Mystery and Suspense Films: Killing Them Softly and Easy Money, New This Week on DVD

Checking through our list of films currently scheduled for release this week on DVD and/or Blu-ray disc, we are pleased to feature one that falls into the mystery, suspense, thriller and/or adventure category …

Killing Them Softly starring Brad Pitt, Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Vincent Curatola, Max Casella, and Sam Shepard; and …

Easy Money starring Joel Kinnaman, Matias Varela, Dragomir Mrsic, Lisa Henni, Mahmut Suvakci, Jones Danko, Lea Stojanov, Dejan Cukic, and Fares Fares.

See also a list of current mystery and suspense DVD, Blu-ray, or VOD deals on Amazon.com.

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Killing Them Softly (2012)

Directed by Andrew Dominik from his own adapted screenplay based on the novel Cogan's Trade by George V. Higgins. Watch a trailer for the film below.

Film Synopsis (from the studio): Three dumb guys who think they're smart rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. Brad Pitt plays Jackie Cogan, the enforcer hired to track them down and restore order.

Running time: 100 minutes Rating: Rated R for violence, sexual references, pervasive language, and some drug use.

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Easy Money (2010)

Directed by Daniel Espinosa from an adapted screenplay by Maria Karlsson, and based on the 2006 crime novel Snabba Cash by Jens Lapidus. Watch a trailer for the film below.

Film Synopsis (from the studio): Joel Kinnaman stars as lower class business student JW, who falls in love with a sexy heiress while living a double life mingling with Stockholm's wealthy elite. To keep up the façade of his lifestyle, he's lured into a world of crime. Jorge (Matias Padin Varela) is a petty fugitive on the run from both the police and Serbian mafia. He hopes that brokering a massive cocaine deal will allow him to escape for good. Mafia enforcer Mrado (Dragomir Mrsic) is on the hunt for Jorge, but his efforts are complicated when he's unexpectedly saddled with caring for his young daughter. As JW's journey ventures deeper into the dark world of organized crime, the fate of all three men becomes entangled and ends with a dramatic struggle for life and death.

Running time: 119 minutes Rating: Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, drug content and some sexuality.

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