Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts

5 September 2010

Trailer For Gao Qunshu's WINDBLAST

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Gao Qunshu's WINDBLAST is looking like a bit of a revelation as in mainland China as its seems to be the country's first action crime thriller. You might say 'Really' yes it is and if you look at it Hong Kong though now part of China has been making these type of movies for a long time whilst China has been creating more traditional, historical epics which are fantastic too.
The movies plot sees 4 detectives with an unique skill all chasing a criminal who has escaped to the desert but there not the only fours tracking the criminal he also has to contend with 2 bounty hunters as well!
The movie stars Duan Yihong, Xia Yu, Wu Jing, Yu Nan and Charlie Young with the movie hitting the Chinese cinema's from October 28th and if things go well we can expect to see this on DVD around early 2011, trailer after the break...

3 September 2010

1975 Summer Of Love, Drugs & with another Skarsgaard in BEHIND THE BLUE SKIES

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There's a few families outthere that a whole line of their family tree in the film industry with Bridges, Sheens, Baldwins and now we have The Skarsgaard family with Billy (Son of Stellan) in Himlen är oskyldigt blå behind the blue skies.
The movie is an nostalgic look at one of Sweden's Criminal scandals and Hannes Holm movie could be the next movie from Sweden to make the waves internationally.
Behind The Blue Skies will hit the Swedish cinemas from October 15th, trailer after the break...
Martin escapes his alcoholic father for the summer job of his life at the exclusive Royal Yacht Club in the idyllic archipelago of Stockholm in 1975. He meets true love for the first time and is being groomed by Gösta, a playboy in the centre of high society.  Martin is inevitably drawn into one of the greatest scandal of all times in Swedish crime history.

21 August 2010

Trailer For Polish Arthouse Crime Thiller CHRZEST (The Christening)

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This movie is soon to make its international premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival CHRZEST (The Christening) by Marcin Wrona. 
Due to the artish style to this movie will make sure this movie will pick up a few accolades along the road when it does its rounds of the film festivals and I agree with this source of this trailer it does have a mixture of the movies Brothers mixed with History of violence. The whole movie looks to have click well together the cinematography, the intergation of the scenes into action into drama, so if your looking for a slighty different spin on the crime thriller movie, this could be the one to check out.

Michal has what he always dreamed of: a beautiful wife named Magda, a newborn son, his own firm. He chooses an old friend, Janek, to be the godfather of his child. This is just the beginning of Michal's plan, who asks his friend to take an interest in his wife... At the beginning the plan works out, but it becomes increasingly difficult for Michal to come to terms with it. Michal knows his deeply hidden past will inevitably come back to him, and Janek will have to make a decision, of which he will never forget the consequences.
Trailer after the break...

11 August 2010

Trailer For CONFESSIONS OF A DOG

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The 2006 Gen Takahashi crime drama CONFESSION OF A DOG will be getting a release in the UK finally. The movie has had rave reviews where ever it has played and the movie focuses on the story of a good cop forced into drug smuggling by his boss in story of police corruption, Violence, illegal pay-offs, drugs, intimidation by Japans most dangerous, Ther Yakuza? No...the Japanese Law Enforcement.
The movie is getting a Limited release cinematically in UK before it's released on DVD (2 discs) by UK label Third Window Films, trailer after the break...

25 July 2010

A New Full Trailer For Romain Gavras NOTRE JOUR VIENDRA (Redheads)

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When you have a movie called Redheads (notre Jour Viendra) and it stars one of Frances biggest stars Vincent Cassel (who also the  producer)plus they tell you its a thriller you may thin yeah right!, but it is! The movie is the debut feature of French music video director turn movie director Romain Gavras (stunning video for MIA's Born Free) and was called Our Day Will Come but for some reason it was changed.
Whatever its called we do like what we are seeing and you can see it nationwide in France from September 15th, check out the trailer after the break...

