Max Dire is a Los Angeles detective who is feeling the strain that his profession entails when his wife of two years, Liza, accuses him of bringing his work home. Max's partner, Jim Sheldon, commits suicide by shooting himself in the head. Realising that Max is experiencing problems, Adam Garou, a high-ranking officer, distinguished by his success in reducing crime in other big cities, invites Max to join him at his apartment for a weekly meeting with other police officers who are experiencing difficulties.
Ryan Barnes (Hookings) is a young detective, dealing with the personal tragedy of his wife being coma-ridden whilst attempting to track down a serial killer who appears to be specifically targeting the vulnerable and elderly.
At Chicago Union Station, Police Lieutenant William "Bill" Calhoun is approached by an apprehensive passenger named Joyce Willecombe, who believes that two men aboard her train may be up to no good. The two men deposit a suitcase in a storage locker. When Bill retrieves it, Joyce recognizes the clothing as belonging to Lorna Murchison, the blind daughter of wealthy Henry Murchison, Joyce's employer.
Swedish military intelligence officers Carl Hamilton (Peter Stormare) and Åke Stålhandske (Mats Långbacka) are ordered to eliminate a band of Russian smugglers on the Russian tundra. The smugglers possess a nuclear missile, a 1.5 megaton SS-20, "enough to turn Paris, Washington or New York to ashes". What they do not know is that the smugglers they have intercepted were only a decoy, while the real missile was shipped to Libya.
An astronaut, out of oxygen and coming in for a crash landing, somehow manages to re-establish radio contact and tell ground control to activate the ship self-destruction mechanism. After wondering why the astronaut couldn't do it himself, ground control pushes the red button, causing the ship to explode at ; scientists Steve Curan, Max Weitzberg, and their assistant Donna discover that the late astronaut was infected by an alien lifeform. Meanwhile, Paul Lawrence, a science student and his girlfriend Marta Farnstrom find a severed human arm on a beach in California.
Sarah Collins, a recently widowed young mother of two children, Ben and Lucy, is desperate to know who murdered her husband Stephen. Her son Ben has been an elective mute since the day he witnessed his father being knifed to death on their estate in the middle of the day. Police have done nothing to catch the killer, categorising his death as a falling-out amongst thieves.
An armed priest, together with two other men, drive a hobo and his companions from their underground hideouts. The hobo, identifying himself as Anton, then appears at the door of a mansion. There he encounters Richard and Marina, an upper-class married couple with three children.
Coming-of-age, Crime, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Melodrama, Social Study
The film revolves around various plots. The central story-line is about a murder investigation involving one of the central characters Chris (Valentine Nonyela) and his relationship with his girlfriend Tracy (Sophie Okonedo). The second narrative involves the relationship between a gay punk Billibud (Jason Durr) and a soulboy Caz (Mo Sesay) and the racism and homophobia they face in both West Indian and white British communities.
Steve Peterson's wife, Nina is murdered in front of their young daughter Julie. Three years later, Julie and Peterson's new girlfriend Sharon Martin are kidnapped by the same killer, the psychotic Artie Taggart. Taggart imprisons them in a bunker below Grand Central Station, throwing the police into a race against time to save them.
The 1087 is a British Royal Navy motor gun boat that sees its crew through the worst that World War II can throw at them. After the end of the war, first lieutenant George Hoskins convinces former skipper Bill Randall and coxswain Birdie to buy their boat and use it for what he persuades them is some harmless, minor smuggling of items like wine. But they find themselves transporting ever more sinister cargoes, such as counterfeit currency and weapons.
Harvard educated Dr. David Lowell's (Collins) research is carried out in the canyon country of southern Utah and must be conducted at the same time Halley's Comet is passing over the earth. Lowell is trying to find a safe, cheap energy source using the sound waves the comet generates.
