The Bank (2001)
Power. Corruption. Revenge.
ジャンル : ドラマ, スリラー
上映時間 : 1時間 44分
演出 : Robert Connolly
シノプシス
The Bank, a world ripe with avarice and corruption, where O'Reilly and his ilk can thrive and honest Aussie battlers lose everything. Enter Jim Doyle a maverick mathematician who has devised a formula to predict the fluctuations of the stock market. When he joins O'Reilly's fold, he must first prove his loyalty to the "greed is good" ethos. Which way will he go? What does he have to hide?
Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
Sy "the photo guy" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually believes he's part of their family. When "Uncle" Sy's picture-perfect fantasy collides with an ugly dose of reality, what happens next "has the spine-tingling elements of the best psychological thrillers!"
Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.
テネンバウム家の3人の子どもたちは皆若くして成功した天才児。長男のチャスは10代で不動産売買に精通し、国際金融にも才能を発揮する。長女マーゴは12歳で劇作家デビュー。次男リッチーもまたテニスのジュニア選手権3連覇で将来を嘱望されていた。しかし、父親の過ちと裏切りにより一家は崩壊を始めてしまう。チャスは飛行機事故で妻を失い、男手ひとつで二人の息子を育て、マーゴは年上の男と結婚の末無気力な毎日を送り、次男も突然テニス界を引退、船旅に出てしまう。そんな彼らと再び家族の絆を取り戻したいと考えた父親は一計を案じるのだったが……。
The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle might not be the elements, or even the Kodiak bear stalking them -- it could be Robert, whom Charles suspects is having an affair with his wife and would not mind seeing him dead.
A weekend of camping in the mountains becomes an excursion into hell for a young couple, who become pawns in a grotesque plot hatched by deranged locals.
Set between the parallel worlds of contemporary London and the futuristic faith dominated metropolis of Meanwhile City, Franklyn weaves a tale of four souls, whose lives are intertwined by fate, romance and tragedy. As these worlds collide, a single bullet determines the destiny of these four characters.
A daring prison break from an airliner at 30,000 feet leaves U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip mourning a brother and gunning for revenge. After being ordered to turn in his badge, he seeks out Jessie Crossman, a noted skydiver, and offers to sponsor her crew for the annual Independence Day parachuting show in Washington, D.C., if she trains him. Meanwhile, the mastermind behind the mid-air jailbreak is planning a daring computer theft on Independence Day.
New York private eye Shamus McCoy likes girls, drink and gambling, but by the look of his flat business can't be too hot. So an offer of $10,000 to finds some diamonds stolen in a daring raid with a flame-thrower is too good to miss. His investigations soon get pretty complicated and rather too dangerous. At least along the way he does get to meet Alexis.
Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emerald-encrusted dagger of the Mehmed II from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum.
『アメリカン・ビューティー』で見事アカデミー賞主演男優賞に輝いたケヴィン・スペイシーの初監督作。強盗犯が逃げ込んだ地下のバーを舞台に繰り広げられるスリリングな密室劇。
過去の記憶を失った男が、謎の組織に狙われるサスペンス・アクション。昔の記憶をなくしたタクシー運転手のジェリーは、周囲のちょっとしたことに国家の陰謀が隠されているという強迫観念に取りつかれていた。ある日、女性弁護士アリスに陰謀が迫っていると悟った彼は、彼女に接近するが変人扱いされる。だがジェリーの勘は正しく、謎の組織が二人を狙いはじめる。しかも、ジェリーがかつて特殊部隊の工作員だったことが判明する。
The story takes place in Haifa, Israel, in 1979, during three days before the Shabbat. A young woman trying to raise three children, work from home, and observe the strict Moroccan traditions of her family finds herself at constant odds with her husband and her brothers, who want her to stay married and leave behind the notions of being loved and free.
After finding a wallet in the street tepper calls the owner in order to return it. After making the call he discovers that the lottery ticket inside is a $6 million winner. To add to things his friends are on their way over for their weekly poker night & the groups tradition is to bet their lottery ticket.
レイモンド・チャンドラー原作『大いなる眠り』をハワード・ホークスが映画化したフィルム・ノワールの古典的名作。探偵フィリップ・マーロウを演じるのはハンフリー・ボガート。
ギャング組織壊滅のため、ある証人を護衛する刑事ブリット。だがその証人が殺されてしまい……。激しいアップダウンを活かしたサンフランシスコの街中でのカーチェイスがあまりにも有名なアクション作。
仕事に疲れて一般的な家庭生活が送れない刑事ヴィンセント。冷徹無比の犯罪組織のボス、ニール。追う者と追われる者、虚々実々の駆け引きとせめぎ合い。やがて二人はそれぞれの抱える孤独のうちに、奇妙な共感を覚える。だが彼らには避けては通れない運命の直接対決が待ち受けていた。
キンバリー・ウェルズはアメリカの地方テレビ局の女性リポーター。硬派ニュースの記者を志していたが普段は日常のたわいもないニュースを担当していた彼女だった。原子力発電所のドキュメンタリー特番の担当となり、カメラマンのリチャード・アダムスとともに取材に赴く。コントロールルームを見学中、原子力発電所は何らかのトラブルを起こしたようだった。そこは撮影禁止の場所だったにもかかわらず、アダムスは密かにそのときのコントロールルームの様子を撮影していた。
ある真夜中、マルホランド・ドライブで車の衝突事故が発生。ただ独り助かった黒髪の女は、ハリウッドの街までなんとか辿り着き、留守宅へ忍び込む。すると、そこは有名女優ルースの家だった。そして、直後にやってきたルースの姪ベティに見つかってしまう。ベティは、とっさにリタと名乗ったこの女を叔母の友人と思い込むが、すぐに見知らぬ他人であることを知った。何も思い出せないと打ち明けるリタ。手掛かりは大金と謎の青い鍵が入った彼女のバッグ。ベティは同情と好奇心から、リタの記憶を取り戻す手助けを買って出るのだが…。