What do you do when you're a red-haired teenage loser with no friends except for an older guy, your shrink? When everyone hates you, especially your family? When all your peers make fun of you and kick you around? The answer: you and your loser buddy blow all the cash you can get your hands on to buy a sportscar, you dress smart and you head for the land of redheads, Ireland. But what starts off as a search for an ideal, gradually escalates into a rampage of hate, violence and self-destruction.

21 July 2010

New Trailer For Dante Lam's THE STOOL PIGEON

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Dante Lam's THE STOOL PIGEON (Sin Yan) will be out in Hong Kong on August 26th and it has a new trailer now in English subtitles. Lam has been seen by many as the new John Woo as in capturing Woo's early Hong Kong gangster/action movies such as Hard Boiled (Chow Yun Fat), a spirit that Hong Kong has missed for a few years and hopefully on its way back. The movie stars Nicholas Tse ,Nick Cheung, Lunmei Kwai and Yu Li.
Senior Inspector Don Lee relies heavily on the information provided by stool pigeons in his job.Barbarian is a painstakingly meticulous armed robber. Don needs an informant to infiltrate his gang. He recruits street-racer Guy. Guy provides information on Barbarian’s next job, but Don is unable to effectively act on them until the final moment. Since Barbarian has not left any evidence, Don is pressured to convince Guy to become a witness for the prosecution.Don promises to provide Guy with a new identity in another country, but the departure is beset by accidents and Guy only barely makes it to safety.Haunted by his ruined relationships with his ex-wife and former stool pigeons, Don no longer wants to be part of a world that is one betrayal after another.

17 July 2010

Teaser Trailer for CITY STATE (BORGRIKI)

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Borgríki - forstikla from Olaf de Fleur on Vimeo.

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Above is the trailer for the stylish looking CITY STATE (Borgriki) directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson. The movie isn't due until 2011 and it does look fantastic a  dancer, a prositute, a criminal who all seem to be the same person and they need a few extra bob to finish off the movie and I wont be surprised they'll get it.

When a foreign mafia decides to take control of the Icelandic drug market, a police woman lost in violence, a mechanic revenging for his lost son, a crime kingpin with a heart condition, a corrupt officer in love with a prostitute will destroy each other - imdb

6 July 2010

Coen Brothersala German Version come out to play with SNOWMAN'S LAND Trailer

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I really wanted to see this whilst it was shown at Edinburgh Film Festival but due to my adventures working in Greece and returning home when it was too late has angered me but the movie did only receive 'ok' reviews.
The movie in question is German Black Comedy SNOWMAN'S LAND directed by Tomasz Thomson in a movie style described as Coen Brother's style dark, unrelenting and vicously funny.

You can check the trailer after the break, sorry there's no subtitles but the movie does look good and if you love Coen Brother satire you will relate easy with this movie...


26 May 2010

Trailer For Olli Saarela's PRIEST OF EVIL

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With The Sucess of The Millenum Trilogy from Steig Larsson so far outside his native scandanavia, it was only a matter of time before some other similar book come movie will make its move into international shores.
The movie is called PRIEST OF EVIL (Harjunpää ja pahan pappi) created by acclaimed author Matti Yrjänä Joensuu
and Timo Harjunpää is Joensuu's most well known fictional detective and now he'll be coming to the big screen but will he have the same success as the girl with the dragon tattoo? Only time will tell.
Below is the book's synopsis as I'm unable to get hold of the movie one in english and after the break check out the trailer/teaser....







27 March 2010

Trailer for Czech Crime Thriller

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Krajinek is a crime thriller inspired the the true story of Jiri Krajinek believed to be czech Republic's first ever hitman. The man is currently serving time inside in czech republic but he did escape in 2000 and at one point he did become Europe's most wanted man.
There is murder, a young lawyer searching for new eveidence to prove that Krajinek is a victim of an state conspiracy or simply a cold blooded killer. This movie took 5 years to make and when it comes out on august 5th it will get a few tongues wagging as Petr Jakl (also starred in Aliens Vs Predators) promises to bring new controversial evidence which may shed light to things they believe Jiri Krajinek is hiding.









