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The Invisible Man - (2020 movie) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1051906/
https://www.uphe.com/movies/the-invisible-man-2020

A psychopathic controlling husband fakes his suicide to stalk his widow with superstalker technology.

The tone is mostly created with audio; it’s otherwise meh.



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Proof of Life - (2000 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0228750/

Mistaken for someone important, a man is kidnapped and held hostage.

Revolutionary Marxists fuck everything up again. Overall an okay movie. If you’re into the theme, and like dirt and poverty, then this is for you.

  • There’s a lot of .. Spanish?
  • FIXME – If re-watched, ensure subtitles work.



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Time Trap - (2017 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4815122/
http://www.timetrapmovie.com/

Adventurers find a cave system where time inside is slowed.

All in all it’s pretty weak.



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Demolition Man - (1993 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/

Cryogenics is used to freeze a criminal and the cop who was framed while capturing him, and both are awakened to a seemingly-pristine world.

A classic that holds up well.



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James vs. His Future Self - (2019 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6739796/

A supernerd’s future self visits him to proclaim a warning of his wasting his life.

Plodding and boring. There are some laughs, but I don’t see why this would be considered a comedy.



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Shortwave - (2016 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5152640/

A grieving woman goes insane after her child is kidnapped.

A horror. It’s a horror. It’s a slow plodding drama that eventually gets around to a very light mystery and then a horror. A bad one.



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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2194499/

A young man, having learned he can travel back in time, tries using his superpower to get a girlfriend.

Slow, awkward, and not particularly funny.



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