In 1934, J. Edgar Hoover and the boys made headlines for mowing down John Dillinger in a hail of bullets outside Chicago’s Biograph theater. But in fact, according to this Jon Purdy gangster thriller, the Feds iced Dillinger’s brother. Fast-forward five years, when mobster kingpin Al Capone (F. Murray Abraham) gives the real Dillinger (Martin Sheen) an offer he can’t refuse: rob millions from a secluded vault or watch his wife and child get whacked.
Category: Thriller
Thriller
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Shinjuku Triad Society
Tatsuhito, a cop, pursues Chinese warlord Wang through the underworld of Shinjuku and over to Taiwan.
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Hideaway
Hatch Harrison, his wife, Lindsey, and their daughter, Regina, are enjoying a pleasant drive when a car crash leaves wife and daughter unharmed but kills Hatch. However, an ingenious doctor, Jonas Nyebern, manages to revive Hatch after two lifeless hours. But Hatch does not come back unchanged. He begins to suffer horrible visions of murder — only to find out the visions are the sights of a serial killer.
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The Whispering
An insurance investigator examining several recent cases of suicide discovers a demon influencing the deaths, but only he can see it.
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Assault of the Party Nerds 2: The Heavy Petting Detective
Five years after throwing a killer party and stealing Muffin away from alpha-male Zeta frat member Bud, head party nerd Ritchie is married (to Muffin!) and runs a detective agency.
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Tokyo Fist
A businessman, Tsuda, runs into a childhood friend, Kojima, on the subway. Kojima is working as a semiprofessional boxer. Tsuda soon begins to suspect that Kojima might be having an affair with his fiancée Hizuru. After an altercation, Tsuda begins training rigorously himself, leading to an extremely bloody, violent confrontation.
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Hayride to Hell
Hayride to Hell is a 1995 Australian short subject directed and written by Kimble Rendall. It tells the story of salesman George Weygate, who comes across a girl begging for his help. Only shown in late night art houses, the film has never been widely released. It is believed that Kylie Minogue became involved in the project as a favour to the director, whom she would work with five years later on the film Cut (2000).
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Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
After a couple adopts a pair of orphaned brothers, it becomes alarmingly clear the boys are much more than they seem.
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Darkman II: The Return of Durant
Darkman and Durant return and they hate each other as much as ever. This time, Durant has plans to take over the city’s drug trade using high-tech weaponry. Darkman must step in and try to stop Durant once and for all.
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Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
Annie, a young schoolteacher struggling to solve the brutal murder of her father, unwittingly summons the “Candyman” to New Orleans, where she learns the secret of his power, and discovers the link that connects them.