Straight Outta Compton: He's got his homies a gun and a plan. Small time gangsta and tough Compton local Henry Hen Alabaster (writer-director Ryan Combs) is fresh out of the pen and looking to go legit by starting his own record company and producing rap records. His only problem is he needs some serious bills to bankroll the operation. Enlisting the help of three of his homies - Hump (Sean Epps) Johnny (Johnny DeaRenzo) and K.K. (Jules Dupree) - Hen hatches a plan to set up and then blackmail a corrupt and racist politician Drake Norelli (Dave Baker) who has made a fortune laundering money for the mob. After doping Norelli and taking a series of compromising and incriminating photographs of him that could destroy his career Hen and his crew manage to extort four million dollars from the tarnished politico. But the homies' success is short lived and they soon find themselves up against the cops the mob and a crooked politician bent on revenge... Hood Angels: Traci Felicia and Cinnamon are street smart beauties who get framed for felonies they didn't commit. Trapped in his lock-up their luck takes a turn when they are approached by attourney Larry Abrahams who agrees to get their charges dropped - if the ladies investigate the murder of his friend and popular rap artist Nitro Jones. The ladies go under cover at Nitro's label and ferret out clues to his murder... Snuffed Out: Two girls who are responsible for the death of the District Attoney's nephew try to leave town. A drug dealer and a DEA agent are after the girls who defend themselves with guns...
DIRTY DEEDS is an Aussie gangster flick set against the booming casino underworld of late 1960s Sydney. Bryan Brown (COCKTAIL, THE THORN BIRDS) stars as Barry Ryan, an Australian mobster who controls the city's gambling scene and is making a killing from the casino slot machines. His profitable venture attracts the unwanted attention of the American Mafia, who attempt to secure a piece of the action by sending in two of their henchmen: the pensive, world-weary veteran Tony (John Goodman) and his violent, not-too-bright sidekick Sal (Felix Williamson). Ryan soon finds himself fending off the trigger-happy Yanks, Outback-style, while also contending with his feisty wife (Toni Collette), needy mistress (Kestie Morassi), and a crooked cop (Sam Neill). Utilising flashy camerawork, black comedy, and mobster protagonists, writer/director David Caesar tips his hat to the criminal capers of Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie, while lending the proceedings a distinctly Down Under flair.
Available for the first time on DVD! At last he found something worth fighting for The year is 1942. The war already 3 years old rages on with no end to the bitter struggle in sight. For Rebel sickened by the horrors of jungle warfare desertion is the only way out. On the run in Sydney he drifts from bar to bar in the city's notorious red light district until he meets and falls in love with Kathy the beautiful singer in an all-girl band. But Rebel's days of running are numbered. Relentlessly pursued by the Military Police he is finally forced to choose between escaping to freedom or risking capture by staying with the girl he loves. Alive with an unforgettable soundtrack that brilliantly mixes the music and moods of the 40s with the punch and style of the 80s.
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The world of insurance hasn't exactly inspired a wealth of memorable cinema, but Australian film Risk is a feisty, funny, clever and, yes, insurance-related movie. Drawing on a range of cinematic themes (good cop/bad cop, the young newcomer and his guiding light, a love triangle) the film offers a fresh insight by virtue of its unusual setting. Ben Madigen (Tom Long) finds himself working in the business by default and is soon taken under the wing of the charismatic John Kreisky (Brown). While trying to undertake his job without compromising his principles, Madigen is unwittingly lured into a scam by Kreisky and his girlfriend, lawyer Louise Roncaldi (Claudia Karvan). The burgeoning and later unravelling relationship between the three is the film's key story, as Long finds himself torn between the other two. Brown is excellent as the scheming Kreisky, once again proving that his failure to move into a more major acting league is little short of baffling--but then, this type of imaginative film offers him more scope than Cocktail or FX ever could and serves as a welcome advertisement for the growing Australian movie industry. This is a highly intelligent film that keeps its plot-cards closely to its chest, keeping the viewer guessing throughout. On the DVD: the usual scene selection is coupled with the trailer, which presents the film (slightly misleadingly) in pulsating, high-action tones. The "making of" featurette offers the viewer an insight into not very much happening (look, there's a man pushing something) and gives the cast an opportunity to take themselves a little too seriously. --Phil Udell
Nelson Reedy is a safecracker - One of the best in the business but he's gone straight. That is until his kid brother Mike arrives desperate for money to pay off some heavies. Nelson has no choice but to do one last job - but it's with the man that almost cost him his life.
Dare to be duped! The world of movie make-believe meets the gritty New York crime scene in this clever suspense movie. Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy command the heart-pounding action in the first-class crackling excitement of F/X. Rollie Tyler (Brown) is the best special effects artist in showbiz. But this time it's not the studios seeking him out it's the Justice Department. His assignment: to stage the assassination of an important underworld witness. And after he pulls the illusion off - making the informant disappear - Rollie is dumbfounded to learn that he's being pinned for the murder! Double-crossed and now hunted by those who hired him Rollie quickly learns that he can trust no one and that the only thing left that can save his life is his unequaled mastery of illusion...
Jack Barnes a tall handsome Texan once was part of a foiled bank raid and now works as a security guard in a sleepy Texas border town bank. His boss Ed asks Jake to moonlight and spy on his sultry and very sexy wife Rosalita who Ed suspects is fooling around. Ed owns the bank and is not adverse to handling a little money laundering for a drug cartel. He is expecting another money drop soon millions of dollars in unmarked bills that must be stored in his bank before being smuggled over the border. One evening Jack is crossing back over the border after a passionate liaison with his lover Rosalita when in the dark street he almost runs down Kristen a heart stopping blonde who tells him she has fought with her boyfriend and needs help. Kristen is really a set up. She is controlled by Barry a ruthless and violent man who has been following the drug money and is planning on robbing the bank the night the drop is made.
Sam (Ryan Brown) is on the rebound from a miserable six-year marriage and has vowed never to make that commitment again. He's smart good-looking and athletic but his search for the perfect relationship has come up empty thanks in no small part to his close friends including a wise-cracking barman (Gary Busey) and their 'helpful' advice. Janet (Jennifer Ferguson) has her own problems separated from a controlling husband who refuses to grant her a divorce. She's intelligent creative and very attractive but getting involved in another relationship is the last thing on her mind. All of this changes when Sam and Janet meet and fall in love. Can this be the perfect relationship they're both looking for? Or will their pasts prevent them from ever loving again.
When a boy is attacked by a mother grizzly bear after hunters capture her cubs, boy and bear bond as she teaches him how to survive in the Canadian Rockies. Following a series of rollicking death defying adventures - tracked by hunters, attacked by wolves, stampeding buffalo, raging rivers and rapacious hunters - the boy is reunited with his father who rescues the cubs, returning them to the wild and their mother.
The story is played out in the turn-of-the -century Wild West where the fath...
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