Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.
Atunci când gestionarul de fonduri speculative, milionarul James (Will Farrell) este arestat pentru fraudă și trimis să-și ispășească pedeapsa la San Quentin, judecătorul îi dă 30 de zile pentru a-și pune afacerile în ordine. Disperat, el se adresează lui Darnell (Kevin Hart) pentru ca acesta să-l pregătească pentru viața dincolo de gratii. Dar, în ciuda presupunerilor lui James, Darnell este un proprietar al unei mici afaceri, care muncește din greu și care nu a primit nici măcar o amendă de circulație, darămite să fi stat la închisoare.
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
Military men Rock Reilly and Eddie Devane are tasked with taking a prisoner, blonde bombshell Toni Johnson, on what becomes an unforgettable road trip. Toni, an enlistee who's in trouble for deserting her unit, soon proves that she's craftier than most inmates.
In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.
Frank Tassone și Pam Gluckin sunt administratorii unei școli din Long Island care au adus districtului școlar Roslyn un prestigiu fără precedent. Frank, mereu la patru ace, este maestrul mesajelor pozitive, fie când se află în fața unei audiențe, fie când este în fața unui elev sau părinte. Pe scurt, Frank pare că nu ar putea să greșească vreodată. Asta până când un elev reporter decide să acorde mai multă atenție unor rapoarte de cheltuieli și începe să descopere o schemă de delapidare de mari proporții. Acest lucru îl face pe Frank să gândească un plan prin care să se acopere, prin orice mijloace necesare.
An unambitious office worker goes to great lengths—specifically 26.2 miles—to one up his exercise-obsessed, micromanaging boss.
Daily, Rika Umezawa battles a nagging sense of emptiness and dissatisfaction. She works a tiring job, comes home to an unappreciative husband and has little opportunity to enjoy life. But things change when office gossip about affairs and embezzlement inspire Rika to do the unthinkable. Soon, Rika finds herself filling the void with a university student named Kota and the millions entrusted to her by clients. Is her newfound lifestyle the key to happiness? And if so, how long can it last?
Realizat de celebrul cineast William Wyler în 1941, după piesa și în scenariul Lillianei Hellman, filmul descrie povestea Reginei Giddons născută Hubbard și a fiicei ei Alexandra Giddens, o tânără frumoasă, naivă și inocentă îndrăgostită de David Hewitt, un tânăr sărac dar corect și cinstit. Mrs. Giddons este speriată deoarece soțul acesteia Horace Giddens, proprietarul concernului de firme: The Planter Trust Company se află în convalescență în Baltimore suferind de o boală terminală, ar putea muri fără a o lăsa pe ea moștenitoarea de drept a averii. Atunci , împreună cu frații ei mai mari Oscar Hubbard și Ben Hubbard se transformă în adevărate "vulpi", pregătindu-și cu atenție înghițirea prăzii. Ei fac un plan diabolic în care vor să o manipuleze și pe tânăra Alexandra, să o căsătorească cu vărul ei , pentru a le rămâne lor moștenirea. Dar întoarcerea soțului și descoperirea fraudelor făcute de aceștia, schimbă cursul întregii acțiuni.
Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, he was shy but engaging. None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession.
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.
David, a university professor, takes to social media to criticize his city’s administration. But instead of the mayor’s dodgy dealings being investigated, David is himself accused of embezzlement and placed under house arrest. Despite the overbearing surveillance, double-crossing acquaintances, and growing media interest, David remains defiant and will not apologise. With the court case drawing ever nearer, does David have any hope of winning this battle against Goliath?
A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and his fortune die during market crash of the 1800's.
A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.
Mild and meek accountant Sanford Lagelfost has been charged with embezzling $3 million dollars from Trout Industries. A decidedly mixed bag of jurors are chosen to serve on the case, including Eddie, a waiter; Rita, a high-priced call girl; Phil, a high-powered businessman; and Abby, a rabble rousing ex-hippie. When the star witness, the voluptuous Hope Hathaway, takes the stand, she startles everyone with her stories of Sanford's Lothario-esque conquests. Suddenly, the unassuming Sanford is a celebrity heartthrob and he finds himself in headlines and gossip columns across the country. Due to the case's growing notoriety, the judge sequesters the jury. And things start to get wild...
A bank employee uses a loophole in Argentine law to concoct the perfect crime, planning to reap the rewards of his embezzlement after serving six years in prison…
A beautiful computer programmer is framed by her fraudulent lover and sent to prison. When she gets out she agrees to cooperate with a scheme of a fellow-inmate to defraud a bank, in order to have enough money to escape from her (by then) ex-lover.
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.
An embezzler who expects to serve his time in prison and then pick up his buried loot is in for a surprise.
A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company's funds.