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Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) is an American buddy cop action comedy film, featuring the iconic duo of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. It is the fourth installment in the popular Bad Boys series, following Bad Boys for Life (2020). Four years after Isabel Aretas’s death, MPD Detective Mike Lowrey ties the knot with his physical therapist, Christine. However, their joyous celebration takes a turn when Marcus Burnett suffers a mild heart attack and falls into a coma. In his comatose state, Marcus has a vision of their late Captain Conrad Howard ...

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024) is an American action comedy film under the direction of Mark Molloy. Thirty years have passed since the Wonder World incident, and Axel Foley remains a detective for the Detroit police, working closely with his friend, Deputy Chief Jeffrey Friedman. During a Red Wings game, Axel pursues a group of thieves who are looting the locker room, causing significant damage to the city in the process. Under pressure from the police commissioner, Jeffrey announces his retirement and suggests that Axel reconnect with his daughter Jane Saunders. Jane is now a defense attorney in LA and has been ...

Based on a nonfiction book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, We Own This City (2022) is an American crime drama miniseries. It was created by George Pelecanos and David Simon and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. HBO airs the six-episode series on April 25, 2022. The miniseries chronicles the ascent and downfall of Baltimore’s Gun Trace Task Force, exposing the pervasive corruption within. Focusing on Sergeant Wayne ...

Copshop (2021), an  American action thriller directed by Joe Carnahan and written by Kurt McLeod and Carnahan, is based on a story by McLeod and Mark Williams. The film follows con artist and fixer Teddy Murretto as he evades capture in a stolen unmarked police car. However, his getaway vehicle breaks down near a Nevada casino. In the midst of a brawl outside the establishment, Murretto deceives rookie police officer Valerie Young by sucker-punching her and getting her to ...

Premiering on NBC on April 1, 2021, Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021–2024) is an American crime drama television series and the seventh installment in the Law & Order franchise. Christopher Meloni reprises his role as Elliot Stabler from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in this spin-off. The show follows a “single-arc” storyline that spans multiple episodes. Originally planned to be introduced in the season finale of SVU’s twenty-first season, Stabler’s family was set to return, revealing their whereabouts after Meloni’s departure from the series. However, ...

Deputy (2020), an American procedural drama created by Will Beall, first began development in October 2018. After Fox’s put pilot commitment in January 2019, the series was ordered to air in May of the same year. It ran from January 2 to March 26, 2020 before being cancelled by Fox in April. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is one of the largest forces globally, but a rarely used rule in the county charter unexpectedly places Bill Hollister – a fifth-generation lawman and staunch supporter of justice – into the role of elected sheriff following a colleagues passing. Working alongside ...

Bad Boys for Life (2020), the American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Adil & Bilall, is the third installment in the Bad Boys franchise. The story follows Isabel Aretas, widow of cartel kingpin Benito, as she escapes from a Mexican prison with her son Armando. Isabel sends Armando to Miami to retrieve his father’s hidden money and take revenge on those responsible for his arrest and death in prison, with strict instructions to kill Detective Mike Lowrey last. In Miami, Mike joins his partner Marcus Burnett at the birth of Marcus’s first grandson. However, Marcus reveals his plans to ...

Dragged Across Concrete (2018) is a riveting neo-noir crime thriller written and directed by S. Craig Zahler. Set in the fictional city of Bulwark, the film follows Henry Johns, a recently paroled individual who confronts his mother about her return to prostitution and drug use before meeting up with his brother Ethan, who has a disability. Meanwhile, Detectives Brett Ridgeman and Anthony Lurasetti find themselves suspended without pay from their police department due to a video that exposes their use of excessive force on a drug dealer. In dire need of money, Ridgeman hopes to move his family to a safer neighborhood ...

Based on Jean-Christophe Grangé’s 1997 novel Blood Red Rivers and its 2000 film adaptation, The Crimson Rivers (2018–2024) is a French-language crime thriller television series that premiered on RTS 1 in Romandy on September 6, 2018. It has also been airing on France 2 since November 26, 2018, and ZDF in Germany since November 5, 2018. After being transferred to the Central Office against violent crime (OCCS) following the Guernon case in the mid-2000s, Captain Pierre Niémans now leads a confidential unit that handles complex cases with minimal evidence and urgent serial murders. During one such ...

Bright (2017) is an American urban fantasy action film directed by David Ayer and written by Max Landis. Set in Los Angeles, the movie depicts a world where humans coexist with orcs and elves. The story follows LAPD police officer Dayl Ward, who becomes partners with orc officer Nick Jakoby. When an orc shoots Ward and Jakoby fails to apprehend the suspect, Ward begins to doubt his partner’s loyalty. During a routine patrol, the two officers arrest a man who claims that Ward is meant to fulfill a prophecy. Meanwhile, Internal Affairs pressures Ward to uncover the ...