13 March 2010

Trailer for The Impressive Looking Trailer LA SANGRE Y LA LLUVIA (Blood & Rain)

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The great thing about running movie blogs is some of the fascinatiing movies that are been released around the world and may soon head your way. South America is one continent that year after year provides movie fans worldwide with some stunning, impressive movies we could do a whole website just on south American movies but we dont have the time. But what they are very good at is creating some fantastic hig end Crime dramas and Colombia especially seems to be one of the big forerunners of the genre.
Below is an trailer for LA SANGRE Y LA LLUVIA (Blood & Rain) directed by Jorge Navas a crime drama about 2 people Jorge & Angela who meet on a rainy night both searching there reason of life. Jorge is an taxi driver distraught due to his brothers recent death to the hands of a group of criminals and Angela, an artist an anmesiac hooked on cocaine. The loniless and the void of danger caalled Bogota (Colombia) that will lead both souls to a dark redemming enounter.
If you are American and happen to be in Manhattan, NY between April 21 until May 2nd Blood & Rain will be playing at the festival, as for any cinematical release I dont have any information, check out the trailer below:

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Fantastic trailer for Argentinian Thriller Cano Dorado

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Argentina are a country reknowned for creating many crime thriller movies by the dozen, its like the countries filmakers where born to make these movies and below is an exceptional movie called Cano Dorado (The Golden Gun).
Many Argentian thrillers seem to be very slow paced, stylish ala arthouse but Cano Dorado  directed by Eduardo Pinto is very much different, raw in your face and full of energy very refreshing for the country's movie industry and I would have no quarrels of watching this, great stuff.

Here's the movie's synopsis which was posted on TwitchFilm:


This is the story of Panceta, a young laborer from one of the poorer suburbs in Greater Buenos Aires. He lives with his mother, a widow, who greatly misses her husband, as does Panceta his father. Panceta's life is focused on his work: he's taken over his fathers forge, as well as working at a pipe factory. But his ambitions to make money have made him turn to manufacturing home-made guns and selling them in the outlying districts. Inexperienced and unaware of the danger, he is challenged by the local mafia.



One night when delivering his guns he meets Clara, a young girl working at the local community hall. They fall in love and decide to run away, going off in a freeing boat trip along the river. A man in love becomes an easy prey for his enemies, especially for Tacom, a powerful local mafia boss.


What had begun as a game turns grey and ever darker - the consequences are tragic and tormenting.


13 February 2010

Classy Crime-Noir POUTA (Walking Too Fast)

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Nothing better than a old style crime drama set behind the former iron curtain, full of conspiracies, backstabbers and 'missing' persons. I have a friend who now lives in Scotland and was in Slovakia (then part of Czech Republic) and she would tell me about how bad it was and even simple things we take for granted it would have been a miracle then, so a crime genre during the cold war is perfect setting.

POUTA (Walking Too Fast) is the latest movie from Czech director Radim Spacek which is based in 1982 Czechoslovakia when the country was ruled by a totalitarian regime and Anton is an secret Police member. Bored of life, bored, uneasy of the current regime at time seen as pyschopathic he breaks the rules he has followed for many years by not as civic or political statement but a rebellious statement of boredom. Anton is also fascinated with a girl called Klara not through love but for a chanel of escape but his passion sees him up against the people he works for and works against

POUTA is out now in Czech Republic.


31 January 2010

Takeshi Kitano's OUTRAGE first teaser trailer

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When it came to American-Italian gangster movies you always look up Al Pacino, Robert De Niro or even Joe Pesci to pull off some authenticity. In Japan there's only one actor right away who is good enough to either take on or be one himself thats Beat or to me and you Takeshi Kitano .
Old Beat's been in a bit of a hiatus recently and now he's finally back with his new movie AUTOREIJI (Outrage). Its business as usual for Beat as he takes on hisYakuza  role as an subordinate role as Otomo  running his crew with jobs that no other crew wants and with the police on his back you cant trust old Beat to get his house in order and maybe sort a few others as well.
The teaser trailer below doesnt  show alot of action but it does suggest they'll be alot in this movie which is due to be out in Japan around June time.