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Nic Cage is a PI, hired to find out whether a 'snuff film' is genuine.
Bad Company (2002)
Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock conduct a sting on Russian Mafia in Prague.
Falling Down (1993)
One hot day in LA a white collar worker goes berserk in the ravaged ruins of South Central.
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A retired, homophobic cop forms an unlikely bond with his transvestite neighbour following a stroke.
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Phone Booth (2002)
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St Elmo's Fire (1985)
Eighties kitsch that follows a group of college buddies as they make their way in the real world.
Tigerland (2000)
Training raw recruits at Fort Polk, Louisiana, 1971, to be killing machines for Vietnam.
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