Fantômas contre Scotland Yard
Synopsis: In the third installment of the parodic Fantomas series, the eponymous arch criminal imposes the “right-to-live” tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who dare not to pay. […]
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Parker
Synopsis: To get away clean, you have to play dirty. Parker (Jason Statham) is a professional thief who lives by a personal code of ethics: Don’t steal from people who […]
San-Antonio
Synopsis: The detective San Antonio and his faithful cohorts are locked in a race against time to defeat a terrorist plot against the President of France. *********************************************************************** San-Antonio 6.0 eyelights: […]
Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit
Summary: After he evens the score with those who betrayed him and recovers the money he was cheated out of from the syndicate, Parker is riding high, living in swank […]
Fantômas se déchaîne
Synopsis: When Professor Marchand, a famous scientist, mysteriously disappears, the commissioner, Juve, immediately suspects Fantomas. *********************************************************************** Fantômas se déchaîne 6.75 eyelights: its pace and flow. eyesores: the cheap gadgets. the […]
Payback
Synopsis: Get Ready to Root for the Bad Guy. Mel Gibson “gives one of his strongest performances,” teaming with his co-screenwriter Brian Helgeland and a superb supporting cast to ignite […]
Béru et ces dames
Synopsis: In this comedy-tinged crime drama, detective San Antonio and his sidekick Beru are hot on the trail of some morphine thieves. The crooks raid another home and mistakenly grab […]
Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter
Summary: Darwyn Cooke, the Eisner-Award-winning writer/artist of such classics as DC: The New Frontier, Selina’s Big Score, and The Spirit, now sets his artistic sights on bringing to life one […]
Fantômas
Synopsis: Mysterious Fantomas is terrorizing France. Inspector Juve, with the help of a reporter called Fandor and a lovely photographer, decides to put an end to the criminal’s operations. But […]
Point Blank
Synopsis: They double-crossed Walker, took his $93,000 cut of the heist and left him for dead, but they didn’t finish the job. Big mistake. He – someday, somehow – is […]
Sale temps pour les mouches
Synopsis: San Antonio is a suave French police inspector who pretends to turn criminal in order to infiltrate a gang lead by Eastern block scientists. Highlights include two parachuting enemies […]
Real Men
Synopsis: The fate of the world is in their hands. God help us all. James Belushi (K-9: P.I.Joe Somebody) and John Ritter (“Eight Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter”) […]
Isabel
Synopsis: This moody Canadian thriller follows the beautiful Isabel (Geneviève Bujold) as she leaves Montreal and returns to the coastal Quebec farm where she grew up. Discovering that her mother […]
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