2005 Movies : Gangster

With Brendan Fraser • Matt Dillon • William Fichtner • Don Cheadle • Jennifer Esposito • Ludacris • Ryan Phillippe • Terrence Dashon Howard • Larenz Tate • Paul Haggis • Nona Gaye • Bobby Moresco • Paul Hagis

A Brentwood housewife and her DA husband. A Persian store owner. Two police detectives who are also lovers. A black television director and his wife. A Mexican locksmith. Two car-jackers. A rookie cop. A middle-aged Korean couple... They all live in Los Angeles. And in the next 36 hours, they will all collide... A provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial conflict in America, "Crash" is that rare cinematic event—film that challenges audiences to question their own prejudices. Diving headlong into the diverse melting pot of post-9/11 Los Angeles, this compelling urban drama tracks the volatile intersections of a multi-ethnic cast, examining fear and bigotry from multiple perspectives as characters careen in and out of one another's lives. No one is safe in the battle zones of intolerance. And no one is immune to the simmering rage that sparks violence—and changes lives...

With Tom Hardy • Daniel Craig • Matthew Vaughn • Sienna Miller • Sally Hawkins • Colm Meaney • Dexter Fletcher • Jamie Foreman • Burn Gorman • James O'Donnell • Michael Gambon • Kenneth Cranham • Tamer Hassan • Darren Healy • Nathalie Lunghi • Peter Rnic • Garry Tubbs • J.J. Connolly

Based upon JJ Connelly's London crime novel, "Layer Cake" is about a successful cocaine dealer (Daniel Craig) who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite and plans an early retirement from the business. However, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess daughter of Jimmy's old pal Edward, a powerful construction business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds' worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal neo-Nazi sect and a whole series of double crossings. The title "Layer Cake" refers to the layers or levels the dealer has to go through as he painstakingly plots his own escape. What is revealed is a modern underworld where the rules have changed. There are no 'codes', or 'families' and respect lasts as long as a line. Not knowing who he can trust, he has to use all his 'savvy', 'telling' and skills which make him one of the best, to escape his own. The ultimate last job, a love interest called Tammy and an international drugs ring, threaten to draw him back into the 'cake mix'. But, time is running out and the penalty will endure a lifetime.

With Snoop Dogg • Lil Jon • Trina

Snoop Dogg stars as Corde, a young charismatic player who sees a better way of life and financial success in the street game. His mentor is Orange Juice, a veteran man of leisure, with all the street credibility to back it up. OJ teaches Corde the rules of the game and raises him up as his young prot.

With Christopher Nolan • Morgan Freeman • Liam Neeson • Cillian Murphy • Christian Bale • Gary Oldman • Emma Thomas • Michael Caine • Katie Holmes • Charles Roven • Tom Wilkinson • Ken Watanabe • David S. Goyer • Rutger Hauer • Larry Franco • Michael Uslan • Ben Melniker

The film explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham. In the wake of his parents' murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his strength, intellect, and an array of high-tech tools to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city.

With Mark Wahlberg • Sofia Vergara • Taraji P. Henson • Tyrese Gibson • Lorenzo di Bonaventura • Andre Benjamin • Garrett Hedlund • Terrence Dashon Howard • John Singleton • David Elliot • Paul Lovett • Ric Kidney

After their adoptive mother is murdered during a grocery store holdup, the Mercer brothers - hotheaded Bobby (Mark Wahlberg), hard-edged Angel (Tyrese Gibson), family man and businessman Jeremiah, and hard rocking Jack (Garrett Hedlund) - reunite to take the matter of her death into their own hands. As they track down the killer, they quickly realize that their old ways of doing business have new consequences. The four brothers come together to discover that they are bound by ties thicker than blood.