shot-in-the-back movies

Knockaround Guys (2001)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Barry Pepper | Andy Davoli | Seth Green | Vin Diesel | John Malkovich | Arthur J. Nascarella | Tom Noonan | Nicholas Pasco | Shawn Doyle | Kevin Gage | Dennis Hopper | Andrew Francis | John Liddle | Kris Lemche | Dov Tiefenbach
Directors: Brian Koppelman
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The four sons (Diesel, Green, Pepper, Davoli) of major Brooklyn mobsters have to team up to retrieve a bag of cash in a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff. Specifically, the story gets started when Matt Demaret (Pepper) goes on a job to deliver the money for his mob father (Hopper) on the advice of his uncle (Malkovich). Things don’t go as planned though…

Hannibal Rising (2007)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Czech Republic | France | Italy | UK
Actors: Aaran Thomas | Gaspard Ulliel | Li Gong | Helena-Lia Tachovská | Richard Leaf | Dominic West | Rhys Ifans | Michele Wade | Richard Brake | Martin Hub | Kevin McKidd | Ingeborga Dapkunaite | Joerg Stadler | Stephen Walters | Ivan Marevich
Directors: Peter Webber
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Based on Thomas Harris’ book of the same name, this prequel shows a young Hannibal Lecter in three different phases of his life from childhood in Lithuania to his ten years in England up to his time in Russia before his capture by FBI agent Will Graham in Red Dragon.

3:10 to Yuma (2007)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Crime | Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Christian Bale | Chris Browning | Harp Corrigan | Russell Crowe | Kevin Durand | Hugh Elliot | Peter Fonda | Ben Foster | Darren Gibson | Jason Henning | Henry Herman | Shawn Howell | Kc King | Logan Lerman | Billy Lockwood
Directors: James Mangold
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Rancher Dan Evans heads into Bisbee to clear up issues concerning the sake of his land when he witnesses the closing events of a stagecoach robbery led by famed outlaw Ben Wade. Shortly thereafter, Wade is captured by the law in Bisbee and Evans finds himself one of the escorts who will take Wade to the 3:10 to Yuma train in Contention for the reward of $200. Evans’s effort to take Wade to the station is in part an effort to save his land but also part of an inner battle to determine whether he can be more than just a naive rancher in the eyes of his impetuous and gunslinging son William Evans. The transport to Contention is hazardous and filled with ambushes by Indians, pursuits by Wade’s vengeful gang and Wade’s own conniving and surreptitious demeanor that makes the ride all the more intense.

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Action | Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: William Holden | Ernest Borgnine | Robert Ryan | Edmond O'Brien | Warren Oates | Jaime Sánchez | Ben Johnson | Emilio Fernández | Strother Martin | L. Q. Jones | Albert Dekker | Bo Hopkins | Dub Taylor | Paul Harper | Jorge Russek
Directors: Sam Peckinpah
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A few months before World War I, an aging band of outlaws led by Pike Bishop rob a Texas bank intent on using the money to retire. When the robbery goes wrong, the gang is forced to flee to Mexico with Bishop’s reformed ex-partner, Deke Thornton, in hot pursuit. With nothing to show for the failed robbery, Bishop’s gang agrees to steal a shipment of guns for General “Mapache” Juerta, to restore their fortunes. With Thornton closing in, and their association with the evil Juerta trying their conscience, Bishop and co. prepare for their lawless past to catch up with them.

Traffic (2000)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Benicio Del Toro | Jacob Vargas | Andrew Chavez | Michael Saucedo | Tomas Milian | Jose Yenque | Emilio Rivera | Michael O'Neill | Michael Douglas | Russell G. Jones | Lorene Hetherington | Eric Collins | Beau Holden | Peter Stader | James Lew
Directors: Steven Soderbergh
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A modern day look at America’s war on drugs told through four separate stories that are connected in one way or another. A conservative politician who’s just been appointed as the US drug czar learns that his daughter is a drug addict. A trophy wife struggles to save her husband’s drug business, while two DEA agents protect a witness with inside knowledge of the spouse’s business. In Mexico, a corrupt, yet dedicated cop struggles with his conscience when he learns that his new boss may not be the anti-drug official he made himself out to be.

