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The Last Mercenary - (2021 movie) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12808182/

The removal of the special immunity on a young man triggers a series of events which summons his father for help.

It’s a comedy in that there is a bunch of overacting. It’s adequate bubblegum, and I’m glad to see Jean-Claude Van Damme again.

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  • Original title: Le dernier mercenaire



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Code 8꞉ Part II - (2024 movie) image

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14764464/
https://www.netflix.com/title/81480320

An ugly girl with a pretty power gets swept up into an underground drug/crime/police affair.

Painfully mid; not recommended.



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Code 8 - (2019 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6259380/
https://www.code8.com/

In a world where superpowered people are relegated to second class citizenry, one man struggles to make money for his dying mother.

From acting through to story, this is really good all around.



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The Manchurian Candidate - (2004 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368008/

Soldiers return from a tour with Gulf War syndrome, PTSD, and nightmares that turn out to be true.



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A Returner's Magic Should Be Special - (2023 show) image

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28313387/
https://returners-magic.com/

When trying to protect the world from utter destruction, a young man fails and dies but is instead sent back in time into his younger body.

Nice!



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Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13311344/
https://tsukimichi.com/

In a fantasy world where people awaken with certain strengths, one among them becomes a hero to fight a demon lord army. But this follows an everyday guy.

Kinda okay I guess.



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Mr. Jones - (2019 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6828390/
https://westendfilms.com/screeners/mr_jones.html

A former foreign advisor turned citizen-journalist travels to his mother’s homeland of Ukraine only to discover that communism doesn’t work and the main stream media is fake news.

It’s patient and moody, and, although it has its truth, it’s release is American propaganda timed for the Russia-Ukraine war.



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57 Seconds - (2023 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18083578/
https://theavenue.film/movies/57-seconds

Time crystals allow a bumbling white male to go back in time, and he uses it to gamble, date a gold digger, and seek revenge on big pharma.

Painfully mid.



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