The Lesser Evil (1998)
Género : Drama, Suspense
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 33M
Director : David Mackay
Sinopsis
Twenty-two years ago four friends went to the quarry on the edge of town with a case of beer and a loaded handgun. At the end of the day the beer was gone, the gun was empty and a stranger lay dead at the bottom of the quarry. Now, the four are together again, trying to deal with their actions in the face of guilt and a new police investigation.
Five years ago, Christine went after the baby she gave up for adoption, claiming he'd been stolen, and wound up killing Alex Williams' wife and the baby the Williams' had adopted. Now, Alex has remarried to a woman with a young son and when Christine escapes from a mental institution, she heads straight for Alex, looking for revenge.
Based on Suzanne Somer's autobiography, the film tells of her troubled childhood, her affairs, her abortion anad her arrest for writing bad cheques and posing nude.
Un esposo, una esposa y su hijo menor son asesinados en esta historia real. Sus otros dos hijos tienen que hacer frente a su pérdida, pero el sherrif local comienza a sospechar que uno de los hermanos cometió el crimen y debe convencer al otro para que lo ayude a descubrir la verdad.
For 11 years, Beth's life is limited to working nights in a convenience store while her daytime hours are spent caring for her bed-ridden, bitter and abusive mother. All that keeps her going is a voice on the radio of a psychologist, Dr Roland. Her obsession grows to the point where nothing, not even murder, will stop her from getting to the woman she desires!
A troubled young man mysteriously appears in a rural Minnesota town from which he claims he was abducted 16 years ago.
After young policewoman Gina Pulasky succeeds in handling a domestic fight particularly well, she's added to a small team of detectives assigned to a case of gruesome child killings. She proves herself to be a worthwhile reinforcement by tracking down the prime suspect, a disturbingly smart young man named Kyle Timler. Much to the horror of her team mate and lover Will McCaid, Pulasky goes undercover to infiltrate in Timler's life and trying to get as close to him as necessary to make him confess his crimes without even noticing it. A dangerous mission involving a process of growing identification with the killer, something that doesn't leave Pulasky unscathed.
Julie and Gregg are about to become parents again, but they feel conflicted since their first child was kidnapped and never seen again. But the couple soon faces an even bigger shock. Julie's new bad-boy (really bad-boy) student may actually be her long-lost son! Based on Claire R. Jacobs's book
A woman is simultaneously framed for the murder of her husband and terrorized by the deranged woman who actually killed him.
An innocent man is thrust into a political power struggle in this drama. After witnessing a mob killing, New York restaurant owner Sam Paxton (Aidan Quinn) reports the crime. Overzealous attorneys (Brian Dennehy and Stockard Channing) put pressure on Paxton to testify in court, but Paxton is in a tough spot when the mob starts threatening his family. Paxton now faces an impossible choice: testify and put his family at risk … or go to jail.
After their father abruptly sells the beloved family-owned restaurant that has employed them for years, the charismatic McDermott boys - hot-tempered Brian (Quill), lovelorn Kit (Mulroney) and jokester Duncan (Astin) - find themselves at odds with their parents and each other.
Para mantener durante el resto del año la tasa de criminalidad por debajo del 1% los Nuevos Padres Fundadores de América ponen a prueba una teoría sociológica que da rienda suelta a todo tipo de agresiones durante una noche en una comunidad aislada. Pero cuando la violencia de los opresores se encuentra con la ira de los marginados, el vandalismo explota más allá de esas fronteras “experimentales” para extenderse por todo el país. Detrás de cada tradición hay una revolución. Descubre cómo toda una nación entera abrazó una brutal celebración anual: 12 horas de impunidad criminal. Bienvenidos a un movimiento que comenzó como un simple experimento: LA PRIMERA PURGA: LA NOCHE DE LAS BESTIAS.
Louie y Corinne Jeffries forman un matrimonio feliz hasta que un coche atropella al joven y le mata. 20 años más tarde, la hija de ambos, Miranda, se enamora de un chico llamado Alex Finch, que resulta ser la reencarnación de Louie.
After nearly thirty years a mother and adopted daughter are reunited. Soon after, the biological father comes back into the picture.
A teen girl is stalked and harassed by a perverted man ten years older than she is, but despite help from her family, there's little the police can do to get rid of him.
Kathy, a simple grocery clerk, finds her way into her local high society and the life of a wealthy suitor who thinks she's a stockbroker.
Cuando la autopsia de un contrabandista de drogas revela la presencia del cólera, las autoridades encargan la investigación a Hannah Cole, especialista en enfermedades epidémicas. Sabiendo lo peligroso que es el mal y lo rápido que mata, Hannah y un detective de narcóticos se disponen a encontrar la cocaína. La investigación lleva a Hannah a un descubrimiento terrible: su marido ha estado expuesto a la enfermedad antes de marcharse a un lejano lugar de acampada. Ahora, en una desesperada carrera contrarreloj, Hannah organiza una intensa busqueda para encontrar a su esposo antes de que desarrolle el mal.
Two aging actors, who had a brief but intense marriage in the 1940s, are reunited decades later to find that issues between them are not resolved.
Tras muchos años sin verse, tres amigas de la infancia, Maria, Vivian y Ruth, vuelven a encontrase y se ponen al día sobre los cambios de sus respectivas vidas. Vivian decide entonces invitar a sus amigas y a sus parejas a un crucero con el fin de conocerse mejor.
Un matrimonio y sus dos hijos se mudan a una magnífica mansión situada en una urbanización de lujo, un sueño inalcanzable que se hace realidad gracias a la interesada intervención del promotor de la colonia. Pero pronto descubren que la vida en ella se rige por un catálogo de reglas estrictas, cuyo cumplimiento depende su permanencia en el nuevo hogar.
An ex-prosecutor takes a bodyguard job protecting a girl from a mother who has lost custody. The father was accused of sexually abusing the daughter but the evidence was dismissed. Who's lying?