Crime

Hookers in Revolt

Hookers in Revolt Tired of mistreatment from the hands of their pimps, a group of hookers ban together to start their own escort agency under the credo, “all women are equal to men”. But as the money quickly comes in, the hoes in charge become corrupt from their newfound power and the hookers soon learn that, “all women are equal to men, however some are more equal than others”

Hookers In Revolt. These hoes mean business!

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The Air I Breathe

The Air I Breathe DVD In this powerful film, four very different people on the edge of desperation are unexpectedly linked by their destinies. A top-notch cast featuring Forest Whitaker, Andy Garcia, Kevin Bacon, Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Emile Hirsch unforgettably brings to life the stories of a clairvoyant gangster, a rising pop star, an unlikely bank robber and a doctor desperate to save the love of his life. Filled with surprising twists and turns, this suspenseful, action-filled drama employs both brutal violence and aching poetry in a moving exploration of the search for happiness in a gritty urban world.

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The Dark Knight

One of the endless stream of Dark Knight posters Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker.

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Protégé

Protégé poster Protégé (Moon to) is a stimulating exploration of the complex relationships within the multilayered, international drug manufacturing and distribution syndicates of today. It is everything you want to know about drugs, but never knew.

The film tells of a well-intentioned narcotics agent, Nick (Daniel Wu) deep undercover in the heart of Hong Kong’s lucrative heroin trade. He is forced to deal with the hypocrisy and despair in a life of drugs and crime, as he plays protégé to one of the key players of the game, “Banker” (Andy Lau). In the eight years he has been infiltrating the heroin industry Nick has amassed enough evidence to indict Banker, but has just received orders to remain undercover in an attempt to expose the identity of the man behind Banker in order to bring down the entire organisation. However as Nick becomes more embroiled with Banker’s craft and is increasingly entrusted with his confidences, he finds himself corrupted by the easy money and new found power. Unable to separate himself from his undercover persona, he immerses himself into his role as a drug trafficker.

Nick meets Jane (Zhang Jing Chu), a single mother living in poverty who has fallen prey to the dangerous narcotics that has also claimed her estranged husband (Louis Koo). Her brief affair with Nick, gives her a new hope for life, an escape from the past, but the re-emergence of her husband brings with it dire consequences.

In the seedy underbelly of heroin culture, where every redemption comes at a price and the borders of justice, loyalties and truth are permeable; Nick will have to grapple with some dangerous choices and may find himself flirting with more than the devil.

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Before the Fall

Poster What would you do if the world was going to end in 72 hours?

The U.N. Secretary General has announced that a gigantic meteorite will collide with the Earth in three days time. There is no hope of survival after the impact. The world is swept by despair, chaos and death. The inhabitants of the isolated town of Laguna listen in terror to the news.

Seeing the collective hysteria, Ale, a frustrated young man who lives with his mother and does odd jobs around the town, decides to spend his final days shut away in his house, getting drunk and listening to his favorite music.

But his plans change suddenly when he finds himself forced to help his mother, Rosa, to protect his brother’s four children against the arrival of Lucio, an ambiguous, disconcerting stranger with obscure intentions.

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Surveillance

German poster Surveillance revolves around an FBI agent tracking a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.

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Blood Brothers

Blood Brothers poster Fung, Kang and Hu move to Shanghai in the thirties. They start as waiters in Paradise Club, with its ruthless underworld boss Hong. In no time the brothers rise to the top of the Chinese Triad. Kang turns out to be power-mad, but Fung shows qualms of conscience.

Carefully choreographed shoot-outs in this arresting crime epic bear the hallmark of producer John Woo.

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Boarding Gate

Boarding Gate poster The new film from acclaimed and adventurous French filmmaker Olivier Assayas, Boarding Gate is an erotic noir-thriller boasting an exciting international cast.

Asia Argento plays sexy ex-prostitute Sandra, who is forced to flee London after a steamy S&M encounter with a debt ridden ex-lover (Michael Madsen) ends in violence. Fleeing to Hong Kong in search of a fresh start, she becomes involved with an attractive young couple, Lester (Carl Ng) and Sue (Kelly Lin), who promise to help her obtain papers and money. But nothing turns out as expected for Sandra, and she finds herself trapped in a sordid game of manipulation.

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My Brother Is an Only Child

My Brother Is an Only Child poster Accio (Elio Germano - Romanzo Criminale, Respiro) is the cause of his parents’ desperation; irritable and a trouble-maker, impulsive and explosive, fighting every battle like a war. His brother Manrico (Riccardo Scamarcio - Eden is West, Romanzo Criminale, The Best of Youth) is handsome, charismatic, loved by all, but just as dangerous… In the Italian small-town life of the ‘60’s and ‘70’s, the two brothers have opposite political beliefs, are in love with the same woman and through an endless confrontation, they live a period of their lives filled with escaping, re-tuning, fighting and great passions.

My Brother Is an Only Child (Mio Fratello è Figlio Unico) is a story about growing up, where fifteen years of Italian history pass by as we experience the adventures of Accio and Manrico, two brothers, very different, yet so alike…

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Varg Veum: Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels poster Fallen Angels (Falne engler) is the second feature film in the series about the private investigator Varg Veum. A chance meeting with an old classmate takes Varg Veum back in time, and among others he revisits the popular late 1980’s rock’n'roll band Angel Anatomy from Bergen. Then a murder occurs, forcing Veum to pursue a trail leading him all the way back to his own childhood and adolescence.

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