Movie-Freak's Reviews

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The Family (2013)

A mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the witness protection program after snitching on the mob. Despite the best efforts of CIA Agent Stansfield to keep them in line, Fred Manzoni, his wife Maggie and their children Belle and Warren can’t help...

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Killing Them Softly (2012)

Jackie Cogan is a hired enforcer who is asked to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. He acts with the efficiency of a ruthless businessman. Genre : Crime/Thriller Country : USA Cast : Brad Pitt : Jackie...

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Side Effects (2013)

Emily Taylor becomes severely depressed with emotional episodes and suicide attempts. Her psychiatrist, Jonathan Banks, after conferring with her previous doctor, eventually prescribes an experimental new medication called Ablixa. The plot thickens when the side effects of the drug lead to Emily killing her husband in a “sleepwalking” state. Genre...

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Tower Heist (2011)

Josh Kovacs is the manager of a residential apartment in New York. He is close to all the tenants, especially Arthur Shaw, a financier. One day Shaw is arrested by the FBI for fraud. Josh thinks it’s a misunderstanding that can be resolved. But later he learns that the employees’...

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Dark Touch (2013)

In a remote town in Ireland, eleven-year-old Niamh finds herself the sole survivor of a bloody massacre that killed her parents and younger brother. Suspecting a gang of homicidal vandals, the police ignore Neve’s explanation that the house is the culprit. To help ease her trauma, dutiful neighbors Nat and...

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Hours (2013)

In New Orleans just before Hurricane Katrina hits, a pregnant woman gives birth prematurely. She dies and her baby is in critical condition. The baby has to be kept in a neonatal incubator. When the hurricane strikes, all the power goes out and everyone in the hospital leaves. But the...

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2 Guns (2013)

Robert Trench, an undercover DEA agent, takes advantage of gunman Michael Stigman’s idea to rob a bank to bust him and a mob boss. However, it proves too successful with much more money seized than anticipated with Trench’s forces not stopping the getaway. Complicating things still more, Stigman turns out...

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Salt (2010)

Evelyn Salt is a CIA agent and highly respected by all, including her boss, Ted Winter. Out of the blue, a Russian spy walks into their offices and offers a vital piece of information: the President of Russia will be assassinated during his forthcoming visit to New York City to...

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Elysium (2013)

In the year 2154, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Delacourt, a government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle...

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We’re the Millers (2013)

After being robbed of a week’s take, small-time pot dealer David is forced by his boss to go to Mexico to pick up a load of marijuana. In order to improve his odds of making it past the border, David asks the broke stripper Rose and two local teenagers to...

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Prisoners (2013)

Film Review: Prisoners Pray for the best, but prepare for the worst. My wife wanted to watch another thriller. And what a thriller it was ultimately. With a thriller of such high level as “Prisoners“, my wife starts to surf the internet so she can read the plot. She starts...

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White House Down (2013)

While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders. Genre : Action Country : USA Cast : Channing Tatum : Cale Jamie Foxx : President...

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Splice (2009)

Two young scientists are told they have to stop their groundbreaking project, namely the creation of a new life form by combining different animal DNA’s. They decide to continue their work secretly and develop a new strategy by using human DNA. Genre : SF Country : Canada/France Cast : Sarah...

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After Earth (2013)

  One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind’s new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages Cypher...

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Upside Down (2012)

Adam is a seemingly ordinary guy in a very extraordinary universe. He lives humbly trying to make ends meet, but his romantic spirit holds on to the memory of a girl he loved once upon a time from another world, an inverted affluent world with its own gravity, directly above...

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Tyrannosaur (2011)

  The story of Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph’s life spirals into turmoil, a chance at redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker. Their relationship develops to reveal that Hannah is hiding a...

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No One Lives (2012)

A gang of ruthless killers abduct a couple. Only they come to a shocking discovery that things are not what they seem. Genre : Horror Country : USA Cast : Luke Evans : Driver Adelaide Clemens : Emma Derek Magyar : Flynn Director : Ryuhei Kitamura My opinion This movie...

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The World’s End (2013)

20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hell bent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King, a 40-year old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags...

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Pacific Rim (2013)

When monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two...

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Red 2 (2013)

Retired C.I.A. Agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device. Genre : Action/Comedy Country : USA Cast : Bruce Willis : Frank John Malkovich : Marvin Mary-Louise Parker : Sarah Director : Dean Parisot My opinion...

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The Internship (2013)

Film Review: The Internship Can we talk about the on the line thing for a minute? Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson, the witty American duo. They performed together in “The Wedding Crashers“. Same routine, the same way of complementary conversations. Now they don’t infiltrate at a wedding where they pretend...

