Former bank robber and cop who has always been after that criminal, both are faced a dangerous conspiracy threatening their life. No one could predict that one only insignificant event will ignite the entire chain of catastrophically hazardous happenings leading to potentially "unhappy end". The former enemies, a retired criminal Jacob Sternwood and a gritty copper Max Lewinsky both have learn how to survive invisible threats, which makes them a team. The movie was directed by Eran Creevy, a man behind Shifty (2009), Scoop, Breakfast on Pluto and Wimbledon. He gathered an awesome ensemble in his thriller Welcome to the Punch: Jacob Sternwood is played by Mark Strong (Mindscape, Zero Dark Thirty, John Carter and Green Lantern) while James McAvoy (X-Men: First Class, The Conspirator, Atonement and The Last King of Scotland) stars as Max Lewinsky.

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).

Bonnie and Clyde is a 1967 American biographical crime film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. The film tells the story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, a young couple who embark on a crime spree across the United States during the Great Depression. As they rob banks and elude the law, they become folk heroes to the public and symbols of rebellion against a society that has left them behind.

"Kill the Irishman" is a 2011 crime thriller film based on the true story of Danny Greene, an Irish-American mobster in Cleveland during the 1970s. Directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, the movie depicts Greene's rise to power and the violent clashes between various criminal factions in the city. It explores themes of organized crime, loyalty, and the pursuit of the American Dream.

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.

The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) is an film adaptation of Michael Connelly's novel written and published in 2005. The Lincoln Lawyer movie's plot is loosely based and showcases the life and job of criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller conducting his business from the backseat of the Lincoln Town Car driven by his formerly client who works off his legal fees as a Mickey Haller's driver. The movie centers on an unusual case of Louis Roulet, a Los Angeles real estate agent and a son of major businessman, who seems to be mistakenly accused in rape and attempt to murder his female "victim". Among the Mickey's cases of drug dealers, narco-barons and other wide-range "innocent" criminals, the Louis Roulet's defense seems to be an easy job of justification of innocent man. But this case starts an unpredictable chain of events immersing Haller in the deadly game with the one question arise: how to survive?"As it was said by Michael Connelly, who has written "The Lincoln Lawyer" novel: "A couple days ago I saw an unfinished cut of it and could not be happier…. Those who loved the book will love the movie, I think. Those who don't know the book will love it just the same." So, there is the case and the question for us to decide: can we trust Michael Connelly?"