The Patriot (2000)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Steven Seagal | Gailard Sartain | L. Q. Jones | Silas Weir Mitchell | Camilla Belle | Dan Beene | Damon Collazo | Whitney Yellow Robe | Brad Leland | Molly McClure | Philip Winchester | Douglas Sebern | Ross Loney | Bernard O'Connor | Leonard Mountain Chief
Directors: Dean Semler
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The movie takes place in South Carolina in 1776. Benjamin Martin, a French-Indian war hero who is haunted by his past, is a patriot who wants no part in a war with Britian. Meanwhile, his two eldest sons, Gabriel and Thomas, can’t wait to go out and kill some Redcoats. When South Carolina decides to go to war with Britain, Gabriel immediatly signs up to fight…without his father’s permission. But soon, Colonel Tavington, British solder infamous for his brutal tactiks, captures Gabriel and sentences him to be hanged. As Gabriel is taken away, Thomas tries to free him, only to be killed by Tavington, in front of Benjamin. Now, seeking revenge for his son’s death, Benjamin leaves behind his 5 other children to bring independence to the 13 colonies.

Running Scared (2006)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Paul Walker | Cameron Bright | Vera Farmiga | Chazz Palminteri | Karel Roden | Johnny Messner | Ivana Milicevic | Alex Neuberger | Michael Cudlitz | Bruce Altman | Elizabeth Mitchell | Arthur J. Nascarella | John Noble | Idalis DeLeon | David Warshofsky
Directors: Wayne Kramer
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After a drug-op gone bad, Joey Gazelle is put in charge of disposing the gun that shot a dirty cop. But things goes wrong for Joey after the neighbor kid stole the gun and used it to shoot his abusive father. Now Joey has to find the kid and the gun before the police and the mob find them first.

Edison (2005)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Kevin Spacey | Morgan Freeman | Justin Timberlake | LL Cool J | Dylan McDermott | John Heard | Damien Wayans | Françoise Yip | Garfield Wilson | Andrew Jackson | Marco Sanchez | Darryl Quon | Timothy Paul Perez | Robert Miano | B.J. Harrison
Directors: David J. Burke
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Josh Pollack, a naive and ambitious reporter, is convinced the F.R.A.T., an elite force within the Edison Police Department, is corrupted. Working on a homicide case, he begins to unearth evidence which suggests that the entire justice system is willingly turning a blind eye to the abuses of the this force. When his life and that of his girlfriend are threatened from his research, he join forces with his editor, a once-famous reporter, and a renown private detective to bring down the F.R.A.T. and every one behind it.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Rutger Hauer | Julia Roberts | Jennifer Rae Westley | Dick Clark | Sam Rockwell | Michelle Sweeney | Drew Barrymore | Chelsea Ceci | Brad Pitt | Matt Damon | Michael Cera | Aimee Rose Ambroziak | Isabelle Blais | Melissa Carter | Jennifer Hall | Ilona Elkin | Sean Tucker | Jaye P. Morgan | Maggie Gyllenhaal | David Julian Hirsh
Directors: George Clooney
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Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” is the story of a legendary showman’s double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

Cold Mountain (2003)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Jude Law | Nicole Kidman | Renée Zellweger | Eileen Atkins | Brendan Gleeson | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Natalie Portman | Giovanni Ribisi | Donald Sutherland | Ray Winstone | Kathy Baker | James Gammon | Charlie Hunnam | Jack White | Ethan Suplee
Directors: Anthony Minghella
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Jude Law plays a leading role as Inman, a wounded confederate soldier who is on a perilous journey home to his mountain community, hoping to reunite with his prewar sweetheart, Ada, played by Nicole Kidman.