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.

If the environmental issues are close to your heart, then A Dark Truth is the right movie for you. There is no big budget, nor large studio behind the film, but if you think that A Dark Truth is all about tedious scenes of dying rare animals you are seriously wrong. The movie is full of action, awesome actor and actress and it's filmed Damian Lee, the man behind such of masterpieces as Sacrifice, King of Sorrow, One Eyed King and Agent Red. The assembly cast includes Kevin Durand (Resident Evil: Retribution, Cosmopolis, Real Steel, I Am Number Four) as Tor, Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives, Frontera, Crazy Kind of Love Married and Cheating) as Mia Francis, Kim Coates (Robosapien: Rebooted, By Virtue Fall, Ferocious, Sons of Anarchy) as Bruce Swinton, Forest Whitaker (Out of the Furnace, Pawn, Vipaka, Powder Blue) as Francisco Francis, Andy Garcia (Middleton, What About Love, Open Road) as Jack Begosian , Deborah Kara Unger (Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, The Samaritan, 186 Dollars to Freedom) as Morgan Swinton and Steven Bauer (On Painted Wings, The Sleeper, The Lookalike, Awakened) as Tony Green.

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?"

"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.

Animal Kingdom is an Australian crime thriller, released in 2010, written and directed by David Michaud. Movie stars Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce and Jackie Weaver. Motive of this crime thriller is about a family of malicious criminal Melbourne was inspired by the Pettingill family and the murder of police officers on Welch Street, which happened in Melbourne in 1988. The film was received good feedback from the critics and won a prize at Sundance in 2010. Animal Kingdom is directed by David Michaud, who interested in Melbourne's underworld. He wrote the screenplay under the name J. Working for the Screen NSW Script Development. His friend, producer Liz Watts, saw the potential in the script, pushed the director to rewrite the script several times and eventually produced this movie with a budget of AUD 5,000,000. The film was shot in Victoria, mostly in Melbourne. The scene with the funeral was filmed outside the Church of the Mother of the Lord in the East Ivanho.

Antoine Fuqua's new movie Brooklyn's Finest represents lots of similarities with his own previous creations. This is quite understandable. It's pointless to deviate from things were used to achieve a fairly good success. And now, after 3 years after the last work there, meet Brooklyn's Finest. The film tells the stories of three very different policemen, exposing the problems of each of them, and then moving from the private narrative to a more mass perception.