Category Archives: Crime

Drive

Poster for “Drive”
Genre Crime, Drama
Director Nicolas Winding Refn
Released September 16, 2011
Runtime 100 min.
Plot A mysterious Hollywood action film stuntman gets in trouble with gangsters when he tries to help his neighbor's husband rob a pawn shop while serving as his getaway driver.

RoboCop

Genre Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director Paul Verhoeven
Released July 17, 1987
Runtime 102 min.
Plot In a dystopian, crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan, young police officer Alex Murphy is brutally murdered by a ruthless gang, only to be resurrected by a powerful corporation as the cyborg RoboCop, who soon seeks revenge on his killers.

Death Sentence

Genre Action, Crime, Thriller
Director James Wan
Released August 31, 2007
Runtime 105 min.
Plot Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too g…

Smokin’ Aces

Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director Joe Carnahan
Released January 26, 2007
Runtime 108 min.
Plot When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.

Crank

Genre Action, Crime, Thriller
Director Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Released September 1, 2006
Runtime 88 min.
Plot Professional assassin Chev Chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops.