1970s; Harlem hood Frank Lucas has hijacked the New York heroin business by dealing directly with the Chinese growers in SE Asia and importing large amounts of the drug inside the caskets of soldiers killed in Vietnam. However his nemesis, flamboyant, tenacious and unbribable narcotics cop Richie Roberts, is on his tail and is determined to bring him down. find out more...

Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
High production values and a fine ensemble cast: HBO knows how to do TV.

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The last few years of Mesrine's life sees him starting to enjoy the fruits of his thievery but this is now a man tortured by his infamy; increasingly, egotistically consumed by his own invincibility. Mesrine part 2 is an odd film in the sense that it feels like half an hour of story dragged out to a feature length running time; Cassel still makes a crackingly charming psychopath mind find out more...

In the 1930s the new FBI became involved in the hunt for America's most notorious criminals; Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson and John Dillinger. This, in particular, is the story of the search, using distinctly 'unorthodox' methods, for the latter. find out more...

A variant on the gangster theme but this time with an investigation led not by the police but by a high profile journalist, Veronica Guerin, whose determination to get to the root of the heroin problem in Dublin's housing estates eventually led to her murder. Based on a true story and highly recommended, especially so for anyone who watched the superb 'The General' as the film starts with Cahill's murder. find out more...