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...

You've seen the trailer, and then you probably saw it again and then a year went by and you saw it again, but where was the film? At last the most trailered film in history, and wonderfully nasty it is too. Keitel is cop, junkie, thief gambler and hustler not looking for, but finding God. Great. find out more...

Terence is a cop addicted to pain-killers prescribed to him after a work-related back injury during the Katrina flood. A chance for redemption occurs as he investigates the murder of an immigrant family.
Not to be confused with Abel Ferrara's 1994 film this is an exotic blend of European and American cinematic styles; free-spirited American junk and experimental, police procedure and fantasy. Critically acclaimed but a box-office loser - never again will the manic German be allowed loo find out more...

 

Judge Dredd is assigned to evaluate Cassandra Anderson, a rookie with powerful psychic abilities, but a heinous crime calls them to a neighbourhood where law enforcement rarely dares to tread; a 200 story vertical slum controlled by prostitute turned drug lord Ma-Ma. Soon the duo find themselves up against a relentless wave of heavily armed th find out more...

Max Payne is an NYPD police detective who has been unable to focus on a case or connect with another human being since the brutal murder of his wife and child. When Max's police ID is found next to a beautiful corpse he suddenly finds himself directly involved in the dark underworld that is somehow linked to the murder of his family. His only clues are a winged tattoo and a new and highly addictive street drug which causes terrifying and nightmarish hallucinations. The deeper Max digs, the more find out more...

US rapper Ice-T makes a very impressive acting debut as an undercover cop out to rid the streets of drug pushers, along with his equally unconventional partner (Judd Nelson). Fast moving, violent, and probably the most grittilly realistic portrayal of street life to hit the screen. Brilliant! find out more...

A superb modern thriller in the ultra-hardboiled Jim Thompson mould, in which a trio of criminals, wanted for a brutally murderous drugs heist, converge on a small, quiet Arkansas township where the local cop, treated with contempt by the LA officers in charge of the case, looks forward to a High Noon-style showdown. The asides on racial and sexual inequality are made subtly and succinctly; the performances and pacing are nigh perfect; the violence is explicit, disturbing but never gratuitous; a find out more...

After a brief introduction, in the 60s, to three young criminals, Lebanese, Ice and Dandy, the film jumps forward to the 70s prison release of Lebanon. It's the birth of a smart and ruthless organization which soon crushes all its rivals assuming total control of the Roman drugs, and other criminal, business. Their progress, and changes in leadership, is viewed over twenty-five years and is inseparably intertwined with the dark history of modern Italy; terrorism, kidnappings and corruption at th find out more...

Vic Mackey is the cop that cops come to when the going gets too rough, the leader of a super hard strike team his effectiveness is without question, unfortunately the same cannot be said for Vic's honesty. Vic treads a fine line between patrolling the beat and creaming something tasty off the top of the criminal underworld for him and his boys, an uneasy conflict of interest that his new boss is determined to end. The Shield is a tough atmospheric crime series that dares to imply that a dodgy co find out more...

Vic Mackey is the cop that cops come to when the going gets too rough, the leader of a super hard strike team his effectiveness is without question, unfortunately the same cannot be said for Vic's honesty. Vic treads a fine line between patrolling the beat and creaming something tasty off the top of the criminal underworld for him and his boys, an uneasy conflict of interest that his new boss is determined to end. The Shield is a tough atmospheric crime series that dares to imply that a dodgy co find out more...