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There are more than seven boys.
There are more than seven boys.

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3620418/

College students LARPing as revolutionaries set a hacker up, but he causes a shitstorm in an agent training prison.

This is pretty good. It’s essentially a Dutch revisitation of the concepts in the French movie La Femme Nikita – (1990 movie). It’s straightforward and so it seems fairly low budget.

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La Femme Nikita - (1990 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100263/

A woman is swept into the life of an assassin.

A classic, and really awesome, movie.

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Smultronstället - (1957 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050986/
https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=film&itemid=4549

A retired man reminisces, I guess.

It’s a fantastic nothing of a movie. Recommended for people who want moving pictures with audio and optional thinking.

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L'Immortel - (2010 movie) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1167638/

The past returns to haunt a retired crime boss.

Quite watchable. I think it’s trivially surpassed by a lot of movies, but this has a reasonable simplicity without creating too much of a superhuman protagonist.



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Il Mare - (2000 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282599/

Two people connect because of a portal through time in the shape of a mailbox.

Awkward in various ways, but I can see the charm. Not recommended because The Lake House – (2006 movie) is vastly superior.



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Ichi - (2008 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1060256/
https://warnerbros.co.jp/home_entertainment/detail.php?title_id=2569/ (.jap)

A blind woman travels to find a blind man, and becomes embroiled in an inn-town’s troubles.

Straightforward and wholesome; highly recommended.



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Three-Body - (2023 show) poster

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20242042/
https://weibo.com/u/7470196136

A drama about a secret society of nerds? I don’t know.

Fuck man, this show is utterly alien. It’s Chinese, and this storytelling is just fucking terrible. I guess I’ll wait for the American version.



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AKA - (2023 movie) image

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27197387/

A special forces undercover guy is sent as himself to rapid-infiltrate a group of bad guys to stop a terrorist plot, but he’s s nice guy deep down (or something).

Very watchable, and very French. If you know and like your French military/police type movies, you’ll like this.



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Ong Bak 2 - (2008 movie) poster tiny

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0785035/
was ongbak2themovie.com

Stuff and things.. it’s a shitty cross between an Indian and a Chinese pulp historical drama-fighting movie.

Hard pass guys. Trust me. This is not a sequel to Ong-Bak – The Thai Warrior – (2003 movie) and is not a real martial arts flick.



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