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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
Deutsch
Description
In this wry German dark comedy, Walter (Jürgen Rissmann) is a professional hitman who has just botched a job. Forced to leave the city, he reluctantly takes up an offer from eccentric crime boss Berger (Reiner Schöne) to protect his house (and young, pretty, free-spirited wife Sybille) in a remote region of the Carpathian Mountains. At Walter's side is Micky (Thomas Wodianka), his chatty, thrill-seeking old friend. After a freak accident, what...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Description
Super assassin John Wick has a fourteen million dollar price tag on his head after killing a member of the High Table, the shadowy international assassins' guild. Now excommunicado, and with an army of the world's most ruthless hit men and women on his trail, John must find a way to survive in this third chapter of the adrenaline-fuelled action series.
3) Crosshairs
Author
Language
English
Description
Events collide and hit man for hire, Jack Verlain, finds himself fighting to protect his identity and all he hold dear.
Author
Language
English
Description
Silent. Relentless. No attachments. This is Viktor’s code. The mantra that took him from the slums of Romania to the pinnacle of his profession – as a murderer for hire. Viktor knows the value of life more than most, which makes him the perfect killer. But after a ruthless betrayal by his bosses, he escapes to London, joins a new “family,” and finds himself caught in a vicious underworld power struggle. Viktor is now better, faster and more...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
Italiano
Description
The second film in Fernando Di Leo's Milieu Trilogy focuses on Luca Carnali, a small-time mobster and pimp who has been set up by his gangland boss. When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, Carnali is framed for the theft. Carnali is pursued through Milan by a pair of merciless American hit men- played by Henry Silva and Woody Strode, and referenced by Quentin Tarantino in Pulp Fiction - whom mistakenly believe that he has...
8) Copshop
Publisher
Universal
Language
English
Description
Screaming through the Nevada desert in a bullet-ridden car, wily con artist Teddy Murretto hatches a plan to hide out from lethal assassin Bob Viddick. He punches rookie officer Valerie Young to get himself arrested and locked up in a small-town police station. However, jail can't protect Murretto for long as Viddick schemes his own way into detention, biding his time in a nearby cell until he can complete his mission.
10) Suddenly
Author
Language
English
Description
Proceeding a presidential visit, a trio of impersonating FBI agents enter a home where John Baron (Frank Sinatra) reveals himself as an assassin. He kidnaps the family in order to use their house as his vantage point in his plot to kill the president.
12) John Wick
Language
English
Description
An ex-hit-man comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that killed his dog and took everything from him.
13) Ninja assassin
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Language
English
Description
After he breaks free from his clan and its overbearing patriarch, ninja fighter Raizo is on the run with Europol agent Mika, having discovered that the clan sells assassination services to governments.
14) The Living
Author
Language
English
Description
A man hires an ex-con to kill his sister's abusive husband, but the desperate act sets into motion a shocking series of events in this intense indie drama.
15) Boogie
Author
Language
English
Description
Boogie is a violent and ruthless hit man who follows his own rules. Women love him, criminals fear him. Exploding with irony, alcohol, and non-stop bullets, this is an action-packed, jaw-dropping, 3-D animated film.
16) Hero =: Héros
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Set before the assumption of China's first emperor, the king of Qin summons a town magistrate to tell the story of how he defeated those who plotted to kill him.
20) Wolf Warrior
Author
Series
Language
Mandarin
Description
An Elite Squad of Mercenaries Just Met Their Deadliest Target. Sergeant Leng Feng (Wu Jing), top marksman of the Chinese Special Forces, is jailed under court martial for disobeying orders. But he's just the kind of fighter the Wolf Warriors are looking for. Silent. Stealthy. Deadly. The Wolves bring Feng into their pack, honing his skills to a knife's edge. But another team has Feng on their radar: a group of corrupt blades-for-hire, seeking revenge...
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