Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Police chief Xavier Quinn investigates the gruesome murder of Donald Pater, one of the wealthiest residents on a Caribbean island. He was found decapitated in his Jacuzzi. Although the local political establishment, especially crooked Governor Chalk, insists that small-time thief Maubee is responsible, Xavier has his doubts. This view is complicated by the police chief's personal history with Maubee: The men have been friends since childhood.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
On the Waterfront
Goldfinger
Oldboy
Aliens
Face/Off
Friendly Beast
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Ransom
The Lady from Shanghai
Backdraft
Pacific Heights
One on Top of the Other
Yella
Blow
Spellbound
Murder on the Orient Express
Curdled
Altered States
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
SIMILAR MOVIES
On the Waterfront
IMDB 7.9 | Jun , 1954
A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.Goldfinger
IMDB 7.4 | Sep , 1964
Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.Oldboy
IMDB 8.2 | Nov , 2003
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.Aliens
IMDB 8 | Jul , 1986
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.Face/Off
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 1997
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.Friendly Beast
IMDB 6.5 | Aug , 2018
A restaurant owner going over the edge when an armed robbery is attempted at his establishment. He holds everyone captive at gunpoint – criminals and customers alike – and situations corrode into a nightmare state, guided by manipulation and raw compulsion.Reflections in a Golden Eye
IMDB 6.4 | Oct , 1967
Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.Ransom
IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 1996
When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.The Lady from Shanghai
IMDB 7.3 | Dec , 1947
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.Backdraft
IMDB 6.7 | May , 1991
Two feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these crimes.Pacific Heights
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 1990
A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.One on Top of the Other
IMDB 6.5 | Aug , 1969
A San Francisco doctor encounters a prostitute who bears a striking resemblance to his late wife.Yella
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 2007
A young East German woman leaves her husband and business partner and relocates to a West German city to start anew as an accountant, but he soon catches up with her.Blow
IMDB 7.4 | Apr , 2001
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.Spellbound
IMDB 7.4 | Nov , 1945
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.Murder on the Orient Express
IMDB 7.1 | Nov , 1974
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.Curdled
IMDB 7 | Aug , 1991
Medellin, 1973: a young girl, chewing bubble gum and playing with a top comes upon the body of a murdered man. She's intrigued, even cheered by the sight. Jump ahead 18 years: Gabriela is living in Miami, Florida, and her job, which she loves, is to clean up crime scenes. We see a particularly bloody murder, and the next day, Gabriela is there to clean it up. As she plays music, cleans, and imagines the crime, the murderer returns to the scene to remove evidence. He gets more than he bargained for. Made into a feature film in 1996.Altered States
IMDB 6.7 | Dec , 1980
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native American shamans, he explores these altered states of consciousness and finds that memory, time, and perhaps reality itself are states of mind.Invasion of the Body Snatchers
IMDB 7.5 | Feb , 1956
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
IMDB 7 | Nov , 1963
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.