Kingpin

Harrelson and Quaid bowl a perfectly hilarious game in this Farrelly Brothers farce.

"...Carrey and Jeff Daniels provided scattershot comedy at best, Kingpin's teaming of Harrelson and Quaid works surprisingly well, aided..."

July 26, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Daredevil

"...(Keith) was killed by the henchmen of crime boss Kingpin (Duncan). The adult Murdock practices law – his father’s..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Your friendly neighborhood web-head goes beyond Peter Parker

"...original Spidey just got beaten to death by the Kingpin (Schreiber). He's busy ripping a hole in the space-time..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Road to Juarez

Conventional Mexican crime drama

"...kidnapping problem involving the wife of an incarcerated cartel kingpin. It seems some disgruntled henchmen are upset that their..."

April 24, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Cold Pursuit

Liam Neeson is Mr. Plow ... with a vengeance

"...but in actuality collateral damage from local drug cartel kingpin Trevor "The Viking" Calcote’s (Bateman) cocaine trade. After his..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Peppermint

Jennifer Garner assumes an Alias to get revenge

"...Angelenos. When her family is tragically murdered by local kingpin Diego Garcia (Raba), North attempts to identify the gunman..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Bullet Head

A cracking good Tarantino-esgue heist film

"...the dog’s fangs or the murderous intentions of the kingpin of the dogfights (Banderas, gruff and truly frightening as..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Land

Teen skaters get caught up in the drug world

"...Executive-produced by hip-hop kingpin Nas, this debut feature from Caple Jr. follows a..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Infiltrator

Bryan Cranston takes on a drug cartel in this ho-hum thriller

"...dissimilar from Walter White, Breaking Bad’s duplicitous family man-cum-methamphetamine kingpin. Although The Infiltrator, which is based on Bob Mazur’s..."

July 15, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Run All Night

Liam Neeson reunites with his Unknown and Non-Stop director for another action ride

"...longtime criminal compatriot Shawn Maguire (Harris), a New York kingpin with no shortage of dirty cops and deadly assassins..."

March 20, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

John Wick

Keanu Reeves and the filmmakers deliver the goods in this well-constructed revenge picture.

"...Wick was a former employee of his father, NYC kingpin Viggo (Nyqvist), and remains a hitman of remarkable prowess..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

The Counselor

Cormac McCarthy pens his first screenplay, and Ridley Scott directs the tasty cast.

"...drug deal with the tragically coiffed, dangerously oblivious, Texan kingpin Reiner (Bardem); louche middleman Westray (Pitt, deftly answering the..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Stand

Arnold Schwarzenegger plunges back into acting in this full-bore action vehicle helmed by the South Korean director Kim Jee-Woon.

"...up for a last stand against the escaped drug kingpin and his gang. Owens huffs and puffs and shows..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Killer Joe

Matthew McConaughey's Killer Joe is sociopathy incarnate; William Friedkin adds visual punch to the venality within Tracy Letts' screenplay.

"...who is in deep and deadly debt to local kingpin Digger Soames (Macaulay). Chris turns for help at the..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Green Hornet

This Hornet's a cheesy and borderline-boring cream puff of a vigilante.

"...of power and attract the attention of Russian crime kingpin Chudnofsky (Inglourious Basterds' Waltz, who doesn't even bother to..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Machete

Robert Rodriguez fulfills his early promise with this Mexploitation action film that also catapults Danny Trejo into full-fledged superhero status.

"...gruesome murder of his wife and daughter by drug kingpin Torrez (Seagal). Three years later we pick up his..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Losers

In this action movie, a U.S. Special Forces unit on a mission in the jungles of Bolivia becomes the target for assassination and must figure out who is double-crossing them.

"...on a "routine" mission to topple a Bolivian drug kingpin, they attempt to save the lives of some kids..."

April 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Red Riding: 1974

This is the first of three absorbing adaptations (filmed concurrently by different directors) of David Peace’s linked novels about crime and corruption in Yorkshire, England.

"...his investigation by the police, his paper, a local kingpin, and his own inexperience and hubris. Clues dribble in,..."

March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Prophet

This riveting French film is the best prison/crime saga to come along in quite a while.

"...emerges six years later as the area’s indisputable mob kingpin. It’s a hard-won journey, but a metamorphosis of questionable..."

March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brick

Brick transfers Dashiell Hammett’s hard-boiled universe to the modern high school campus with nary a clue that more than a half-century has passed since the Continental Op’s heyday.

"...for professional mob muscle. There are drugs, and a kingpin, and an intrepid young hero cherchezing his mysteriously errant..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Punisher

Strictly from the so-bad-it's-good school of entertainment.

"...results in the demise of the son of criminal kingpin Howard Saint (Travolta, rivaling his Battlefield Earth performance for..."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

You Got Served

Wild style street dancing trumps storyline.

"...their jobs as backpack-toting drug couriers for the neighborhood kingpin, the pair serves the OC boys their shuffling papers,..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Deuces Wild

"...shooters and lethal errand boys of South American drug kingpins. That said, the new Fifties gang picture Deuces Wild..."

May 3, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playing God

"...doctorly act brings Eugene to the attention of underworld kingpin Raymond Blossom (Hutton) and his seductive girlfriend Claire (Jolie)...."

Oct. 17, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Crow: City of Angels

"...son, was brutally gunned down by a local crime kingpin and his motley crew of hyper-violent toadies. Among the..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Trial by Jury

"...juror in a trial pitting the government against mob kingpin Rusty Pirone (Assante). Trial By Jury provides an interesting..."

Sept. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

A Better Tomorrow II

"...an effort to get closer to the Hong Kong kingpin, but suddenly the aging con finds himself caught in..."

Jan. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Judgment Night

"...of a young drug runner at the hands of kingpin Denis Leary. Before you can say “Cindy Crawford,” Leary..."

Oct. 22, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Police Story Iii: Supercop

"...Chan goes after “Big Brother,” a Golden Triangle drug kingpin responsible for up to half of the heroin trade..."

Jan. 22, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Me

Olmos delivers a stark and unflinching study of the self-destructive perpetuation of violence, crime, and gang warfare in the Hispanic-American community.

"...must to survive and maintain respect, becomes a gang kingpin. He wins the respect of the men in the..."

March 20, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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