"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.

"Captain Phillips" is a 2013 biographical drama film directed by Paul Greengrass, based on the real-life events of the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama by Somali pirates. The film stars Tom Hanks as Captain Richard Phillips, who is taken hostage by the pirates after they board his ship in the Indian Ocean. The film chronicles the harrowing ordeal of the crew and the efforts of the US Navy to rescue them.

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.

High level of realism and plausible scenes of true life of the street gangs and the cops being in state of permanent war with each other are the bold line that is piercing the dramatic plot of End of Watch. The story about friendship between two police officers Taylor and Zavala. Officer Taylor is portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal, whose identity has not necessarily to introduce. Everybody is familiar with him performing the leading roles in Source Code, Love and Other Drugs and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Officer Zavala is played by Michael Peña, who may be less know to the mass audience, but you could distinctly remember him playing the second plan roles in such movies as The Lincoln Lawyer (Jesus Martinez), Tower Heist (Enrique Dev'Reaux) and 30:Minutes or Less (Chango). Although it's pertinent to say here that Michael was participating in some serious projects at the moment when End of Watch are coming the big screens: Tom Gianas's and Ross Shuman's animated comedy Hell & Back, David Soren's Turbo (animated, too) and biographical Chavez by Diego Luna. oing back to the movie storyline: both the plot and filming present the outlandish combination of frightening realism (all the footage was made by the handheld HD cameras and the street surveillance cameras) with courage of two brave cops patrolling the most dangerous places of the city.

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.

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?"