Brad Pitt plays Jackie Cogan in Andrew Dominik's crime thriller Killing Them Softly, a mobster whose task is to investigate an impudent murder which happened during the illegal poker game organized by mafia bosses. To have a holistic perception of the movie atmosphere just mix-up in your imagination The Sopranos, GoodFellas, Pulp Fiction and put them in a Bush/Obama post-crisis America of last half of 2008; ladle it with some thick layer of political dressing made of pragmatic thoughts and infallible Jackie Cogan's phrases about what happens with people when recession comes and who is responsible for all of this mess. Killing Them Softly is loosely based on George V. Higgins novel Cogan's Trade which he wrote in the period of time 1972 – 1974, when he worked as lawyer, specializing in crime processes involving mafia complicity. This fact leads us to believe that he knows a lot about the shady inside world of gangster's "paradise" which served as a perfectly sharpened background for Andrew Dominik's movie. Filmed for that point in post-Katrina New Orleans Killing Them Softly immerses us in the abyss of despair and hopelessness which enveloped everyone's minds and souls of in America, regardless of occupation – even for thorough-paced gangster – it's time to think about what's wrong with this world. The movie was nominated for the Palme d'Or at 65th Cannes Film Festival in 2012.

"Black Legion" is a 1937 crime drama film directed by Archie Mayo. The movie tells the story of Frank Taylor, an average factory worker who becomes entangled in a dangerous secret society known as the Black Legion. Set in the United States during the Great Depression, the film explores themes of economic hardship, racism, and the consequences of unchecked prejudice.

"No Country for Old Men" is a 2007 neo-Western thriller film directed and written by Joel and Ethan Coen, adapted from Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel of the same name. The movie features a drug deal gone wrong, and a hunter named Llewelyn Moss who finds and keeps the two million dollars in cash that resulted from it. A psychopathic killer, Anton Chigurh, is sent to retrieve the money and brutally kills anyone who gets in his way.

Congratulations to all of those who liked Public Enemy with Johnny Depp, now they have more hard-boiled action thriller, Gangster Squad, unfortunately without Johnny. However the absence of Depp is easily compensated by a magnificent assembly of the cast, flawlessly selected by Ruben Fleischer who previously directed Zombieland and working on Zombieland 2 at the day of The Gangster Squad release. Returning to the abovementioned cast, the set of starring actors is really staggering: Ryan Gosling is portraying the main protagonist Sgt. Jerry Wooters who is serving in small (but very secret) LAPD squad chasing the major villain, Mickey Cohen, a mob ringleader. Cohen rules everything to the west from Chicago: prostitution, drug dealing, contract murders and bribes to politicians and officials. He controls everything and everyone. Sean Penn has professionally played the role of this uber-gangtser. Not worse managed with their roles gorgeous Emma Stone (as Grace Faraday) and Josh Brolin (as John O'Mara). The rest array of celebs involved in the film includes: Giovanni Ribisi (Ted, Contraband), Mireille Enos (The Killing, World War Z), Michael PeГ±a (Chavez, End of Watch), Nick Nolte (Luck, Warrior), Anthony Mackie (Vipaka, Real Steel) and Robert Patrick (Mafia, Safe House).

Denzel Washington is Tobin Frost, the most dangerous CIA renegade in this action packed thriller. After being on the run for the past decade he returns. When the safe house he's staying in is under siege from mercenaries it takes a rookie agent to come to his aid and they escape together. Cape Town in South Africa is where Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) has become increasingly frustrated by his inability to get a good directive that will put him in good standing and allow him to prove his worth as an agent. Along comes Tobin Frost, a dangerous man who will become his unwilling ally when they flee from the mercenaries. Now Weston needs to figure out who to trust and who is out to kill the two of them.tars Ryan Reynolds (Green Lantern, The Proposal) as the CIA rookie Matt Weston, Tobin Frost is portrayed by Oscar winner Denzel Washington (American Gangster, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3), and Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air, Higher Ground).

Based on true to life events, The Texas Killing Fields are found near a small town in Texas. Mike Sounder, local homicide detective, along with his partner Brian Heigh, a transplant from the NYPD, go about their business of solving the murders of several local women. Seems their mutilated bodies keep popping up in nearby marshy waters after their killer dumps them off, like trash.nce the detectives are hot on the trail of a suspect they suddenly find the tables turned and the killer apparently after them. Leaving clues as teasers, the murderer now seems to be keeping one step ahead. Southeast Texas was the location for some grizzly murders along Interstate 45 which inspired a book when then inspired this movie with a top quality cast.am Worthington (Terminator Salvation, Avatar) is Detective Michael "Mike" Sounder, Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen, The Accidental Husband) is New York City detective transplanted to Texas, Brian Heigh, and Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life, Jolene) portrays Pam Stall, a detective who works along side the Texas cops who work diligently to track down the killer before he strikes again.