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Bedevilled (2010)

Hae-won is a beautiful single woman in her thirties who works at a bank in the Seoul city. She leads a busy life until she becomes a witness to an attempted murder case, and at the same time, things get complicated at work. When things get out of hand she...

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The Conjuring (2013)

In 1971, Carolyn and Roger Perron move their family into a dilapidated Rhode Island farm house and soon strange things start happening around it with escalating nightmarish terror. In desperation, Carolyn contacts the noted paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren, to examine the house. What the Warrens discover is a...

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Drive (2011)

A mysterious man who has multiple jobs as a garage mechanic, a Hollywood stuntman and a getaway driver seems to be trying to escape his shady past as he falls for his neighbor – whose husband is in prison and who’s looking after her child alone. Meanwhile, his garage mechanic...

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Fright Night 2 (2013)

By day Gerri Dandridge is a sexy professor, but by night she transforms into a real-life vampire with an unquenchable thirst for human blood. So when a group of high school students travel abroad to study in Romania, they find themselves ensnared in Gerri’s chilling web of lust and terror....

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Trouble with the Curve (2012)

Gus is a baseball scout. The team he works for thinks he should retire. He asks them to let him do one more scouting job to prove himself. His friend, Pete, asks Gus’s estranged daughter, Mickey, if she could go with him to make sure he’s OK as his eyes...

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Night Wolf (2010)

Sarah Tyler returns to her troubled family home in the isolated countryside, for a much put-off visit. As a storm rages outside, Sarah, her family and friends shore up for the night, cut off from the outside world. But something comes out of the driving rain and darkness. Something that...

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Byzantium (2012)

I write of what I cannot speak, the truth. I write all I know of it, then I throw that pages to the wind, maybe the birds can read it.   A non-traditional approach to the vampire genre. A new refreshing look from a different angle. Not the stereotypical image...

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Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness (2012)

Two thousand years ago, Nhagruul the Foul, a sorcerer who reveled in corrupting the innocent and the spread of despair, neared the end of his mortal days and was dismayed. Consumed by hatred for the living, Nhagruul sold his soul to the demon Lords of the abyss so that his...

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The Lone Ranger (2013)

In the 1930s, an elderly Tonto tells a young boy the tale of John Reid, the Lone Ranger. An idealistic lawyer, he rides with his brother and fellow Texas Rangers in pursuit of the notorious Butch Cavendish. Ambushed by the outlaw and left for dead, John Reid is rescued by...

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R.I.P.D. (2013)

After Nick is murdered by his own partner, he joins the Rest in Peace Department to protect the world from the undeads. While working with his new partner, many undeads are seen gathering in Boston. Soon he realizes that someone close to him is behind all a plot to bring...

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The Dinosaur Project (2012)

A British expedition formed by the lead researcher Jonathan Marchant, his assistant, a doctor and a TV crew, travels to Congo to seek evidence of a dinosaur. A local guide and the helicopter pilot join the team and the group heads to the jungle. During their trip, they find a...

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Seeking a friend for the End of the World (2012)

An asteroid named “Matilda” is on a collision course towards Earth and in three weeks the world will come to an absolute end. What would you do if your life and the world were doomed? One man decides to spend his time searching for his long lost love from high...

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The Mortal Instruments : City of Bones (2013)

Clary seems to be an ordinary teenager living in New York, until her mother disappears and she discovers that she is the descendant from an ancient generation of warriors called Shadowhunters, who protect our world against demons. Clary joins forces with a group of Shadowhunters and plunges into a dangerous...

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Maximum Conviction (2012)

When former black ops operative Cross and his partner Manning are assigned to decommission an old prison, they must oversee the arrival of two mysterious female prisoners. Before long, an elite force of mercenaries assault the prison in search of the new arrivals. As the true identities of the women...

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Nothing left to fear (2013)

A family’s journey toward a better life is interrupted by an unstable man of the cloth. Genre : Horror Country : USA Cast : Clancy Brown : Kingsman Anne Heche : Wendy Jennifer Stone : Mary Director : Anthony Leonardi III My opinion Typical horror movie with a typical story....

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Dinoshark (2010)

A baby dinoshark swims away from a broken chunk of Arctic glacier that broke away due to global warming. Three years later, the dinoshark is a ferocious predatory adult and kills tourists and locals offshore from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The protagonist, Trace, is first to notice the Dinoshark and witnesses...

