Tervetuloa Detroitiin. Eletään lähitulevaisuutta, ja rikollisuus on riistäytynyt käsistä. Anarkia ja kova rikollisuus rehottavat USA:ssa. Konnat ovat vallanneet jopa kaupungin johtopaikat. Poliisit ovat lähes voimattomia. Heillä on kuitenkin salainen ase - puoliksi ihminen, puoliksi kone - Robocop. Se on ohjelmoitu tekemään likaista työtä mekaanisen tehokkaasti, ja se vaikuttaa lyömättömältä. Metallikuoren alla sykkii kuitenkin oikeudenmukainen ihmissydän.
Vuosi 2139. Atomisota on muuttanut maan myrkylliseksi autiomaaksi jota kutsutaan kirotuksi. Harvat eloonjääneet ovat muuttaneet Megacityihin, jättiläiskaupunkeihin, joita hallitsevat rikolliset raakalaisjoukot. Kun laki ja järjestys on jäämässä tappiolle, perustetaan iskuryhmä yhteiskuntaa valvomaan. Tällä eliittijoukolla on valta jakaa oikeutta, rangaista ja toimia pyöveleinä. He ovat tuomareita ja heidän valtansa on kiistaton. Tunnetuin tuomareista on Judge Dredd. Hän on kova, mutta oikeudenmukainen. Sitten Dreddiä vihaava rikollinen järjestää ansan. Dredd tuomitaan kuolemaan...
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Kukaan ei tavallisesti huomannut Frank Lucasia (Denzel Washington), yhden Harlemin johtavien mustien rikollispomojen autonkuljettajaa. Mutta Lucasin pomon yhtäkkiä kuollessa hän tarttuu tilaisuuteen rakentaakseen oman imperiuminsa ja luodakseen oman versionsa amerikkalaisesta unelmasta. Kekseliäisyydellä ja tiukalla bisnesetiikalla Lucas päätyy kaupungin huumekaupan hallitsijaksi täyttäen kadut puhtaammalla kamalla ja paremmilla hinnoilla. Hän päihittää muut johtavat huumevälittäjät ja tulee varsinaiseksi superstaraksi omassa lajissaan.
Kaksi juuri poliisikoulutuksen läpäissyttä nuorta miestä joutuu keskelle Rio de Janeiron slummeissa riehuvaa huumesotaa. Siellä murhat, jengien välienselvittelyt ja poliisin liiallinen voimankäyttö ovat arkipäivää. Tulokkaiden idealismi karisee nopeasti, ja ystävysten on tehtävä oma valintansa korruption ja ihanteiden välillä. Valinta uhkaa repiä hajalle lapsuudesta saakka kestäneen ystävyyden...
Miljardeja dollareita päivittäin liikuttava huumeteollisuus vaatii toimiakseen väkivaltaa, uhreja ja karuja kohtaloita, mutta helppo tie nopeaan rikastumiseen houkuttelee silti monia. How to Make Money Selling Drugs on shokeeraavan aito ja onnistuneen satiirinen kuvaus siitä, kuinka katudiileristä voi nousta huumekarttelipomoksi ilman sen suurempia ponnistuksia - ja mitä amerikkalaiselle unelmalle on todella tapahtunut.
A veteran New York City Police Lieutenant's investigation of a woman's murder uncovers corruption in high places.
Mexican gunfighter Dave Robles outdraws the town's outlaw-turned-sheriff and is invited to fill the dead man's shoes. But a tin star doesn't bring automatic respectability and Robles is shunned by the town's leading citizens. His popularity with its less-savory element, particularly saloonkeeper Bannister, wanes dramatically, too, as he starts to take his job seriously. It is his love for a decent, caring woman that keeps Dave in town, but can she convince him to lay down his gun and start a new life?
Based on the true story that shocked the nation and led to vast changes in how law enforcement handled missing children cases...John and Reve Walsh deal with their grief in front of the whole country when their son, Adam, is abducted and later found dead.
