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Day Watch - (2006 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409904/

A man regrets the wedge between himself and his son, and tries to apologize. Or something.

It’s definitely on-par with the first, and worth the watch if you like the other.

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  • Original title: Дневной Дозор (Dnevnoy dozor)



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Night Watch - (2004 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403358/

A secret stalemate exists between good and evil, and each are tasked to police the other.

Stylized, with a good soundtrack, great acting, and a great concept; very good!

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  • Original title: Ночной Дозор (Nochnoy dozor)



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Nemesis 3꞉ Prey Harder - (1996 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113950/

Like a bad fever dream, even more were sent back in time to collect information on her and possibly kidnap her.

Most scenes have the film equivalent of crayon scribbled over them, the writing is bad, the dialog is bad, the acting is mediocre, the scenery is awful, the effects are overwhelming, the audio is terrible, the music is okay in places.. it’s just an hour and a half of suffering.

  • Original title: Nemesis III: Prey Harder
  • aka Nemesis 3: Time Lapse
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The Brain Hack - (2015 short)

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3704676/
https://vimeo.com/118342272

A software engineer stumbles on a way to connect visual patterns with brain patterns, and pursues a shortcut to experience god.

Pretty neat.

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

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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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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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The Net - (1995 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113957/

A beta tester stumbles into software with a back door also used by high-level hackers.

In many respects it aged poorly, but it has a reasonable core message.

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  • Inappropriately rated: Suicide



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Cocoon - (1985 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088933/

Old folks discover the house next door is being rented by illegal aliens smuggling cocaine cocoons.

Wholesome!



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Ghost Dog - (1999 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165798/

A boy is saved by a mob man, and becomes an assassin as repayment only to become embroiled in the crime world.

Gentle and moody. A little cheesy and a little lame, but I still like it a lot.

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  • Properly titled Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

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