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3) Bang
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An unsuccessful actress learns what it's like to be on the other side of power when, after a policeman tries to rape her, she steals his gun, clothes, and motorcycle. She then dons his uniform and spends a few hours as an L.A.P.D. motorcycle cop, discovering how people feel about her in her new identity -- and how she feels about herself.
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It is summer, 2012. Charlie, a wealthy banker with an uneasy conscience, invites his troubled cousin Matthew to visit him and his wife in their idyllic mountaintop house. As the days grow hotter, the friendship between the three begins to reveal its fault lines, and with the arrival of a fourth character, the household finds itself suddenly in the grip of uncontrollable passions. As readers of James Lasdun's acclaimed fiction can expect, The Fall...
6) Electra
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Orestes and his sister Electra plot to kill their mother Clytemnestra and Aegisthus in an attempt to extract revenge for the murder of their father.
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An incurable virus has wiped out one third of the world's population. Many infected commit suicide to end their agony. Those who cannot bring themselves to end their own lives hire professionals. This is the journey of a hitman's quest for peace as he navigates through a city on the brink of collapse, while on the run from a detective seeking revenge.
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Born plain and poor, Bette Fischer endures her lot, until her wealthy cousin's family steals her only treasure--the young sculptor she has taken under her wing. Joining forces with the ambitious, greedy, and alluring Valerie Marneffe, Bette vows to have her revenge and sets out to ruin the family by exploiting the sexual appetites of the men and the naiveté of the women.
11) Naked alibi
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Murder suspect Al Willis, released for lack of evidence, vows vengeance on the cops who brutalized him. When one of those cops turns up dead, his partner Chief Joe Conroy hunts down Al who has skipped town for a border city. Both men end up in thrall to bad girl Marianna, whose unique sexiness is on full display in this film noir potboiler.
12) The mummy
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Thought safely entombed deep beneath the desert, an ancient princess whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day. Her malevolence has grown over millennia and with it come terrors that defy human comprehension.
13) Terminal
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Enjoy the twisted tale of two assassins carrying out a sinister mission, a teacher battling a fatal illness, an enigmatic janitor, and a curious waitress leading a dangerous double life. Murderous consequences unravel in the dead of night as their lives all intertwine at the hands of a mysterious criminal mastermind hellbent on revenge.
14) The foreigner
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A humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. A cat and mouse conflict ensues with a government official, whose past may hold clues to the killers' identities.
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Lisbeth Salander, the highly-skilled vigilante from the acclaimed Millennium book series is back. Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials, as they race to rescue a dangerous program capable of global destruction held by shadowy figures linked to Lisbeth's past.
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Slap him once, slap him 100 times, the Big Top crowd roars. The clown known to delighted throngs as HE has made a comedic art of getting batted around. Life has battered him even more. Behind the mask, HE hides the torment of once being a brilliant scientist whose research and wife were stolen by a colleague. And behind the mask, when the time comes, HE realizes his revenge.
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