1970s; Harlem hood Frank Lucas has hijacked the New York heroin business by dealing directly with the Chinese growers in SE Asia and importing large amounts of the drug inside the caskets of soldiers killed in Vietnam. However his nemesis, flamboyant, tenacious and unbribable narcotics cop Richie Roberts, is on his tail and is determined to bring him down. find out more...

Terence is a cop addicted to pain-killers prescribed to him after a work-related back injury during the Katrina flood. A chance for redemption occurs as he investigates the murder of an immigrant family.
Not to be confused with Abel Ferrara's 1994 film this is an exotic blend of European and American cinematic styles; free-spirited American junk and experimental, police procedure and fantasy. Critically acclaimed but a box-office loser - never again will the manic German be allowed loo find out more...

1. Luther returns to duty seven months after an incident caused him to be suspended and suffer a nervous breakdown. On his first day back, Luther has to prove a double murder by discovering the killer's motive.
2. Luther has to stay ahead of a killer who is trained in using sniper weapons and has been murdering police officers. Luther struggles to discover the shooter's true motivation, which is tied to his war veteran father.
3. Luther must catch a serial killer who kidnaps mothe find out more...

4. Luther deals with a deranged man on a murdering spree, placing his personal problems aside to work out what is driving the murderer to commit the crimes. Unfortunately his past comes back to haunt him at the worst possible time.
5. A wealthy couple are robbed and the wife is taken hostage for a ransom. But all is not what it seems—corruption, greed and Luther's personal life become fatefully entangled when Ian Reed is exposed as part of the corruption.
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3. What appears to be a racist killer soon begins killing at random, but there is a larger twist than Luther thinks.
4. The random killings are being made by two twins, one in jail and one still on the loose. It is up to Luther to capture or kill the twin.

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US rapper Ice-T makes a very impressive acting debut as an undercover cop out to rid the streets of drug pushers, along with his equally unconventional partner (Judd Nelson). Fast moving, violent, and probably the most grittilly realistic portrayal of street life to hit the screen. Brilliant! find out more...

After a chance meeting ruthless maverick insubordinate cop Chul-joong harasses quick tempered smooth successful fund manager Cho Gyoo-hwan accusing him of murdering his parents and a harmless salaryman. The pair engage in a power struggle leaving trails of blood intermingled with many moments of very dark humour. Well above the average for its genre. find out more...

Following Jigsaw's grisly demise, Mark Hoffman - final apprentice to the serial killer - is hailed a hero, but obsessive agent Strahm knows better and while the two men circle each other unsure as to who is prey and who is predator, five hapless hunks of psycho fodder are about to learn just how monstrously unpleasant ‘teamwork' can be. Saw V; no worse, no better than those that have come before, if you like ‘em you'll like this. find out more...

A great, atmospheric and very dark addition to the serial killer genre. Easy comparisons can be found with David Fincher's 'Se7en', as this German film is also set in a grimy, rainy anonymous city, Berlin, as well as having two detective protagonists with contrasting levels of experience in the field. The plot is a neat mutation of Silence of the Lambs, involving an underground culture that has sprung up around a market in the buying and selling of human body art and, obviously, this necessitate find out more...

A case history of a middle-aged man with an urge to commit insane and violent murders, well OK he just liked to top people, as we all feel like doing from time to time, but in this case the police could never catch him. A flashback goes some way towards explaining how he developed such a disdain for authority, and the film takes an almost doco-style approach to the crimes of its protagonist and takes great pains to examine the impact his behavior had on his mother, father and wife. A rare insigh find out more...