1950, somewhere in the Middle East. Extravagant tycoon Ja-Ja Korda survives a series of assassination attempts and embarks on a grand transcontinental project called “The Phoenician Scheme.” In an effort to protect his empire, Corda appoints his daughter Lisl as his sole heir, pulling her out of a convent. They must face numerous enemies, political intrigues, and fight for the future of their family, their business, and all of Phoenicia.
A huge entertainment center is being built in the town of Paradise, and a shipment of Croci toys is brought into one of the stores. These ass-shaped toys become the focus of two groups. The terrorists want to steal them so they can sew a strain of bird flu virus into each one. And a hippie gang wants to steal Croci to make money.
Henri Charrière, a safecracker, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to hard labor for a murder he did not commit. Nicknamed the Moth because he has this symbol of thieves tattooed on his chest, Henri makes several escape attempts. As punishment, the authorities put him in a punishment cell for a long time, and then send him to French Guiana on Devil's Island, surrounded on all sides by the ocean. No prisoner has ever escaped from this most dreaded convict prison. But nothing can make Henri lose heart and break his determination to break free.
Sheva returns to her hometown of Louisiana, Kentucky to help her father fight the thugs trying to put him out of business. She seeks out the people and businesses supporting the gangsters and uncovers the secret motives behind their actions. The only question left open is how to counter them. And that's where she comes to the rescue...
FBI agent Wesley Doyle is leading the investigation of a Texas serial killer known as the Hand of God. One night, a young man named Fenton Meiks comes to Doyle and claims to know the killer well. It's his younger brother Adam, and all of his crimes are just a small part of a long story. When Fenton and Adam were children, after the death of their mother, their father claims that an angel appeared to him and told him to kill demons - normal looking people who bring evil to the world.
Ex-military man Kyle Martin returns to his hometown and intends to start farming. But buying a farm on an installment plan turns out to be unprofitable, because all the money he earns goes to pay off the interest, and the bank, despite his services to the country, does not want to lower the rate. One day near his farm a local gangster Johnny gets into a car accident, and Kyle saves him by pulling him out of the burning car. In gratitude, Johnny gives the farmer 1500 dollars. But even that isn't enough to save the farm from an impending foreclosure. One day at a horse race, Johnny places a bet after the race has started and wins $50,000. Angered by the violation of the racetrack rules, local mob boss Passini orders his underlings to kill Johnny's bodyguard and blind him with sulfuric acid.
He is the Cobra, a one-man police assault squad, and he gets the bloody job that no one else wants (or dares) to do. He's on the trail of a killer who's followed by an army of maniacal criminals bent on destroying a witness to their bloody bacchanalia. But fortunately, she falls under the protection of Cobra.
Shatter, an international contract killer, has been assigned to assassinate the President of a small African country and collect his fee from a bank in the Far East. On arrival in Hong Kong his life is threatened and when the bank denies all knowledge of payment arrangements, he realises he has been drawn into a dangerous game where there are no rules. Amongst the players are the Mafia and several foreign intelligence services and the stakes being played for are deadly.
Movies Edit: world - 7-07-2025, 19:36
Edit Reason: added English Audio, release Criterion Collection 4K