Tom (Scott Speedman) and Dan (James Marsden) meet in a bar and then proceed to Tom's apartment together. While there, Dan realizes that he had been in that same apartment before. Five years earlier, Dan and Tom had a one night stand there.
In post-Cold War Washington, an inexperienced political appointee, Paul Hood (Hamlin), is named head of the supposedly obsolete National Crisis Management Center (NCMC) with an eye to downsizing it. No sooner is he introduced around by the NCMC’s deputy director, Brigadier General Mike Rodgers (Carl Weathers), than he's in the middle of a crisis: a rogue KGB unit hijacks three Ukrainian-based nuclear warheads for sale to the Middle East. National Security Advisor Vice Admiral Troy Davis (Brimley) orders Hood and the Op Center to locate the warheads, verify their location and prepare a viable recovery plan.
A bomb is set to go off on one of the busiest betting days of the year so a smart interrogator is called in to get answers from the prime suspect but as time begins to end, they both soon discover that there is a larger plan in store for them.
In the late eighties, investment and redevelopment of the East End of London is well underway. Empire State, a sumptuous nightclub, attracts crowds. However, under the control of gangland boss Frank Wright (Ray McAnally) it is also a cover for gangland violence and drug dealing.
Phillip Sauvage (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is an American soldier recovering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder caused by his time in Iraq and Afghanistan in a VA hospital. The release of notorious rap mogul Terrell Singletery (Viv Leacock) from prison has caused Wayne Barclay's (Raz Adoti) worried older sister and manager Tamara (Vivica A. Fox) to hire increased security.
Action, Crime, Detective, neo-noir, Noir, thriller film
A former-private-eye-turned-gun-for-hire named Malone is hired to retrieve a suitcase from a building full of armed mobsters, but a violent shootout ensues and Malone is eventually left as the only survivor. Suspecting a set-up, he retains the only noteworthy item contained in the case - a small painted animal referred to as "the meaning of love" - for himself, prompting several different parties in the employ of a local gangster - Whitmore - to pursue Malone in attempt to discern the meaning of the case's contents. After a series of violent encounters leaving many dead, Malone eventually confronts Whitmore, who admits he was responsible…
Upon being released from prison, Ricky (Ashley Walters) is collected by Wisdom, an eccentric and naive friend who is desperate to establish himself within their neighbourhood. Immediately after arriving back, Wisdom accidentally breaks a wing mirror off a car belonging to Godfrey, a local gang member. The following confrontation leads to Ricky pulling away Wisdom in an attempt to keep peace.
Set during summer 1990 in Richmond, California, Eli McKinnon (Dylan Flashner) witnesses his father Gabe (Dermot Mulroney), a school custodian, murder a homophobic bully who was attacking a student. Gabe is convicted and sentenced to death, with his execution scheduled to take place within weeks. Eli loses his job and becomes homeless while dealing with violent urges and flashbacks to the murder.
Bookish college professor George Kingsley is accidentally run down by gangster Red Cannon, who was fleeing from four members of his former gang attempting to kill him. Cannon is crippled by the accident while Kingsley suffers life-threatening brain trauma. Kingsley's friend Dr.
Jack Elgin (Jeremy Irons) is the European editor of The Economist, a magazine based in London, England. Jack has a wife, Maria (Briony Glassco), and three kids, Joanne (Anna Maguire), Julia (Holly Boyd), and Andrew (Joel Pitts). Jack subtly changes the family vacation from a lazy week of Mediterranean fun and sun in Corfu to a tour of India, hoping to simultaneously seize a plum reporting assignment, and spend quality time with his family.
Drama, Erotic Film, Erotic Thriller, Horror, LGBTQ-related film, thriller film
Sadie Glass is on a book tour with her boyfriend, Thierry. She is promoting her book that details her chaotic relationship with Alex, which is implied to have been sexual and violent. At an event in Italy, Alex shows up and invites Sadie to spend the weekend with him instead of meeting Thierry's family in Paris.
