'Don't build prisons, they cost too much!' In this era of Great Recession, the conservative and tough-on-crime State of Texas takes an unprecedented path by becoming a social justice leader with programs that rehabilitate offenders. Looks like rape, abuse and death are no longer parts of the solution for modern-day Bonnie and Clyde...
Featuring a maniacal performance by Mike Passion and a nerve-shredding soundtrack by legendary Detroit punk-rock bands Shock Therapy, Itchy Wiggle Christ and Lab Animals, Mike Pacitto's American Punks follows the pathetic misadventures of a low-life thug and GenX loser with a death wish. It's an outrageous blend of Slacker, Gregg Araki's The Doom Generation and the brutal cinema of Alan Clarke - telling the story of those whose existence is without meaning and who see no point in living other than killing and dying.
An acclaimed hijacking documentary that eerily foreshadowed 9/11. We meet the romantic skyjackers who fought their revolutions and won airtime on the passenger planes of the 1960s and '70s. By the 1990s, such characters were apparently no more, replaced on our TV screens by stories of anonymous bombs in suitcases. Director Johan Grimonprez investigates the politics behind this change, at the same time unwrapping our own complicity in the urge for ultimate disaster.
Emilia and her mother, Lucia, are forced into isolation after her stepfather, The Turk, steals a highly coveted cargo of emeralds. The unexpected arrival of two hired assassins to the cabin where mother and daughter are hiding unleashes an imminent danger.
Marcus is caught up by lust, drugs, murder and deception and must face the hardest challenge of his life. When he meets Charmaine, he has to make a major change in his life and become a better man. In his pursuit to become a better man, he finds the dirtiest deception of all may come at a cost that he can't afford.
The Bahamas in 1943 was the setting for one of the greatest unsolved crimes of the 20th century. This film reveals the findings of a five-year investigation into the murder of Sir Harry Oakes.
Filmed on location at New Yorks legendary underground clubs such as Max's Kansas City and featuring original music and appearances from bands THE STILLETTOS, THE SQUIRRELS, SPICY BITS and THE FAST! On the track of a teenage runaway, a trail of murder, sex, and drugs leads private eye Jimmy into the decadent New York City night world: from massage parlors to penthouses and after-hours nightclubs; from sex slavers and pimps to the dangerous members of a killer rock'n'roll band!
Follows West and Goose, as they start to make their moves in the food chain of Baltimore crime scene, trying to take over the city by any means necessary and quietly.
Shotgun Suge (played by himself) is an ex-drug dealer who turns his life around to pursue his promising career as an entertainer. But he had a past before his success. He grew up with Pop (Ali Rawls), who recently came home from prison. He wants revenge for the death of his brother Zay (played by 280 Zay). Pop is eager for revenge and stops at nothing for the answer to who murdered his brother. Pop learns the killer is a childhood friend from the neighborhood, Suge. This creates a war; a violent business that will test loyalty and respect as it gets dangerous beyond control.
Music, Mystery and...Christmas? Idle Girl; a punk rock Christmas crime story of a woman with something to hide and a man who is curious to know more. Will she be able to keep her secrets and keep him safe?
Life is a game of survival, when you're surrounded by nothing but wrong, but still trying to do what's right. Niko and her friends grow up on the South side of Chicago, dealing with the many challenges of today's urban society. She faces a life changing experience that pushes her to the streets. And when the streets call, sometimes it's hard not to answer.
As Ciudad Juarez slowly recovers from a six year period of hyperviolence, a militant police chief stirs controversy, and wary citizens cast their hopes on a new national president. All the while, the tragic facts of the "drug war" begin to form a far more sinister picture.
Kevin needs cash and now he owes money to the mob. But more than an ex-con can make legally. He's been trying to go clean but his ex-prison mate talks him into one last job - with a payout big enough to go straight. The job involves a beautiful heiress, but it has major consequences...
A weary small-time hoodlum desperately attempts to quell the escalating conflict between two of his childhood friends - one a struggling martial artist whose school fails after taking out a loan, and the other a vicious loan shark intent on collecting the debt.
A group of friends travels to play an ancient game in a secluded attraction. As strange events unfold, they uncover forbidden rituals, and their actions trigger a deadly curse. What they've awakened won't let them leave, sealing their fate in terror.