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1) The key man
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In a desperate attempt to support his family, Bobby Scheinman strikes a deal with two gangsters and quickly finds himself caught up in a dangerous con.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The good: New York's Lombardo's Steak House is famous for three reasons, the menu, the clientele, and now, the gruesome murder of an infamous mob lawyer. Effortlessly, the assassin slips through the police's fingers, and his absence sparks a blaze of accusations about who ordered the hit. The bad: Seated at a nearby table, reporter Nick Daniels is conducting a once-in-a-lifetime interview with a legendary baseball bad boy. In the chaos, he accidentally...
4) The heavy
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
During a routine hit, 'Boots' Mason learns a hit has been placed on his own life when a crooked cop, Dunn, tries to kill him. While he seeks his revenge, secrets kept hidden are exposed and no innocent bystander is safe as bullets fly. In this world where you can trust no one, all bets are off!
5) Plan B
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
As a mousey bookkeeper for a gangster, Fran's gone from erasing entries in ledgers to erasing people for her boss. Her boss makes her his hit woman after she pulls a gun and accidentally gives three would-be assailants a fatal case of lead poisoning. Deciding that she can't kill, she comes up with "Plan B" and helps put her would-be victims in hiding.
6) John Wick
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
When sadistic young thugs senselessly attack a brilliantly lethal ex-assassin, they have no idea that they've just awakened the boogeyman. With New York City as his bullet-riddled playground, Wick embarks on a merciless rampage, hunting down his adversaries with the skill and ruthlessness that made him an underworld legend.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Covering the period from the 1930s to the 1980s, O'Reilly and Dugard trace the prohibition-busting bank robbers of the Depression Era, such as John Dillinger, Bonnie Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby-Face Nelson. In addition, the authors highlight the creation of the Mafia Commission, the power struggles within the "Five Families," the growth of the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover, the mob battles to control Cuba, Las Vegas and Hollywood, as well as the...
8) Passion play
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The last thing washed up jazz musician, Nate Pool, wanted to do was betray sinister gangster, Happy Shannon. But it may be the last thing he does unless he can deliver Lily, a beautiful and mysterious carnival sideshow attraction.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When mysterious Russian gunslinger Ivan Turchin rides into a small East Texas town, he runs afoul of a bloodthirsty outlaw gang known as The Hellhounds. Outmanned and outgunned, the town must put their trust in Turchin to protect them from annihilation at the hands of the bandits. The gunslinger finds allies in the form of Marshal Austin Carter and Sheriff Vernon Kelly, and together the three must make a desperate stand against impossible and violent...
10) Lansky
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When aging gangster Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds, who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars, Lansky spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. and the National Crime Syndicate.
11) A good man
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
After an illustrious special ops career ends in disaster, Alexander goes off the grid and attempts to lead a quiet life as a handyman at an apartment complex. But when one of his tenants and her family fall under the thumb of a Russian gangster, Alexander is dragged into an all-out war between rival Chinese and Russian gangs; forcing him to not only defend the family, but bringing him face to face with and old foe.
12) Gangster no. 1
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the bloody, single-minded climb of a crime lord to power. Enter the psyche of an unrepentant mobster who slugs, claws and kills his way to the top. But when he learns that a former mentor he put in prison is about to get out, this self-made mobster must now face a man whose life he ruined ... and confront the twisted remnants of his own demented conscience as well.
Publisher
Weinstein Co
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Ultimate ed.
Language
Thai
Description
Kham grew up with elephants in Thailand. To him elephants are majestic creatures, bred for peace, but prepared for war. When an evil Asian gang kidnap a bull and baby elephant during a festival, they are smuggled into Sydney, Australia. Kham must travel to a foreign land, and unravel a conspiracy that will reach into the highest levels of Australian law and business circles. With only his Muy Thai fighting techniques, and a disgraced Thai-descent...
14) Heist
Publisher
Grindstone
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When their attempt to rob a casino goes awry and a shootout ensues, Vaughn and Cox are forced to flee on foot and hijack city Bus 657 and take passengers hostage. Now, in a high speed chase, Vaughn will not only have to outwit the police, but he will have to contend with Pope's maniacal right hand man, Dog, in order to make it through the day alive.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
[English/Spanish subtitled version].
Language
English
Description
Marty is a struggling screenwriter who wants nothing more than to finish his script. Instead, he becomes entangled with the Los Angeles gangster underworld when his odd, but well-meaning friends kidnap a volatile gangster's shih tzu. The ordeal gives Marty all the inspiration he needs; now, he must live long enough to finish his story.
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Mob boss Don Carini (Harvey Keitel) is retiring from the Mafia business, but when he gathers the family to announce his heir, the Don surprises everyone by anointing his goofy adopted son Young-gu (Hyung-Rae Shim) as the next godfather. With everyone gunning for his job and his father pressuring him to succeed will Young-gu overcome his enemies and rise to become the head of the family before he winds up snoring with the fishes?
18) Vincent n Roxxy
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When Vincent saves Roxxy from a violent assailant, they unexpectedly fall in love. But then a sadistic gangster from their past shows up, and their brief solace is shattered.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
When his late mother appears in a vision and tells him to go to Bucharest, Charlie immediately boards a plane. When he meets a fellow passenger, Charlie finds himself with another promise to fulfill. Charlie does, and falls in love with Gabi, a beautiful musician. However, a vicious gangster has already laid claim to Gabi, and has no intention of letting her go. Determined to protect her, Charlie enters into the hallucinatory, Romanian underworld...
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