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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321511/
https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/oldboy
An everyday man’s is kidnapped to make amends for past wrongs he couldn’t guess at.
I can see it was trying, but boy is it inconsistent action without real underlying substance.
A remake of Oldboy – (2003 movie)
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1136608/
https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/district9
Alien refugees come to Earth, only to become squatters and criminals while the world looks on. After 20 years, the local government tries to relocate them to better facilities only to discover alien technologies they had been salvaging and repairing.
A unique setting and good story. It’s not a super-fantastic movie, but it’s definitely highly recommended. It has a high “ick” factor.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872732/
was lucymovie.com
A simple woman is tricked into smuggling for a one-week boyfriend, and does drugs to save herself.
I happen to like it a lot.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1197624/
Home invaders cross a man with a particular set of skills.
Hey it’s pretty good.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822854/
http://www.shootermovie.com/
A man retires from military service after being left behind, but he is brought back in to help against a government-level plot.
It’s good enough; recommended.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119229/
After unfortunate events force an assassin into a make-up hit, he decides to also attend a high school reunion as an excuse to reunite with an ex he spurred.
Great movie, great soundtrack.
the notes need to be cleaned up
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/
https://www.miramax.com/movie/amelie/
A quirky young woman crushes on a weird artsy guy.
This is quirkier than it’s characters, and is worthy of earning seventeen times its budget.
Original title: Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8511466/
Researchers of a small particle accelerator discover that a particle can be sent back in time, and they theorize that it can be used like a gun to kill people in the past and change the present.
While it’s a good idea, it feels pretty low effort.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10366206/
https://johnwick.movie/film/john-wick-4
John Wick returns to alternately ruin and end his friends lives in the hopes of leveraging an obscure rule to free himself from .. whatever their assassins society is called.
It’s adequate, but has nowhere near equality: I think one unimportant woman dies on-screen and then the body vanishes, another gets hurt, and this has to be the most brutally misandrist movie I’ve ever seen. Feminist approved!
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/
https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/matrix
A hacker learns reality is not as it appears.
A sci-fi ripoff of elements of Lucid dreaming, with elements taken from the Neuromancer/Shadowrun “cyberpunk” genres.
A pioneering movie for special effects, which have held up quite well, and its general pot and atmosphere. Technically not original for science fiction fans, but great nonetheless.
One of my favourites, although I really wish the actor playing Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) was good looking.
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The Animatrix – (2003 movie) is a series of non-cannon animated short films.
