The best James Lew’s crime movies

James Lew

James Lew

06/09/1952 (71 años)
Today we present the best James Lew’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best James Lew’s movies.
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Rush Hour

Rush Hour
7/10
  • Genre: ActionComedyCrime
  • Release: 18/09/1998
  • Character: Juntao's Man in Los Angeles (uncredited)
When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.

Rush Hour 3

Rush Hour 3
6.2/10
  • Genre: ActionComedyCrime
  • Release: 08/08/2007
  • Character: Triad Assassin (uncredited)
After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling to retrieve a precious list of names, as the murderous crime syndicate's henchmen try their best to stop them. Once more, Lee and Carter must fight their way through dangerous gangsters; however, this time, the past has come back to haunt Lee. Will the boys get the job done once and for all?

Rush Hour 2

Rush Hour 2
6.7/10
  • Genre: ActionComedyCrime
  • Release: 03/08/2001
  • Character: Triad Gangster (uncredited)
It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. Things get complicated as the pair stumble onto a counterfeiting plot. The boys are soon up to their necks in fist fights and life-threatening situations. A trip back to the U.S. may provide the answers about the bombing, the counterfeiting, and the true allegiance of sexy customs agent Isabella.

Traffic

Traffic
7.6/10
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.

Safe

Safe
6.5/10
  • Genre: ActionCrimeThriller
  • Release: 16/04/2012
  • Character: Underground Casino Guard (uncredited)
After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.

Lethal Weapon 4

Lethal Weapon 4
6.6/10
In the combustible action franchise's final installment, maverick detectives Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh square off against Asian mobster Wah Sing Ku, who's up to his neck in slave trading and counterfeit currency. With help from gumshoe Leo Getz and smart-aleck rookie cop Lee Butters, Riggs and Murtaugh aim to take down Ku and his gang.

The Replacement Killers

The Replacement Killers
6.1/10
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei will take revenge on his family in China, Lee seeks out expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain the passport he needs to get out of the country, but a band of replacement killers is soon on his trail.

Timecop

Timecop
5.9/10
An officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.

Undercover Blues

Undercover Blues
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 10/09/1993
  • Character: Novacek's Man
When fun-loving American agents Dennis Quaid and Kathleen Turner are called back from maternity leave for a special assignment in New Orleans, the spy parents decide to skip the sitter and give their bouncing baby girl the adventure of a lifetime. There's nothing to the dumb story about a deadly arms dealer in the Louisiana Bayou, but you'd be hard put to find a friskier pair of doting parents.

Action Jackson

Action Jackson
5.5/10
Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.

Martial Law

Martial Law
4.8/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 01/10/1990
  • Character: Tong Member
An undercover cop teams up with a martial-arts expert to stop a gang of drug smugglers and car thieves.

The Perfect Weapon

The Perfect Weapon
6/10
Jeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching the boy some self-discipline. Years later, Jeff's mentor, Kim, is being threatened by one of the Korean mafia families. Jeff tries to help his old friend, but is too late to prevent Kim's death at the hands of an unknown hitman. Vowing revenge, Jeff takes on all of the families, using his martial arts skills to find the man who killed his friend.

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
7.3/10
Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.

Sin

Sin
4.5/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 01/01/2003
  • Character: Leo Thamaree
Retired cop Eddie Burns gave 15 years and the use of his left arm to the Reno homicide squad. When his wayward sister, Kassie, goes missing Eddie Burns finds himself subjected to a fiendish and ingenious campaign of revenge by the mysterious Charlie Strom. In order to protect his sister, Eddie - disabled, betrayed and alone - journeys into the heart of his own darkness: where he discovers that the reason for his ordeal lies in his own past sins and those of his adversary Charlie Strom.

Martial Law II: Undercover

Martial Law II: Undercover
5.3/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 01/10/1991
  • Character: Spencer Hamilton Man (uncredited)
Sean and Billie are undercover cops and martial arts masters. Investigating the death of a cop, they uncover a deadly ring of murder and corruption at a glitzy nightclub where the rich are entertained by seductive women and protected by martial arts experts. Billie goes undercover to infiltrate the crime ring, leading to an explosive finale.

Private Wars

Private Wars
5.1/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 10/10/1993
  • Character: Obata
A wealthy businessman is trying to "convince" the inhabitants of an old neighborhood to abandon their homes in order to build a huge business center there. To achieve his goals, he bribes the police and uses organized bands to intimidate the neighbors. But perhaps this alcoholic ex-cop, Manning, could help them, but how?

Guns

Guns
4.4/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 09/11/1990
  • Character: Ninja #1
A South American gunrunner uses an island in Hawaii as his base of operations. A squad of beautiful government agents is sent to put him out of business.

High Voltage

High Voltage
4.5/10
After unknowingly robbing a money laundering operation the heist crew must avoid mobsters.

Boogie Boy

Boogie Boy
5/10
A man who has just been released from prison vows to start a new life, but is put to the test when an old cellmate appears.

Angel of Death

Angel of Death
4.9/10
In the tradition of Grindhouse, Kill Bill and Sin City, award-winning comic book writer Ed Brubaker (Incognito, The Death of Captain America, Daredevil) teams up with stuntwoman-turned-cult star Zoe Bell (Death Proof, TV's "Lost") to deliver a stark, stylish pulp thriller about a very bad girl gone "good."

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