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The Crazies (2010)

As a toxin begins to turn the residents of Ogden Marsh, Iowa into violent psychopaths, sheriff David Dutton tries to make sense of the situation while he, his wife, and two other unaffected townspeople band together in a fight for survival. Genre : Horror Country : USA Cast : Timothy...

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Hanna (2011)

Hanna is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a soldier; these come from being raised by her father, an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the...

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I am number Four (2011)

Extraordinary teen John Smith is a fugitive on the run from ruthless enemies sent to destroy him. Changing his identity, moving from town to town with his guardian Henri, John is always the new kid with no ties to his past. In the small Ohio town he now calls home,...

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Dredd (2012)

The future America is an irradiated waste land. On its East Coast, running from Boston to Washington DC, lies Mega City One – a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The only force of order lies with the urban cops called “Judges” who possess the combined powers...

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Chain Letter (2010)

A maniac murders teens when they refuse to forward chain mail. Genre : Horror Country : USA Cast : Nikki Reed : Jessie Campbell Betsy Russell : Sergeant Hamill Brad Dourif : Mr. Smirker Director : Deon Taylor My opinion Flashback to an 80’s teen-slasher movie. Oops, and I’ve deleted so...

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Tower Block (2012)

Several months after witnessing a murder, residents of Tower Block 31 find themselves being picked off by a sniper, pitting those lucky enough to be alive into a battle for survival. Genre : Thriller Country : UK Cast : Sheridan Smith : Becky Jack O’Conell : Kurtis Director : James...

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Snitch (2013)

A father goes undercover for the DEA in order to free his son, who was imprisoned after being set up in a drug deal. Genre : Crime/DramaSnitch Country : USA Cast : Dwayne Johnson : John Matthews Susan Sarandon : Joanne Keeghan Rafi Gavron : Jason Collins Barry Pepper :...

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Bullet to the head (2012)

After watching their respective partners die, a New Orleans hitman and a Washington, D.C. detective form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy. Genre : Action Country : USA Cast : Sylvester Stallone : James Bonomo Jason momoa : Keegan Christian Slater : Marcus Baptiste Director :...

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World War Z (2013)

Gerry Lane, a family man and researcher at the United Nations, and his family have a carefree existence. Suddenly the world is ravaged by a plague caused by a mysterious infection, turning whole populations into mindless, bloodthirsty zombies. After escaping the Apocalypse one can convince Lane to investigate how the...

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Monsters (2010)

Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new life form began to appear and half of Mexico was quarantined as an INFECTED ZONE. Today, the American and...

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Pain & Gain (2013)

Based on the true story of Daniel Lugo a Miami bodybuilder who wants to live the American dream. He would like to have the money that other people have. So he enlists the help of fellow bodybuilder Adrian Doorbal and ex-convict, Christian bodybuilder Paul Doyle. Their kidnapping and extortion scheme...

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Disconnect (2012)

A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can’t find the time to communicate with his family. A couple is drawn into a dangerous situation when their secrets are exposed online. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making...

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I spit on your grave (2010)

Writer Jennifer Hills takes a retreat from the city to a charming cabin in the woods to start on her next book. But Jennifer’s presence in the small town attracts the attention of a few morally depraved locals who set out one night to teach this city girl a lesson....

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The dark Knight rises (2012)

Eight years on, a new evil rises from where the Batman and Commissioner Gordon tried to bury it, causing the Batman to resurface and fight to protect Gotham City… the very city which brands him an enemy. Genre : Action/Crime/Fantasy Land : USA Cast : Christian Bale : Bruce Wayne...

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Mama (2013)

The senior partner of an investment brokerage, Jeffrey Desange, has a breakdown due to a financial collapse and kills several co-workers and his estranged wife. He then kidnaps his two young daughters. He drives his car recklessly through a winding snow covered road. He loses control of his car and...

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The heat (2013)

Sarah Ashburn, an FBI agent, is extremely ambitious and has her eye on a promotion, but she doesn’t get along with her co-workers. She is sent to Boston to uncover the identity of an elusive drug lord, Mr. Larkin, by tracking down his proxy, Rojas, and is told that she’ll...

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The Divide (2011)

After a nuclear attack, seven dwellers of an apartment building seek refugee in a bunker in the basement of the building where the super, Mickey, lives. He rations water and supplies among the group formed by Eva and her boyfriend Sam; the gays Bobby and Josh and his brother Adrien;...

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Shutter Island (2010)

It’s 1954, and up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Boston’s Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He’s been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he wonders whether he hasn’t been brought there as part of a...

