An adaptation of Jim Thompson's 1964 novel 'Pop 1280', but relocated from West Texas to a small town in French West Africa. Here risible cuckolded local cop Lucien realises he can use his position to gain revenge, including murder, on those who laugh at him. Witty and visually elegant.
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PUBLIC ENEMIES (2009)
Certification18 Our Rating
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.
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THE ARSENAL STADIUM MYSTERY (1940)
CertificationPG Our Rating
During a charity soccer match between Arsenal and a touring amateur side, The Trojans, a star player collapses. When his death is diagnosed as murder Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is called in and it takes all the idiosyncratic policeman's ingenuity, and another death, before the motive is uncovered and the killer revealed. A thoroughly entertaining piece of classic British cinema.
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THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987)
Certification15 Our Rating
Al Capone and the Chicago gangsters versus Elliot Ness and the incorruptable men of his special task force, all set against a brilliantly re-created period background. Very much a traditional gangster movie, good guys are very good and the bad guys, especialy De Niro as Capone, are very bad.
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