The Raid: Redemption (2011) Movie Reviews

The Raid: Redemption (2011)

A S.W.A.T. team becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs.

21 Jump Street (2012) Movie Reviews

21 Jump Street (2012)

A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring.

Chico and Rita (2010) Movie Reviews

Chico and Rita (2010)

Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey – in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero – brings heartache and torment.

Rampart (2011) Movie Reviews

Rampart (2011)

Set in 1999 Los Angeles, veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, works to take care of his family, and struggles for his own survival.

Safe House (2012) Movie Reviews

Safe House (2012)

A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.

Man on a Ledge (2012) Movie Reviews

Man on a Ledge (2012)

As a police psychologist works to talk down an ex-con who is threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop, the biggest diamond heist ever committed is in motion.

One for the Money (2012) Movie Reviews

One for the Money (2012)

Unemployed and newly-divorced Stephanie Plum lands a job at her cousin’s bail-bond business, where her first assignment puts her on the trail of a wanted local cop from her romantic past.

Contraband (2012) Movie Reviews

Contraband (2012)

To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) Movie Reviews

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) Movie Reviews

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty.

J. Edgar (2011) Movie Reviews

J. Edgar (2011)

J. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly 50 years, looks back on his professional and personal life.

The Interrupters (2011) Movie Reviews

The Interrupters (2011)

A year in the life of a city grappling with urban violence.

Tower Heist (2011) Movie Reviews

Tower Heist (2011)

When a group of hard-working guys find out they’ve fallen victim to their wealthy employer’s Ponzi scheme, they conspire to rob his high-rise residence.

The Whistleblower (2010) Movie Reviews

The Whistleblower (2010)

A drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex scandal.

Love Crime (2010) Movie Reviews

Love Crime (2010)

Ruthless executive Christine brings on Isabelle as her assistant, and she takes delight in toying with the young woman’s innocence. But when the protégé’s ideas become tempting enough for…

Brighton Rock (2010) Movie Reviews

Brighton Rock (2010)

Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.

Machine Gun Preacher (2011) Movie Reviews

Machine Gun Preacher (2011)

Sam Childers is a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who’ve been forced to become soldiers.

Killer Elite (2011) Movie Reviews

Killer Elite (2011)

When his mentor is taken captive by a disgraced Arab sheik, a killer-for-hire is forced into action. His mission: kill three members of Britain’s elite Special Air Service responsible for the death of his sons.