The Manor, a dark funny version of Akira Kurosawa’s ” Rashomon”. During a snowstorm, Patrick Roarke, a manservant, is found dead at the bottom of the main staircase in a gothic English mansion. Inspector Hatcher is sent to investigate the death. When he arrives, he finds a household consisting of five women. When questioned by the inspector, each of the women tells a different story, all of which are illustrated by flashback scenes showing the events as related by that particular person. Everybody seems to protect somebody and the inspector becomes increasingly intoxicated as he tries to untangle the web of lies in his endeavour to find out the truth.
Category: Crime
Crime
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Keiho
The psychiatric evaluation of a young actor arrested for a brutal double murder concludes he may be unfit for trial. Further investigation, however, reveals the crime was a well-planned statement against the section of Japan’s criminal code granting diminished responsibility to the mentally impaired.
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International Khiladi
News reporter, Payal, is assigned the task of interviewing a high ranking criminal, Devraj. However, they both fall in love with each other and, in the process, anger Devraj’s guardian.
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Suckers
A fiercely dishonest car salesman hires a new employee who owes a serious debt to loan sharks.
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Singapore Sling
In Singapore, con artist Michelle marries a corrupt local businessman to avoid prison, then swindles him and escapes the country. He follows her to L.A., so she moves in with her hunky oil tycoon ex and his scheming girlfriend, Lisa.
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Killer
Marat works as a personal driver in Almaty, capital of Kazakhstan. When he hits a Mercedes, the nightmare begins. The loan he accepts to pay for the damages puts him at the mercy of a Mafia boss.
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Killer 2
Jurek Kiler has become a VIP – sponsoring the Polish government, playing tennis with the President, meeting world leaders. He must oversee a transfer of a substantial amount of gold. However, in his past activities, he has made enemies. Mighty ones. And thus Jurek Kiler’s next adventure begins as he has to face attempts at kidnapping, assassinations and problems in his love life…
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Red Team
FBI Agent Jason Chandler has devoted his life to enforcing the law. But on the trail of a series of mysterious murders surrounding some of society’s deadliest serial killers, Agent Chandler is forced down a path where no one can be trusted. Only this time, sociopathic killers are being meticulously murdered one by one in grisly circumstances – and it’s no coincidence. Now, to search for justice, he must uncover the truth. And the life he must protect will be his own.
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After the Truth
Famous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele — the ‘Death Angel of Auschwitz’, who killed more than 300.000 people — emerges from his hideout in Argentina to Germany as a 87-year-old man, and must stand for his crimes in court. The young solicitor Peter Rohm is assigned to defend him, but Rohm himself — an expert on Mengele and his crimes — feels unable to do so. When he decides to take on the case, he endangers not only his marriage but also his and his wife’s lives.
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The Big Hustle
Johnny Mook, a small-time hood, lands himself in hot water when he seduces the beautiful girlfriend of the ruthless gangster with whom he’s just pulled off a diamond heist.