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  • The Star Chamber

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    As violence escalates in Los Angeles and heinous murders are committed, Steven Hardin, a young judge of the California Supreme Court, must struggle with his tortured conscience and growing despair as he watches helplessly as the ruthless criminals brought before his court go free because clever lawyers find obscure loopholes in the law.

  • F/X

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    A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.

  • Red Scorpion

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    A Soviet commando is sent to eliminate a rebel leader in Africa. Soon he finds himself doubting his mission and his loyalty.

  • Weekend at Bernie’s

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    Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.

  • Apartment Zero

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    In a rundown area of Buenos Aires, at the dawn of the 1980s, Adrian LeDuc owns both a struggling movie theater and a shabby apartment building filled with eccentric, squabbling tenants. To make ends meet, Adrian takes in a roommate, Jack Carney, but soon begins to suspect that the quiet American is responsible for a…

  • The Pelican Brief

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    A law student’s theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.

  • Bulworth

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    A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.

  • Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

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    An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of ancient Japan finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

  • The Piano Player

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    A tale about the relationship between a businessman who launders money for a Mafia figure and his gangster bodyguard.

  • The Twilight Samurai

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    Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his…

  • Gozu

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    Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a…

  • Azumi

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    In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is Azumi, the ultimate assassin.

  • The Bourne Identity

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    Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and…

  • Layer Cake

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    When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin…

  • Shark Tale

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    Oscar is a small fish whose big aspirations often get him into trouble. Meanwhile, Lenny is a great white shark with a surprising secret that no sea creature would guess: He’s a vegetarian. When a lie turns Oscar into an improbable hero and Lenny becomes an outcast, the two form an unlikely friendship.

  • Shadowboxer

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    Mikey and Rose are professional assassins. They are also lovers, and once upon a time Rose also knew Mikey’s father. During an elaborate hit job for a malicious gangster, Rose fails to kill the main target, the gangster’s pregnant girlfriend. Instead, she delivers her baby and convinces Mikey to help her protect them both. As…

  • Joy Division

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    A teenage orphan fights against the Red Army at the end of WWII and in the aftermath is ‘adopted’ by a Commissar. Years later he is sent to London during the Cold war to work for the KGB, where he questions his life.

  • 16 Blocks

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    An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running the gauntlet as other forces try to prevent them from getting there.

  • The Contract

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    Attempting to recover from a recent family trauma by escaping into the woods for a peaceful hiking trip, an ex-lawman and his young son stumble across a dangerous contract killer.

  • Cassandra’s Dream

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    The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.

  • Blonde and Blonder

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    Comic mayhem ensues when two lovely blondes, Dee and Dawn, are mistaken as international mob killers.