crime movies

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Inception - (2010 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/
https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/inception

A criminal group sedates and enters the dreams of targets to steal their secrets.

I’m sure it’s wonderful and nuanced for lots of people, but to me it’s just okay. I find it rather obvious and uninteresting.



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The Stepford Wives - (1975 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073747/

A couple moves to a quiet and friendly town, but the wife, with no job and her kids grown up, has enough free time to be unhappy.

Many movies build very slowly, and this one comes from a time when that was acceptable. So if you can handle have the patience to not fidget while you wait for “the big reveal” then you will definitely like this.

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Bullet Boy - (2004 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385568/

Some mumbling hoodlums have shitty lives that get shittier.

I guess this is a fair character story, but I can’t understand enough of what they’re saying to really be enthralled by the acting or drama.



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The Bouncer - (2018 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7816392/

A guard turned bouncer then bodyguard find himself embroiled in a criminal enterprise.

Gritty and well-paced.



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L'Immortel - (2010 movie) image

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1167638/

The past returns to haunt a retired crime boss.

Quite watchable. I think it’s trivially surpassed by a lot of movies, but this has a reasonable simplicity without creating too much of a superhuman protagonist.



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Run All Night - (2015 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2199571/
was http://runallnightmovie.com/

The son of a criminal boss strikes a deal that goes bad, and veteran muscle becomes embroiled in the mess.

It’s standard fare; nothing particularly interesting, but if you like this sort of thing then it’s perfectly watchable.



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One Hundred and One Dalmatians - (1961 movie) image

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055254/
https://movies.disney.com/101-dalmatians-1961

A single woman is obsessed with fur to the point of hunting puppies.

Quaint and watchable.



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AKA - (2023 movie) image

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27197387/

A special forces undercover guy is sent as himself to rapid-infiltrate a group of bad guys to stop a terrorist plot, but he’s s nice guy deep down (or something).

Very watchable, and very French. If you know and like your French military/police type movies, you’ll like this.



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The Frame - (2014 movie) image

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2567038/
https://double-edge-films.myshopify.com/

A woman goes insane but doesn’t take her meds.

One of those head-up-its-ass movies that tries to be smart but only fucks with viewers with constant tense music and not writing.



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