Wesley Snipes
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The acclaimed actor makes his fiction debut with this enthralling urban fantasy in which a holy warrior must convince a doctor with no faith to help stop a powerful demon and his minions from succeeding in creating hell on earth—a thrilling adventure of science and faith, good and evil, damnation and salvation.
Imagine that everyone you have ever known or loved was forced against their will into a state of demonic possession
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Wesley Snipes stars as United States Treasury agent Jimmy Mercer, whose partner dies in a sting operation gone bad. Now on a quest to find the killer, Mercer is a cop who's reached the Boiling Point. Mercer pursues the sadistic ex-con (Viggo Mortensen--The Lord of the Rings films) responsible his partner's death as the ex-con goes teams up with a manipulative con man (Dennis Hopper) for a bloody two-man crime spree through Newark, New Jersey in this...
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A mysterious gunman, Aman (Snipes), is the son of a nun who breaks her covenant with God to ensure his survival. This act brings a curse upon Aman – all those that die by his gun will return. Soon, he is hunted by a gang of his undead former victims, led by the vicious Kansa. Aman enlists Fabulos, a new young warrior, to fight by his side.
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From hip-hop icon and director RZA comes the explosive CUT THROAT CITY. In a post-Katrina, Lower Ninth Ward marred by governmental and law enforcement corruption, four boyhood friends return to find their homes decimated, with no jobs, and no help from FEMA. Out of options, they reluctantly turn to a local gangster, who offers them one shot at turning their situations around - by pulling off a dangerous heist in the heart of the city. When the job...
5) Undisputed
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When the world's heavyweight champion is sent to prison, everything points to an inevitable showdown with the penitentiary's undefeated champ. To make sure it happens, a former mob boss must call in favors from the outside world – then the battle is on!
6) The Recall
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English
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When five friends vacation at a remote lake house they expect nothing less than a good time, unaware that planet Earth is under an alien invasion and mass-abduction.
7) Drop Zone
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Wesley Snipes freefalls into the daredevil world of sky-diving in this high-octane thriller that takes crime-fighting to new heights. U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip (Snipes) finds his career in hot water when the prisoner he’s transporting parachutes out of a 747 and disappears safely into the night with his deadly cohorts in two. While Nessip does his best to stop the bold escape, he can’t stop the force from suspending him. But even this isn’t...
8) The marksman
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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An action-packed, gripping espionage movie starring Wesley Snipes. The U.S. is tricked into targeting an 'armed' nuclear reactor captured by Chechen rebels, but a Special Ops team, led by Snipes, figures a way to stop disaster from happening.
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Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2010, c1993
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English
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In 2032, archcriminal Simon Phoenix awakens from a 35-year deep freeze in CryoPrison to find a serene, nonviolent Los Angeles ready for the taking. Unable to deal with Phoenix's brutal 1990s style, officials seek an old-fashioned cop to fight old-fashioned crime. They revive Sgt. John Spartan, unjustly serving a CryoPrison sentence because of his last encounter with Phoenix.
10) Chi-Raq
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Chi-Raq is a modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play 'Lysistrata' by Aristophanes. After the murder of a child by a stray bullet, a group of women led by Lysistrata organize against the on-going violence in Chicago's South Side creating a movement that challenges the nature of race, sex and violence in America and around the world.
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Contains four feature films depicting urban crime.
New Jack City: Wesley Snipes, Ice T, Chris Rock, Mario Van Peebles, Judd Nelson.
New Jack City: Set in New York City during the 1980s, about a young, rich, smart drug baron who thinks he's untouchable, and the tough, street-smart cops determined to bring him down.
Menace II society: A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
Set...
12) Jungle fever
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2016
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English
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A black architect begins an affair with his working class Italian secretary. Their relationship causes them to be scrutinized by their friends, cast out from their families and shunned by their neighbors.
13) Cut throat city
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Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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The story of four boyhood friends in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward who return after Hurricane Katrina to find their homes decimated, with no jobs, and no help from FEMA. Out of options, they reluctantly turn to a local gangster, who offers them one shot at turning their situations around, by pulling off a dangerous heist in the heart of the city.
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2007
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English
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Inside man: The perfect bank robbery quickly spirals into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a determined detective, a criminal mastermind and a power broker with a hidden agenda.
The Hurricane: Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is a celebrated and intelligent boxer who is convicted of murder and spends twenty years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
The bone collector: Homicide investigator Lincoln Rhyme is the only person who may be able to make...
15) Mo' better blues
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Universal
Pub. Date
©2000
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English
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"Talented trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed by his music and indecisive about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined"--Container.
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Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Betty & Coretta: Two extraordinary women-Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dr. Betty Shabazz, wife of Malcolm X-come to life in this Lifetime Movie Network movie. After their husbands' tragic assassinations, they developed a unique friendship spanning three decades as they carried on the Civil Rights movement while supporting their families as single mothers. Through their strength and dignity, they became role models for millions...
17) Coming 2 America
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Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Shortly before his father's death, Prince Akeem learns that he sired an illegitimate son during his last stay in the United States and now he has to return to Queens to retrieve him to ensure a male successor to the throne.
18) New Jack City
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Gangster film, set in New York City during the 1980s, about a young, rich, smart drug baron who thinks he's untouchable, and the tough, street-smart cops determined to bring him down.
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2012
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English
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U.S. Marshals (double-sided disc, 1998, 131 min.): U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a planeload of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when the FBI's John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it becomes clear that Sheridan is more than just another murderer.
The client (double-sided disc, 1994, 121 min.): Mark Sway is an 11-year-old boy torn between what he knows and what he can...