Out on Blu-ray on April 30, 2024, from Radiance Films
When a beautiful young woman falls in love with a Yakuza, she soon finds out that he and his organization expect her to sell herself to bring in money.
Tag Archives: Crime
The Scarface Mob (1959) [Arrow Video Limited Edition]
Out on Blu-ray on April 23, 2024, from Arrow Video
A group of incorruptible men join to help Eliot Ness in his attempts to put Al Capone behind bars.
Abigail (2024)
In a year filled with a ton of very serious horror, it feels good to see Radio Silence offer up a quick, breezy bit of survival horror that I could get behind. In fact the compactness can even tend to work toward the film’s detriment as it feels like an extended version of an anthology horror show, right down to the fact that it’s all one big chamber piece. “Abigail” watches a lot like the classic EC Comics, where our ensemble of ne’er do wells get what’s coming to them in a remarkable twist.
The Departed (2006): Limited Edition Steelbook [4K UHD/Digital]
In Stores April 23rd from Warner Bros.
I do not make it a secret that I don’t like “The Departed.” I never have liked it. I think one of the main reasons why I dislike it so much is that I had seen Andrew Lau and Alan Mak’s 2004 original much earlier and was surprised with how cerebral and taut it was. “Infernal Affairs” was about betrayal, and loss of identity, and completely losing not only who we once were, but our own morality code. It’s shocking to me to know that “The Departed” is not only so infinitely dumbed down from its source material, but that Scorsese is capable of so much better than what he offers us.
The Roundup: No Way Out (2023)
On Blu-ray and 4K UHD April 9, 2024, from Capelight Pictures
Taking place 7 years after the first film, this sequel takes the loved-against-all-odds detective and sets him up with a new band of misfits to investigate a murder.
Exposure (2023)
At the moment I’m not too sure if Kris Cummins’s “Exposure” is an ARG, the start of a series, or a proof of concept, but what it is is one hell of a scary horror film. A lot of the best horror is rooted in reality and “Exposure” is one of the most realistic modern horror tales ever conceived. The idea that someone is using a digital baby monitor to terrorize or torment kids is something that happens far too often and director Cummins takes full advantage of that.
Sleeping Dogs (2024)
Following a new treatment for memory loss, a former detective looks back into a past case, opening doors he may never be able to close.