Expendable (2012)
The Political Sacrifice Of Shapelle Corby
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Runtime : 1H 44M
Director : Kathy Manning
Sinopse
How a government wilfully withheld vital evidence from a court of law, deceived its public, orchestrated an unprecedented media campaign, and ruthlessly deployed its organs of state against one of its own citizens. Expendable presents, and demonstrates, the crushing, pre-meditated, and often brutal acts which a western government is prepared to inflict upon a helpless woman, Schapelle Corby, in pursuit of political expediency.
Após a máfia matar sua família, o jovem Vito foge da sua cidade na Sicília e vai para a América. Vito luta para manter sua família. Ele mata Black Hand Fanucci, que exigia dos comerciantes uma parte dos seus ganhos. Com a morte de Fanucci, o poderio de Vito cresce, mas sua família é o que mais importa para ele. Agora baseado no Lago Tahoe, Michael planeja fazer incursões em Las Vegas e Havana instalando negócios ligados ao lazer, mas descobre que aliados como Hyman Roth estão tentando matá-lo.
Ritchie luta para concluir sua universidade, mas tem problemas para arcar com as despesas do curso. Ele acaba entrando de cabeça no mundo das apostas online de pôquer. Antes ele apenas apresenta o jogo para outras pessoas, mas também acaba jogando para conseguir dinheiro. Ele perde tudo, mas está convencido de que foi passado para trás. É aí que decide visitar a Costa Rica e pressionar o executivo Ivan Block. Impressionado com o jovem, o empresário acaba acolhendo Ritchie em seu negócio.
Ladrão de carros cumpre sentença em prisão de segurança máxima, mas consegue fugir, rouba um carro e leva como refém Rita, uma policial, e é perseguido pela polícia de LA.
Desviar-se de carros a altas velocidades, fugir de taxistas loucos, de portas abertas e de oito milhões de pedestres mal-humorados é apenas um dia normal no trabalho de Wilee, um dos estafetas mais ágeis e agressivos de Nova Iorque. É preciso ter uma agilidade especial para andar nas bicicletas e ser super leve. São bicicletas de engrenagem simples sem travões e os estafetas são, por um lado, ciclistas qualificados mas, por outro, loucos suicidas que arriscam tornar-se uma mancha no chão de cada vez que se dirigem para o tráfego. Mas um rapaz que costuma colocar a sua vida em risco está prestes a receber mais do que está habituado quando uma entrega de rotina se transforma numa perseguição de vida ou morte pelas ruas de Manhattan. Quando Wilee recolhe o seu último envelope do dia numa corrida apressada, ele descobre que esta encomenda é diferente. Desta vez, alguém está realmente a tentar matá-lo
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