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Hoodlum

Shai Clark is forced to set aside his aspirations of playing professional basketball when his crime boss father is killed, but as Shai learns there is no mercy for weakness on the streets he must decide what will become of his own dreams.
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The cartel 4

diamonds are forever
Zyir, having taken over as the head of the Diamond family and ruling the streets of Miami with Breeze as his queen, is aware of the possibility of being overthrown, while Carter, having retired and moved away from the madness, is surprised by a visitor who threatens to bring down the Cartel.
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I, Michael Bennett

Detective Michael Bennett, having decided to take his ten kids and their nanny on a vacation to his family's cabin near Newburgh, New York, after the death of his partner during the arrest of a Mexican crime lord who has threatened Bennett and the rest of New York City, finds his hometown overrun by gang violence and must choose between protecting the town or trying to save New York City.
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Black Cat

When Train Heartnet, also known as "Black Cat, " decides to quit being an assassin for a secret organization to live life on his own terms as a bounty hunter, he soon discovers that his past is not easily left behind.
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A history of violence

Tom Stall becomes a local hero after killing two criminals intent on robbing his diner in small-town Indiana and leaving no witnesses, but Tom's past is called into question when the media hype attracts three mobsters who insist they have an old score to settle with the quiet family man.
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The second life of Nick Mason

"Nick Mason is out of prison. After five years inside, he has just been given the one thing a man facing 25-to-life never gets, a second chance. But it comes at a terrible price. Nick Mason is out of prison, but he's not free. Whenever his cell phone rings, day or night, he must answer it and follow whatever order he is given. It's the deal he made with Darius Cole, a criminal kingpin serving a double-life term who still runs an empire from his prison cell. Forced to commit increasingly more dangerous crimes, hunted by the relentless detective who put him behind bars, and desperate to go straight and rebuild his life with his daughter and ex-wife, Nick will ultimately have to risk everything--his family, his sanity, and even his life--to finally break free"--.
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The departed

In South Boston, the state police force are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate, which is run by gangland chief Frank Costello. Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence. Colin Sullivan is a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate. Colin is rising to a position of power within the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by his double life, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations he has penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the mob and the police that there's a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly thrust into danger. Afraid of being caught and exposed to the enemy, they each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save himself.
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The Marx Brothers silver screen collection

The Marx Brothers goof and bumble their way through a series of hilarious misadventures.

Son of the mob

Seventeen-year-old Vince's life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent.

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