In the wake of the tragic events at Waco, Texas where an armed conflict with armed militiamen broke out, agents of the federal government's Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) carry out a clandestine mission within another militia operation that is possibly involved in the sales of guns and the murder of an agent. Agent Robin O'Brien infiltrates the operation against her director's orders. When events start unraveling and an FBI agent threatens to take over the operation and start a military action, the ATF agents have to apply what they learned from Waco to save another blood bath.
Three exciting stories of science fiction adventure set many years in the future. The Earth, once the hub of the Galaxy and its judicial system, is now wasteland. This and its survivors are all that is left of a bygone age after the most vicious intergalactic war ever seen. The Earth's colonies are devoid of any law enforcement system. It is the survival of the fittest (or meanest). The only law left is Ragnarok, a hard-hitting enforcer and his alien friend Smith, who travel the Universe in an attempt to see fair play.
They're the real 'goodfellas': 'Joe Dogs' Iannuzzi, Tommy DelGiorno, 'Big Dom' Lofaro. For the first time on television, Mafia turncoats give personal accounts of life inside the Mob. In this shocking documentary, five high-ranking informants tell tales of murder, brutality, greed and vanity--and why they broke the Sicilian code of honor. The first generation of the American Mafia stood on the foundation of loyalty and a code of silence. The second and third generations traded their Sicilian traditions for government protection and instant personal gain. MOB STORIES presents five chilling narratives from five members of the underworld, most of whom are overwhelmed with fear and paranoia with the exception of “Fat Jackie”, a loyal lifelong mobster. Father and son team, Alan and Marc Levin, direct and produce an honest and personal portrayal of the demise of the Mafia.
COINTELPRO 101 exposes illegal surveillance, disruption, and outright murder committed by the US government in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. “COINTELPRO” refers to the official FBI COunter INTELigence PROgram carried out to surveil, imprison, and eliminate leaders of social justice movements and to disrupt, divide, and destroy the movements as well. Many of the government's crimes are still unknown. Through interviews with activists who experienced these abuses first-hand, with rare historical footage, the film provides an educational introduction to a period of intense repression and draws relevant lessons for the present and future.
Four cops failed to catch a thief due to their obesity. Their boss then assigned a new mission for them; lose weight in two months or they all got fired.
Eight years in the making, The Joe Show is a shocking and wildly entertaining documentary about America’s most controversial Sheriff, Joe Arpaio, and his ringmaster’s approach to modern media, politics and law enforcement. Joe's desire for fame changes democracy forever and the voters cheer as ratings soar. The Joe Show explores how Joe uses media and his role as Sheriff to make himself the most famous law enforcement officer in the world. Racism, sex crimes, illegal immigration, first amendment rights, deaths at the hands of his employees – even Obama’s birth certificate – are all issues Joe faces and spins. Featuring Larry King, Steven Seagal, Hugh Downs, Ted Nugent, Dan Ariely and Noam Chomsky A movie that will engage and enlighten both Joe’s detractors and supporters, the Joe Show takes a hard yet balanced look at how democracy can survive when persuading voters becomes more important than protecting them.
A former federal agent takes you from Milwaukee's streets into its justice system, following Harold Sloan and six other homeless men over five years as they struggle to survive.
Since the enactment of the Anti-Boryokudan Act and Yakuza exclusion ordinances, the number of Yakuza members reduced to less than 60,000. In the past 3 years, about 20,000 members have left from Yakuza organizations. However, just numbers can’t tell you the reality. What are they thinking, how are they living now? The camera zooms in on the Yakuza world. Are there basic human rights for them?
Young, inexperienced members of the Dutch Boarder Patrol undergo an intensive training on escorting refused asylum seekers to their homeland.
After perestroika in the Soviet Union there is a total collapse of the Soviet system, which leads to chaos in the country. The protagonist of the film, a foreign student, after graduation does not want to return to his country because of the military coup that took place there. But the Soviet government gave clear deadlines for him to leave the country.
Ernie & Joe follows two officers with the San Antonio Police Department mental health unit who are diverting people away from jail and into mental health treatment — one 911 call at a time.