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Favorite Tough-guy/Crime Films
The crime film/tough-guy film genre may not be horror, but it is as similarly linked to the genre as the Spaghetti Western. These films often feature bleak situations, nihilistic behavior, shocking violence and (when we're really lucky) some really great gore.
My wriring partner have dipped our toes into these waters recently and the reaction has been quite positive (more news on that when it is prudent to divulge) and we will be making quite a few more of these films in the future.
Not easily classified, these films vassilate between thriller, drama, caper and revenge flicks, but the tough-guy and crime element always shine through.
Personally I'm quite fond of:
The Getaway
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Straw Dogs
Mean Streets
The Long Good Friday
Resevior Dogs
Eastern Promises
A History of Violence
Taken
Death Wish
Le Cercle Rouge
Youth of the Beast
The Wages of Fear
The Killing
Hard Boiled
The Departed (I actually liked it better than Infernal Affairs)
What are your favorites?
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"Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies."
Earl of Chesterfield
"A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well."
Francis Bacon
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