Archive for crime

A History of Violence (2005)

Posted in crime with tags , , , , on 5 July, 2009 by Z!

Average crime movie based on an American graphic novel.

Rating: 5/10

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Mystic River (2003)

Posted in crime with tags , , , , on 5 July, 2009 by Z!

Three childhood friends reunite after the daughter of one of them gets killed. The second one is the detective in the case and the third one becomes the suspect…

Rating: 8/10

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Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)

Posted in drama with tags , , , on 5 July, 2009 by Z!

Personal drama of two men in the aftermath of the Northern Ireland conflict.

Rating: 7/10

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Running Scared (2006)

Posted in action with tags , , , , , on 4 July, 2009 by Z!

Well shot crime movie full of twists and turns.

Rating: 8/10

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Transporter 2 (2005)

Posted in action with tags , , , , on 28 June, 2009 by Z!

This is almost as bad as a James Bond movie… even in fast forwarding mode.

Rating: 4/10

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Nobel Son (2007)

Posted in comedy with tags , , , , , on 14 June, 2009 by Z!

Son of an American Nobel prize winner gets kidnapped by his other son that he doesn’t even know about his existence. Weird comedy/thriller.

7/10

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People I Know (2002)

Posted in crime, drama with tags , , , on 14 June, 2009 by Z!

I wonder if I’ll ever see a good Al Pacino movie anytime soon because it was anything but exciting.

Rating: 5/10

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Le silence de Lorna (2008)

Posted in drama with tags , , , , on 17 April, 2009 by Z!

Story of an Albanian emigrant woman who gets involved in small time crime in order to secure her permanent resident status in Belgium. After a while things start to get out of her hand and she realizes that she doesn’t want to be part of a masterplan of other criminals…

Rating: 6/10

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London to Brighton (2006)

Posted in crime, drama, thriller with tags , , , , , on 12 April, 2009 by Z!

A 12 year old runaway girl and a prostitute trying to escape from their recent past and the bad guys that are after them. Great British movie with brilliant performances and a story that is more ‘disturbing’ than all Saw episodes altogether.

Rating: 8/10

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Quantum of Solace (2008)

Posted in action with tags , , , on 11 April, 2009 by Z!

I never understood the James Bond phenomena and I still don’t get why there’s a need to make childish and unrealistic action movies. I tried really hard for 60 minutes but then I had no other choice but giving up.

Rating: -/10

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