Whenever you can gather Oscar winner Oliver Stone (director & co-writer) along with John Travolta, Uma Therman, Salma Hayek, and Benicio del Toro plus additional high quality talent together and put them all to work in an action film it just can't get any better than that!avages is definitely a crime thriller with plenty of action and intrigue. Throw in a Hippie named Ophelia, or "O" for short played by Blake Lively (Green Lantern, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) and her marijuana growing Laguna Beach boyfriends Chon, a former Navy SEAL played by Taylor Kitsch (John Carter, The Bang Bang Club) and Ben, a Berkeley grad (Aaron Johnson from Albert Nobbs, Shanghai Nights). When "O" is kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel you can see how things could get complicated! John Travolta is a DEA agent hot on the trail of the cartel members when he too gets caught up in the intrigue. Uma Thurman is the mother of Ophelia or "O", desperate to find her daughter. Ransom requires the grass growers to give up all profits they've made the past five year but revenge is a sweeter deal.

"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.

Premiered on the Sundance Film Festival in 2012, Brian Klugman's and Lee Sternthal's The Words stars the pleiad of brilliant actors: Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Dennis Quaid and Jeremy Irons. And even if you are not an admirer of Olivia and Zoe beauty nor fan of Bradley and Denis play, you will be definitely vanquished by outstanding screenplay of this movie. Although it was a directorial debut of Klugman and Sternthal, the film has gained mostly positive reviews from critics. Three stories nested on in one as Russian Matrioshka, each with separate narration and distinctive filming style fascinate you with an extraordinary tightly knitted plot about thievery of novel, a common plagiarism that encounters on every corner of the world. And as it often happens in a true life, this stealing never leads to a happier life. In The Words, a stagnating writer Rory Jansen, who has totally surrounded to a life of boredom without any glimpse of inspiration, suddenly finds a mysterious manuscript which turns to be an unbelievable exciting novel. Rory decides to publish this novel as his own thanks to the fact the manuscript was not signed by author. Years later, basking in the rays of glory, he meets The Old Man, who apparently turns to be the novel's creator. From that moment Rory gradually understands what price he has to pay for his false success.

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.

"The Naked City" is a film noir crime drama released in 1948. Directed by Jules Dassin, the movie is set in New York City and follows the investigation of a murder case. The story unfolds as Detective Lieutenant Dan Muldoon and his partner Detective Jimmy Halloran work together to unravel the mystery behind the killing of a young model named Jean Dexter.

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?"