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The Frozen Ground (2013)

Alaska Trooper Jack Holcombe believes Robert Hansen is a serial killer who abducts young girls, tortures and sexually assaults them, then kills them. But Holcombe doesn’t have enough evidence to get a search warrant for Hansen’s premises. Holcombe knows that one victim, Cyndy Paulsen, somehow survived, so he decides to...

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Now You See Me (2013)

  This movie was for me one big magic trick. Like many, I thought the beginning of this film was great. The presentation of the “Four Horsemen” was well done. Especially Woody Harrelson was brilliant as a mentalist. His humor is natural and doesn’t feel like forced or exaggerated. I...

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Star Trek : Into Darkness (2013)

After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction. Genre : SF Country : USA Cast : Chris Pine : Kirk Zachary Quinto : Spock...

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Green Zone (2010)

Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region. Genre : War Country : UK/France/Spain/USA Cast : Matt Damon : Miller Greg Kinnear : Clark Poundstone Brendan Gleeson : Marton Brown Khallid Abdala :...

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The Woman in Black (2012)

In London, lawyer Arthur Kipps still grieves the death of his beloved wife Stella on the delivery of their son Joseph four years ago. His employer gives him a last chance to keep his job, and he is assigned to travel to the remote village of Cryphin Gifford to examine...

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Mud (2012)

14 year-old Ellis lives on a makeshift houseboat on the banks of a river in Arkansas with his parents, Mary Lee and Senior. He sneaks out early one morning to meet his best friend, Neckbone. Neckbone, also 14, lives with his uncle, Galen , who makes a hardscrabble living diving...

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Apocalypse Earth (2013)

A group of refugees from Earth trying to survive on a hostile alien planet. Genre : SF Country : USA Cast : Richard Grieco : Sam Crowe Adrian Paul : Frank Baum Bali Rodriguez : Lea Director : Thunder Levin My opinion Awful terrible SF. Sometimes it seemed as if...

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Playback (2012)

When a group of high school students dig into their town’s infamous past they unwittingly unlock an Evil that corrupts and destroys them. Possessing its victims through video playback and using them for malevolent purposes, it closes in on one specific soul, threatening to expose the town’s deepest, darkest secret....

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Movie 43 (2013)

Movie 43′ is a comedy that consists of several short films, each with its own director and many famous actors. Genre : Comedy Country : USA Cast : See the complete list here Director : Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, en others here My opinion Everybody is speaking about the “WTF”-level...

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The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)

After receiving bad news from a fertility doctor, Cindy and Jim Green try to bury their dreams of having a child by writing out all the great traits their child would have and putting them in a box in the garden. During a freak storm in the middle of the...

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Trance (2013)

A fine art auctioneer mixed up with a gang joins forces with a hypnotherapist to recover a lost painting. As boundaries between desire, reality and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur the stakes rise faster than anyone could have anticipated. Genre : Crime/Drama Country : UK Cast : James McAvoy :...

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Sawney: Flesh of Man (2012)

Sawney, a religious psychopathic killer drives a devilish Black Cab, stalking the towns and cities, abducting unholy souls for his communion of sacrifices. His insane family of inbred killers Judd and Jake, use their agility to wreak slaughter and havoc among their victims, who are then dragged to Sawney’s lair...

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The Employer (2013)

Five highly qualified applicants interview for a coveted job with the Carcharias Corporation, a powerful conglomerate whose business practices are shrouded in mystery. On the night before the last round of interviews, they are all kidnapped and drugged. The next day, they wake up trapped together in a locked room...

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96 Minutes (2011)

Inspired by true events, 96 minutes is the story of four young lives slammed together in one shocking moment. The events of the night in inner city Atlanta, Georgia, unfold in real time as we inter-cut between a carjacking and the beginning of that day, following four separate kids –...

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Mafia (2012)

  It’s the 70s and criminal boss Renzo and his crew wreak havoc across the streets, leaving bodies wherever they go. Detective Womack with partner Dupree will stop at nothing to bring these thugs to justice, even if it means breaking the law. Genre : Crime Country : USA Cast...

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Stranded (2013)

The Lunar Base Ark is hit by a meteor shower and has severe damage. Colonel Gerard Brauchman sends Ava Cameron to repair a wing that is full of carbon monoxide. Dr. Lance Krauss warns that the gas may cause paranoia and hallucinations. Ava brings a sample of the meteor for...

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Sofia (2012)

Field Agent Robert Diggs walked away from his career in the FBI and accepted the position of Cultural Attaché in Sofia, Bulgaria for one reason: to escape the memories of his wife’s death for which he blames himself. However, when an unknown vigilante begins killing high-priority terrorists from America’s Most...