A true crime anthology series, Law & Order True Crime (2017) premiered on September 26, 2017 on NBC. It was ordered by NBC on July 15, 2016, and it is a part of the Law & Order franchise. This eight-episode series, Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, is a dramatization of the trial of Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were sentenced to death in 1996 for killing their parents, José and Kitty. The trial of ...

The American action thriller film Sleepless (2017), directed by Baran bo Odar and written by Andrea Berloff, is a remake of the French film Sleepless Night in 2011. Two masked men are seen chasing after a van, causing it to crash. The men turn out to be cops – Vincent Downs and Sean Cass (T.I.). As they fight off their attackers and kill one of them, more thugs arrive with guns. In the midst of the chaos, Vincent and Sean manage to steal a duffel bag containing 25 kilograms of cocaine. Vincent has been an Internal Affairs officer for two years and has been ...

The British black comedy buddy cop film, War on Everyone (2016), was both written and directed by John Michael McDonagh. After being suspended for physically assaulting a coworker who held racist views, corrupt cops Terry Monroe and Bob Bolaño are back on the Albuquerque police force. The duo has a reputation for committing acts of assault, robbery, extortion, bribery, and drug use. While keeping an eye on petty criminals, Monroe and Bolaño come to the conclusion that local criminal Jimmy Harris is planning a heist. In order to obtain more information, they track down one of Harris’ former associates named Reggie ...

Lethal Weapon (2016–2019), an American buddy cop action comedy-drama TV series, was created by Matt Miller and based on the popular film franchise of the same name by Shane Black. The show’s first two seasons featured Clayne Crawford as Martin Riggs and Damon Wayans as Roger Murtaugh, the mismatched detective partners who were also the lead characters in the films. Other characters in the series were inspired by those in the movies, such as Leo Getz, a good friend of ...

Triple 9 (2016) is an action thriller directed by John Hillcoat and written by Matt Cook. In Atlanta, a group of dishonest law enforcement and seasoned criminals, including Marcus Belmont (played by Anthony Mackie), Franco Rodriguez, and Gabe and Russell Welch, are coerced by the Russian Mob into robbing a heavily guarded bank in broad daylight. Terrell Thompkins, an ex-special forces member now working in the private sector, leads the team. Unhappy with the job, Irina Vaslov, head of the mob, takes Terrell’s family hostage and demands they rob a safe house for ...

Public Morals (2015) is an American police drama TV series, helmed by Edward Burns as creator, writer, executive producer and director. Set in 1960s New York City, the show follows the Public Morals Division of the NYPD as they tackle vice in the city while navigating their personal lives as Irish Americans. Aired on TNT from August to October 2015, the series was a joint effort between TNT and producers Amblin Television, Steven Spielberg, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, and ...

Fargo (2014–2024) is an award-winning American black comedy crime drama TV show, created and primarily written by Noah Hawley. Inspired by the 1996 film of the same name, which was written and directed by the Coen brothers, it also takes place within the same fictional universe. The Coens were impressed with Hawley’s script and served as executive producers for the series. It first aired on FX on April 15, 2014, and follows an anthology format. Each season is set in a ...

The action-packed crime drama, NCIS: New Orleans (2014–2021) premiered on CBS in 2014, following the twelfth season of its predecessor NCIS. It centers around a team of fictional NCIS Special Agents, led by Supervisory Special Agent Dwayne Cassius Pride, stationed in Louisiana. Their focus is on crimes involving Navy and Marine Corps personnel in their jurisdiction, spanning from the Mississippi River to the Texas Panhandle. Initially working with Pride are Christopher LaSalle, a former sheriff’s deputy brought on after Hurricane Katrina, Meredith Brody, a seasoned Special Agent Afloat who seeks a fresh start in New Orleans, and Dr. Loretta ...

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–2021) is an American police procedural comedy TV series that aired on Fox and later on NBC for eight seasons and 153 episodes, from September 17, 2013 to September 16, 2021. Created by Dan Goor and Michael Schur, the show follows seven NYPD detectives as they adjust to their new commanding officer, Captain Raymond Holt. The captain is serious and stern, and takes over Brooklyn’s 99th precinct where Detective Jake Peralta works. Jake is a talented but carefree detective who’s used to doing things his own way. Other members of the ...

Directed by Baltasar Kormákur, 2 Guns (2013) is an American action comedy starring Robert ‘Bobby’ Trench and Michael ‘Stig’ Stigman, two criminals who are actually undercover agents. Bobby works for the DEA while Stig is a US Navy SEAL and Petty Officer 1st Class with the Office of Naval Intelligence. Their mission leads them to meet drug lord Manny ‘Papi’ Greco at his Mexican farm where, instead of giving them cocaine as promised, Papi hands Bobby a large sum of cash. Back in the U.S., Bobby informs his superior Agent Jessup and colleague Deb Rees that they didn’t get the ...