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1) Inside out
Publisher
WWE Studios
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
When his best friend Jack disappears after a contraband smuggling deal goes awry, ex-convict AJ is forced to protect Jack's family from the mobsters intent on recovering their goods.
2) The departed
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In South Boston, the state police force are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate, which is run by gangland chief Frank Costello. Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence. Colin Sullivan is a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate. Colin is rising to a position of power within the Special Investigation Unit....
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The Corleone Family nearly falls from power in America but rises to observe the passage of rites from father to son. There is a balance between family life and the ugly business of crime in which they are engaged.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
As a boy a young Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of his eyes. This trauma led him to become obsessed with revenge. After disappearing to the East where he seeks counsel with a ninja cult leader, he returns to his now decaying Gotham City. The City is now overrun by organized crime and dangerous individuals manipulating the system. The discovery of a cave under his mansion, and a prototype armoured suit...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens is picking at the thread of a cold case over 30 years in the making and unraveling a riddle that echoes all the way back to his boyhood and his criminal father's bad dealings. Meanwhile, Boyd Crowder finds his own criminal grip on Harlan County loosening due to a Pentecostal preacher with a penchant for theatrics and a knack for manipulation.
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A breakneck thriller that teams over half a dozen of the world's biggest action stars for the martial arts film event of the year. When a hit contract is taken out on a billionaire's daughter intent on bringing down a major crime syndicate, a team of wanted mercenaries must take on a group of professional assassins to stop them from hitting their target.
7) Overdrive
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A high-octane, action-packed joyride. Legendary car thieves Andrew and Garrett are caught in the act of stealing from notorious crime boss Jacomo Morier. In order to win back their freedom they're put to the ultimate test, the theft of a priceless car from Morier's sworn enemy. While putting together a crew to pull off the daring heist they're joined by two beautiful women who are more dangerous than they look. The team has one week to put the plan...
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Archaeologist and explorer extrodinaire Lara Croft journeys to a temple, in Greece, sunken underwater that leads to a sphere that contains the mythical Pandora's Box, only to have it stolen from her by Chen Lo, the leader of a Chinese crime syndicate, who's in league with a villain named Reiss who wants to use the Box as a doomsday weapon. Facing her greatest challenges yet, the intrepid tomb raider pursues Lo, in order to get her hands back on Pandora's...
10) The outfit
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
An expert tailor must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.
11) Cartels
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When crime boss Joseph Salazar turns informant, U.S. Marshal Tom Jensen and his team must guard their luxury-hotel safehouse. But as cartel underboss Bruno Sinclaire and his hit squads descend to murder Salazar, the situation explodes. Enraged, agent John Harrison will stop at nothing to root out the mole that compromised the operation.
13) Savages
Publisher
Universal Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben, a peaceful and charitable Buddhist, and his closest friend Chon, a former Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industry, raising some of the best marijuana ever developed. They also share a one-of-a-kind love with the extraordinary beauty Ophelia. Life is idyllic in their Southern California town, until the Mexican Baja Cartel decides to move in and demands that the trio partners with them.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
David and Creeper, are "tax collectors" for the crime lord Wizard, collecting his cut from the profits of local gangs' illicit dealings. But when Wizard's old rival returns to Los Angeles from Mexico, the business is upended, and David finds himself desperate to protect what matters more to him than anything else: his family.
15) Gotti
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The story follows infamous crime boss John Gotti's rise to become the 'Teflon Don' of the Gambino Crime Family in New York City. Spanning three decades and recounted by his son John Jr., it examines Gotti's tumultuous life as he and his wife attempt to hold the family together amongst tragedy and multiple prison sentences.
16) Seized
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Hiding out with his son Taylor on the Mexican coast, Nero hopes to put his violent Special Forces career behind him. But after Nero₂s home is attacked and Taylor is abducted, the mysterious Mzamo orders Nero to slaughter the members of three rival crime syndicates. If he fails, Taylor will die. With bullets flying and bodies dropping, Nero must now complete his mission and find Mzamo's hideout, to exact his revenge.
Series
Publisher
DistriMax, Inc
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
Español
Description
Benjamín García, El Benny, es deportado de Estados Unidos y al regresar a su pueblo encuentra un panorama desolador. La violencia, la corrupción y la crisis económica que azotan al país han devastado por completo al lugar. El Benny, sin otras opciones y para ayudar a su familia a salir adelante, se involucra en el negocio del narco, en el que tiene, por primera vez en su vida, una fulgurante prosperidad llena de dinero, mujeres y violencia, pero...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A drama straddling the glamorous Manhattan lifestyles of the rich and infamous and the underworld of the international drug trade. Season Two will pick up where it left off: James "Ghost" St. Patrick doubling down on his drug business to save his nightclub and dream of a legitimate future. Ghost's work troubles pale in comparison to juggling his relationship with his wife, Tasha, and his first love Angela, who's also an AUSA investigating his drug...
19) Your honor
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
New Orleans judge Michael Desiato is forced to confront his own deepest convictions when his son is involved in a hit and run that embroils an organized crime family.
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Caught up in a criminal enterprise, Ashley and her young daughter turn to her estranged father, Matt, for help. Retired and living a beach bum's life in The Caymans, her dad's secret past is revealed as the Mob tracks them down on the island.
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