Bandit - BLU-RAY

Gilbert Galvan Jr (Josh Duhamel), a charming criminal, escapres from prison and assumes a new identity. After falling in love with Andrea (Elisha Cuthbert), a caring social worker he can’t provide for, he turns to robbing banks and discovers that he’s exceptionally good at it. Addicted to the rush and money, he turns to loan shartk and gangster Tommy Key (Mel Gibson) for bigger opportunities. Based on the true story of The Flying Bandit.

Ever since his debut was heralded as Incha young master's first masterpieceInch by none other than Ingmar Bergman, director Lukas Moodysson has been hailed internationally as one of Sweden's greatest filmmaking talents, delighting and confounding audiences in equal measure. Moodysson's first film, Fucking Åmål (released overseas as Show Me Love), tells the story of awkward small-town teenager Agnes and her crush on popular classmate Elin, which unexpectedly blossoms into real-life romance; it was quickly heralded as a new queer cinema touchstone and one of the most authentic portrayals of youthful relationships on film. He swiftly followed this with the bittersweet, satirical 1970s-set Together, in which the inhabitants of a commune try to reconcile their ideals with their hearts' desires. Having made a name for himself as the new master of tragicomic, feel-good humanism, Moodysson suddenly frustrated expectations with a trio of startlingly confrontational works the hauntingly bleak Lilya 4-ever, based on a real-life case of a Russian girl sold into S*x trafficking in Sweden; the abrasive and semi-improvised A Hole in My Heart, detailing the messy (un)making of an amateur porn video in a tiny flat; and the avant garde Container, narrated in it's English version by Jena Malone (Donnie Darko). After making his mainstream English-language debut with the expansive Mammoth, starring Gael García Bernal and Michelle Williams, Moodysson returned to his roots with We Are the Best! (based on a graphic novel by his wife and InchconsigliereInch Coco), the charming and funny tale of three schoolgirls starting a punk band in early-1980s Stockholm. Moodysson's eclectic filmography can now be appreciated as the work of a singular filmmaking voice, as avowedly uncompromising and unabashedly political as it is keenly observed, deeply felt and frequently hilarious.

For a span of five years in 1960's Sao Paolo, a impoverished young thief (Paulo Villaça) armed with wits, charisma and a red-lensed flashlight regularly looted the homes of the well-off, got away with robbery, rape and murder, frittered away his proceeds partying, and dared the local cops to catch him. Subversive debut effort from director Rogério Sganzerla, inspired by the notorious spree of João Acácio Pereira da Costa, also stars Helena Ignez. 92 min. Standard; Soundtrack Portuguese; Subtitles English; featurettes; theatrical trailer. In Portuguese with English subtitles.