Summary: Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs thrives in the high-stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground of Las Vegas. But when a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Downs' teenage son. In one sleepless night he will have to rescue his son, evade an internal affairs investigation and bring the kidnappers to justice.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SLECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Sleepless 2017Summary: A young FBI agent, Johnny Utah, infiltrates a cunning team of thrill-seeking elite athletes, led by the charismatic Bodhi. The athletes are suspected of carrying out a spate of crimes in extremely unusual ways. Deep undercover, and with his life in imminent danger, Utah strives to prove they are the architects of this string of inconceivable crimes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD POISummary: Freaks: A tale of love, deception, and retribution set among troupe of carnival sideshow performers, shunned by society because of their physical deformities.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA TODSummary: Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical Entertainment 2022
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY EMICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EMISummary: Sarah Collins is a single mother struggling to raise two young children while searching for answers about the unsolved murder of her husband. After being coerced into helping a low-level drug dealer, she finds herself the target of a dangerous crime boss. Desperate to keep her family safe, Sarah turns the tables on her victimizers in one final act of brutal vengeance.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2020
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY GOOSummary: A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD DENCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DeCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DENSummary: A hired-gun seeks revenge from a client that betrayed him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2004
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY THICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD THISummary: Rocky is an innocent man released from prison. He's on the hunt for the people who framed him. Delong is a disabled veteran who produced the evidence that led to Rocky's release. He now wants part of the $100,000 in exchange for his help. However, after serving five years of a life-sentence for a crime he didn't commit, Rocky has a different plan. He wants to bring the real crooks to justice...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Films 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CRYSummary: Lula knows she's destined to be with her ex-con boyfriend, Sailor, no matter how many times her mama tried to kill him. But when she and Sailor hit the road to find happiness, their journey plunges them into a disturbing underworld.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER WILSummary: "Victor ... a professional killer and right hand man to an underground crime lord in New York CIty ... is seduced and blackmailed by Beatrice ... a crime victim seeking retribution. Their chemistry and intense relationship lead them to execute a violent and cathartic plan for revenge"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY THRILLER DEASummary: Stan and Lion are two brothers struggling to stay relevant in the underground world of bare-knuckle boxing. While Stan trains Lion for the fight of his life, a series of events threaten to tear the brothers apart but their love for one another and belief in a better life keep them going.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2021
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA JUNCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD JUNCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE JUNSummary: "Michael Haneke's most notorious production, Funny Games spares no detail in its depiction of the agony of a bourgeois family held captive at their vacation home by a pair of white-gloved young men. In a series of escalating 'games, ' the sadistic duo subject their victims to unspeakable physical and psychological torture over the course of a night. A home-invasion thriller in which the game's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN FUNSummary: In 1992, Cameron Todd Willingham, a poor, uneducated heavy metal devotee with a violent streak, was convicted of an arson-related triple homicide and put on death row. This is the true-life Texas story of the unlikely bond that formed between Willingham and Elizabeth Gilbert, a Houston mother of two, who battled against the state for twelve years to try to save Willingham by exposing suppressed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TRICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TrSummary: Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Jim Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother in his wake. He plays both sides, immersing himself in an illicit, underground world while...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD GAMSummary: Diagnosed with a fatal condition, Frankie Carver is released from prison after serving nineteen years of hard time. With only a short time left to live, Frankie must desperately try to make amends with the son he left behind while he plots a bloody course of revenge, tracking down his old gang to make them pay one by one.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SCOSummary: Set in 1950s Detroit, the movie centers on a group of small-time criminals who are hired to steal what they think is a simple document. When their plan goes wrong, their search for who hired them and for what ultimate purpose weaves them through all echelons of the race-torn, rapidly changing city.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY NOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie NoCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NOSummary: When aging gangster Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds, who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars, Lansky spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. and the National Crime Syndicate.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY LANCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LANSummary: An uncompromising portrayal of swinging London's criminal underworld. Quintessentially British and with a documentary-style commitment towards accuracy, it mixes meticulously constructed, high-octane action sequences with taut suspense and gritty realism, making it the groundbreaking template for future crime dramas.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ROBSummary: Sam is a disenchanted 33-year-old who discovers a mysterious woman, Sarah, frolicking in his apartment's swimming pool. When she vanishes, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal, and conspiracy in the City of Angels.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019