ted Winter. Out of the blue, a Russian spy walks into their offices and offers a vital piece of information: the President of Russia will be assassinated during his forthcoming visit to New York City to attend the funeral of the recently deceased U.S. Vice President. The name of the assassin: Evelyn Salt. Concerned about the safety of her husband, who she cannot contact, she goes on the run. Winter refuses to accept that she is a mole or a double agent but her actions begin to raise doubts. Just who is Evelyn Salt and what is she planning?

The Heavy (2010)


Genre: Thriller
Starring: Gary Stretch, Vinnie Jones, Stephen Rea

Plot: During a routine hit, "Boots" Mason (Gary Stretch) learns a hit has been placed on his own life when a crocked cop, Dunn (Vinnie Jones), tries to kill him. While seeking his revenge, secrets kept hidden are exposed and no innocent bystander is safe as bullets fly. In this world where you can trust no one, all bets are off!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473364/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heavy_(film)

Ghost (1990)


Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Thriller
Stars: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg
Plot: After being killed during a botched mugging, a man's love for his partner enables him to remain on earth as a ghost.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099653/

Ticking Clock (2011)


Genre: Action | Thriller
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Neal McDonough, Austin Abrams
Plot:
A reporter stumbles upon the journal of a murderer replete with plans to butcher specific people, and investigates on his own, finding that every trail leads to a 9-year-old orphan living in a group home.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1519664/

Storyline
Lewis Hicks (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is a reporter and journalist specializing in writing about the crime of murder. Instead of writing his next story, Lewis becomes the story when his new girlfriend is sadistically murdered, and he is the only suspect. Lewis investigates the murder himself and finds the killer's journal with his past victims and a death list of his future prey. Lewis believes that he is the only person who can stop the killer before time runs out for his next victim.

Sleepy Hollow (1999)


Genre: Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson
Plot:
Master storyteller Tim Burton (Batman, Edward Scissorhands) weaves an eerie, enchanting version of this classic tale of horror. Johnny Depp is Ichabod Crane, an eccentric investigator determined to stop the murderous Headless Horseman. Christina Ricci is Katrina Van Tassel, the beautiful and mysterious girl with secret ties to the supernatural terror.

Storyline:
The cruse of the headless horseman is the legacy of the small town of Sleepy Hollow. Spearheaded by the eager Constable Ichabod Crane and his new world ways into the quagmire of secrets and murder, secrets once laid to rest, best forgotten and now reawakened, and he too, holding a dark secret of a past once gone.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162661/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepy_Hollow_(film)

Death Race 2 (2010)


Genre: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Starring: Luke Goss, Tanit Phoenix, Danny Trejo, Lauren Cohan, Robin Shou, Ving Rhames, Sean Bean
Plot: An origin story for convicted cop killer Frankenstein.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1500491/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Race_2

The Town (2010)


Genre: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm
Plot: As he plans his next job, a longtime thief tries to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to one of his earlier heists, as well as the FBI agent looking to bring him and his crew down.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0840361/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Town_(2010_film)

Takers (2010)


formerly known as Bone Deep
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Starring: Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen, Matt Dillon
Plot: A group of bank robbers find their multi-million dollar plan interrupted by a hard-boiled detective.

Storyline:
A seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings (Idris Elba), John Rahway (Paul Walker), A.J. (Hayden Christensen), and brothers Jake (Michael Ealy) and Jesse Attica (Chris Brown) successfully complete their latest heist and lead a life of luxury while planning their next job. When Ghost (Tip T.I. Harris), a former member of their team, is released from prison he convinces the group to strike an armored car carrying $20 million. As the "takers" carefully plot out their strategy and draw nearer to exacting the grand heist, a reckless police officer (Matt Dillon) inches closer to apprehending the criminals.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135084/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takers

The Rig (2010)


Genre: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Starring: Serah D'Laine, William Forsythe, Art LaFleur.

Plot: In the midst of a tropical storm, the crew of an offshore oil rig must survive the rampage of a creature after invading its undersea habitat.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1093906/

Resident Evil 4 - Afterlife (2010)


Resident Evil 4: Afterlife (2010)

Genre: Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates
Plot: While still out to destroy the evil Umbrella Corporation, Alice joins a group of survivors who want to relocate to the mysterious but supposedly unharmed safe haven known only as Arcadia.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1220634/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil:_Afterlife

How To Rob A Bank (2007)


Genres: Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Starring: Nick Stahl, Erika Christensen, Gavin Rossdale, Terry Crews

Plot: Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0762104/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Rob_a_Bank

Splice (2009) (French)


Genres: Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Starring: Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chanéac
Language: English | French

Plot: Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named "Dren", the creature rapidly develops from a deformed female infant into a beautiful but dangerous winged human-chimera.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1017460/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_(film)

Inception (2010)


Genre: Action | Crime | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page

Plot: In a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a highly skilled thief is given a final chance at redemption which involves executing his toughest job till date, Inception.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inception_(film)

Knight And Day (2010)


Genre: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Thriller
Starring: Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard.
Plot: June Havens finds her everyday life tangled with that of a secret agent who has realized he isn't supposed to survive his latest mission. As their campaign to stay alive stretches across the globe, they soon learn that all they can count on is each other.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1013743/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_and_Day

The Way Of War (2009)


Genres: Action | Thriller
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Clarence Williams III, John Terry

Plot: Paramilitary operative David Wolfe (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is a highly trained and deadly assassin assigned to kill a notorious terrorist in the Middle East. During his mission, he stumbles upon a US government conspiracy involving the top members of the administration. Now on the run, David is determined to expose the truth before it’s too late. Wolfe defies orders and returns to the US as an army of one fighting for American security and integrity.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1133995/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_of_War
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