 Be Cool 2005  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn, Cedric the Entertainer, Andre Benjamin, Steven Tyler, Robert Pastorelli, Christina Milian, Paul Adelstein, Debi Mazar, Harvey Keitel, Danny DeVito
In this sequel to "Get Shorty," Chili (John Travolta) has conquered the movie business and has moved on to the music industry where he romances Edie (Uma Thurman) who is the widow of a slain music executive.
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Friday 1995  R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, John Witherspoon, Anna Maria Horsford, Regina King, Paula Jai Parker, Faizon Love, Tony Cox, Kathleen Bradley, DJ Pooh, Angela Means, Vickilyn Reynolds, Ronn Riser
Craig (Ice Cube) has just been fired but has no motivation to find a new job, and his friend Smokey (Chris Tucker) lives to smoke joints. Smokey has his own problems involving $200 worth of marijuana that he was given to sell but smoked himself. Now he has no money to pay the dope dealer, and payment is due that night. This film does manage to present some good humor from the lives of those in the dreary world of Los Angeles' not-so-successful residents as Craig and Smokey encounter a variety of misfits while hanging out on Craig's front stoop.
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 The Italian Job 2003  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Donald Sutherland, Mos Def, Jason Statham, Seth Green, Edward Norton, Jimmy Shubert, Franky G, Shawn Fanning, Tammi Cubilette, Mary Portser, Shawn Fanning, Joel Homan, Julie Costello
This story begins in Italy but soon switches to Los Angeles where Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) leads his gang of thieves in setting up the biggest traffic jam that Los Angeles has ever seen. The reason: to provide their escape after stealing gold bullion that Charlie and his cohorts had already stolen in Italy and lost in a double cross.
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Law Abiding Citizen 2009 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Colm Meaney, Bruce McGill, Leslie Bibb, Michael Irby, Gregory Itzin, Regina Hall, Emerald-Angel Young, Christian Stolte, Annie Corley, Richard Portnow, Josh Stewart, Viola Davis, Michael Kelly
After robbers break into Clyde Shelton's (Gerard Butler) home and kill his wife and daughter, Assistant DA Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx) makes a deal, which gives one of the killers, Clarence Darby (Christian Stolte), only a few years in prison when he testifies against his partner, Rupert Ames (Josh Stewart). Ten years later, Clyde exacts revenge and kidnaps, tortures, and maims Clarence. After Clyde is arrested and jailed, he warns Nick that he will go on a killing spree if Nick cannot fix the fouled-up justice system that is not executing killers.
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 A Man Apart 2003 R, 109 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Vin Diesel, Larenz Tate, Timothy Olyphant, Steve Eastin, Jacqueline Obradors, Geno Silva, Juan Fernandez, Mike Moroff, George Sharperson, Emilio Rivera, Santiago Verdu, Laura Salem, Jeff Kober, Marco Rodriguez, Alice Amter
DEA agents Sean Vetter (Vin Diesel) and Demetrius Hicks (Larenz Tate) track down the leader of a drug cartel operating along the California/Mexico border. When Sean's wife, Stacy (Jacqueline Obradors), is murdered as a result of the drug wars, Sean seeks revenge and will stop at nothing in his no-holds-barred vendetta.
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The Negotiator 1998  R, 135 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, Ron Rifkin, John Spencer, J.T. Walsh, Regina Taylor, Siobhan Fallon, Paul Giamatti, Bruce Beatty, Michael Cudlitz, Carlos Gomez, Tim Kelleher, Dean Norris, Nestor Serrano
Lt. Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson) is a top-notch police negotiator who discovers that he has been set up and that the police are about to arrest him for the death of his partner and embezzlement of pension funds. In a panic, he seizes the building, holds hostages, and asks for another negotiator, Lt. Chris Sabian (Kevin Spacey), to help him make a deal.
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 Set It Off 1996  R, 121 min.
Genre: Action
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise, John C. McGinley, Blair Underwood, Vincent & Van Baum, Chaz Lamar Shepherd, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Charles Robinson
Four L.A. housing-project friends–Stony (Jada Pinkett Smith), Cleo (Queen Latifah), Frankie (Vivica Fox), and Tisean (Kimberly Elise)–obtain guns and begin casing banks for possible robberies after realizing that a stoned acquaintance of theirs got away with a $20,000 bank heist.
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| 1. Be Cool (2005)
2. Friday (1995)
3. The Italian Job (2003)
4. Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
5. A Man Apart (2003)
6. The Negotiator (1998)
7. Set It Off (1996)
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