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Last updated April 22, 2024
Fast Five
2011 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsIn the fifth installment of the explosive Fast and the Furious series, Brian and Mia break Dom out of prison and head to Brazil to put together a racing team and take on a drug dealer who wants to kill them -- all while eluding a federal agent.
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The Man from Nowhere
2010 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsTae-Sik is a widower with a mysterious past. When a young girl he befriends is kidnapped by a vicious drug gang, Tae-Sik rushes to save her. Hell-bent on justice after being framed by the nasty criminals, he takes the law into his own hands.
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsLegendary outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid display their gifts for perfect comedic timing as they pull off heist after heist. To evade a posse, the boys flee to Bolivia, but trouble finds the charming pair of desperadoes wherever they go.
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Olympus Has Fallen
2013 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsDirector Antoine Fuqua's action thriller stars Gerard Butler as a disgraced Secret Service agent who must come to the rescue when Korean terrorists descend on the White House and take the president hostage.
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Elite Squad
2007 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIn Rio de Janeiro, some cops are just as crooked as the drug lords who run the slums. On the brink of retirement -- and burnout -- Capitão Nascimento must find a trustworthy successor to lead a dangerous mission in this gritty action-thriller.
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New World
2013 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsAfter the head of Korea's largest crime syndicate dies, undercover cop Ja-seong, who is exhausted and conflicted by his lengthy assignment, is ordered by his potentially corrupt boss to help the number two man in the organization become its leader.
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Snatch
2000 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsWhile transporting a pinched 84-karat sparkler to his stateside boss, a gangster stops off in London and inadvertently triggers a slew of fateful events that wends through the worlds of bookies, pawnshops, bare-knuckle boxing and swine.
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True Grit
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsAfter drifter Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin) murders her father, 14-year-old Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) hires alcoholic U.S. Marshal Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) to help her exact revenge. The disreputable lawman still has grit, though, and mounts an epic search. Joining the duo on their quest is a Texas Ranger (Matt Damon) who's also hunting for Chaney in this updated Western that received multiple Oscar nods, including Best Picture.
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The Warriors
1979 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsAfter being wrongly accused of killing a charismatic gang leader, a Coney Island street gang known as the Warriors must battle their way across miles of enemy turf to get home, pursued by the cops and every bloodthirsty hood in town.
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Four Brothers
2005 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsFour adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered. What seems like a robbery gone wrong turns out to be a hit, and the men vow to exact revenge on the killers.
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Kick-Ass
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsInspired by comic books, high school student Dave Lizewski transforms himself into a masked crime fighter and becomes an Internet sensation. Soon, Dave's antics inspire a wave of would-be heroes to don costumes and live out their superhero dreams.
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsHoping to make a bundle in a high-stakes poker game, four shiftless lads from London's East End instead find themselves swimming in debt to underworld porn king "Hatchet" Harry -- and with only a week to repay him.
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Get the Gringo
2012 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsMel Gibson stars as a man who ends up in a notorious Mexican prison after his attempt to get away with a million-dollar stash ends in his arrest. With no friends among his fellow inmates, the American has to rely on help from a young Mexican boy.
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The Italian Job
2003 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsMark Wahlberg stars as Charlie Croker, a clever thief who masterminds a major heist amid the waterways of Venice, Italy -- but a betrayal by one of his own spells disaster, and Croker returns to Los Angeles without the stash, plotting revenge. With an eye on recovering his riches, Croker rounds up his crew -- adding an ace safecracker (Charlize Theron) to the mix. Donald Sutherland, Seth Green and Mos Def also star in this elaborate crime caper.
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Seeking Justice
2011 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsAfter his wife is brutally raped, Will is approached by a man from a vigilante group who offers to exact revenge on the perpetrator. But once the deed is done, Will learns that there are strings attached.
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The Last Castle
2001 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsWhen General Irwin (Robert Redford) -- a POW in Vietnam and a revered hero in the Persian Gulf and Bosnian campaigns -- is court-martialed for disobeying orders, he's sentenced to serve time at a maximum-security military prison run by a hard-nosed disciplinarian (James Gandolfini). But a battle of wills emerges between the two men as the prisoners and guards of "The Castle" find themselves drawn to Irwin's natural leadership abilities.
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The Last Tycoon
2012 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsAfter becoming apprentice to a Shanghai crime boss, Cheng Daqi gets a taste for power in this story of a real-life gangster that spans 30 years. Thrust into the criminal world, Cheng gets involved in a murder plot as the city is on the brink of war.
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Flash Point
2007 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsReckless Det. Ma threatens the careful work of his partner, Wilson, who's finally infiltrated a notorious gang. As the operation begins to collapse, Ma enters the fray to go one-on-one against the leader before he takes over the streets.
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From Paris with Love
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsWhile working at the American embassy in Paris, low-level intelligence agent James Reece gets pulled into action and espionage above his pay grade when he's ordered to assist an eccentric, trigger-happy senior agent on a shadowy assignment.
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Lucky Number Slevin
2006 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsWhile checking out the apartment of his missing friend Nick Fisher, drifter Slevin Kelevra is mistaken for Nick by thugs and forced to participate in a high-profile murder for a crime boss, making it clear how much trouble Nick is really in.
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In the Line of Fire
1993 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsIn this taut thriller, a warped yet ingenious killer taunts a veteran Secret Service agent who's haunted by his failure years ago to save President Kennedy -- and unable to make the current commander in chief heed the psycho's assassination threats.
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A Company Man
2012 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsWhen his new trainee gets killed on the job, an ambitious corporate assassin feels an obligation to care for the kid's family -- but taking his eye off the ball is not how a guy gets promoted and starting a new life may prove harder than expected.
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The Crow
1994 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsExactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven -- watched over by a hypnotic crow -- returns from the grave to exact revenge.
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Bad Boys
1995 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsMiami narcotics cops Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett are on the trail of a master crook who's snatched $100 million worth of heroin. To get the lone witness to talk, Lowrey and Burnett must pose as each other, swapping lives as they work the case.
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Payback
1999 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsA career criminal's wife and former partner steal the money he lifted from the Chinese triads, shoot him and leave him for dead -- or so they think. But five months later, he's back and ready to exact his revenge.
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