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Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A return to the world of the Road Warrior, Max Rockatansky. Haunted by his turbulent past, he believes the best way to survive is to wander alone. Nevertheless, he becomes swept up with a group fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by an elite Imperator, Furiosa. They are escaping a Citadel tyrannized by the Immortan Joe, from whom something irreplaceable has been taken. Enraged, the Warlord with his gangs, pursues the rebels ruthlessly...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c1961
Language
English
Description
This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Young New York journalist Emma Gardner returns to the idyllic Central California farming community where she was raised, only to find it has been ravaged by drought and has become a place ruled by gangs, violent threats, and greed. She is forced to investigate the suspicious circumstances of her father's death even though it puts her in great danger.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999, c1964
Language
English
Description
A mysterious gunman has just arrived in San Miguel, a grim and dusty border town where two rival bands of smugglers are terrorizing the impoverished citizens. A master of the "quick-draw", the stranger soon receives lucrative offers of employment from each gang.
6) Grease
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Description
It's love when a greaser falls for a good girl in this classic musical depicting young life in the fifties.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Young and pretty with a soul of pure steel, Jane Hammond is a good girl married to one of the worst baddies in town. When her husband Bill turns against his own gang, the vicious Bishop Boys, and returns home barely alive with eight bullets in his back, Jane knows it's time to ditch the dress for a pair of pants and strap on her own gun.
Publisher
Focus on the Family
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
When Whit builds a giant robot for the latest "Star Quest" episode, he never dreamed it would try and take over the show. A voyage of jealousy and friendship. Then, When Odyssey's Junior Woodscouts settle into Camp What-a-Nut for their winter retreat, they discover a mysterious legend in Avalanche Canyon. Next, Dylan and Eugene take off for the Old West - to save Tuttleville from the dreadful Dalton gang. An adventure in courage and integrity. Last,...
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Français
Description
Fed up with her abusive family situation, lack of school prospects and the 'boys' law' in the neighborhood, Marieme ... starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her style, drops out of school and starts stealing to be accepted into the group. When her home situation becomes unbearable, Marieme seeks solace in an older man who promises her money and protection.
11) El chicano
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When L.A.P.D. Detective Diego Hernandez is assigned a career-defining case investigating a vicious cartel, he reveals links to his brother's alleged suicide and a turf battle that's about to consume his neighborhood. Torn between playing by the book and seeking justice, he revives the masked street legend El Chicano. Now, out to take down his childhood friend turned gang boss, he sets off a bloody war to defend his city and avenge his brother's murder....
12) Destroyer
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
LAPD detective Erin Bell was, as a young cop, placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later, Bell must work her way back through the remaining members and into her own history with them to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
A mysterious gunman has just arrived in San Miguel, a grim and dusty border town where two rival bands of smugglers are terrorizing the impoverished citizens. A master of the "quick-draw", the stranger soon receives lucrative offers of employment from each gang. He accepts both offers, setting in motion a plan to destroy the criminals.
16) Charm City kings
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In this stirring coming-of-age drama, 14-year-old Mouse and his best friends Lamont and Sweartagawd desperately want to join The Midnight Clique, an infamous group of dirt bikers who rule West Baltimore's summertime streets. Following the tragic death of his older brother Stro, a legendary Midnight rider, Mouse is determined to win the respect of the neighborhood, help provide for his family, and above all, be a man. As his mom Teri and mentor Detective...
17) Dredd
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The future America is an irradiated wasteland. On its East Coast lies Mega City One, a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The only force of order lies with the urban cops called Judges who possess the combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010, 2009
Language
Français
Description
Malik el Djebena, who is condemned to six years in prison, cannot read or write, but soon figures out the politics of the prison. Though Malik is only 19-years-old, the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison corners him and gives him certain 'missions' to carry out. He quickly gains the confidence of the gang leader, as these assignments begin to toughen him up. Malik soon develops some plans of his own.
Publisher
Latin Fusion Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010?]
Language
Español
Description
Documents the Central American gangsters known as 'the maras' who have modeled themselves after the youth gangs in Los Angeles. When the director of this movie went back to El Salvador to film the sequel, he was murdered by the same gang.
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