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Certification18
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Directionless demobbed Danila drifts to St Petersberg on the heels of his elder brother, a hitman for the local mafia, to whom he becomes apprenticed. No mug with a gun Danila drifts between the dossers who live on the edge of society, the drug consuming youngsters on the rock scene, a woman he sleeps with and the hoodlums he works for. Brother is a gritty urban thriller and an acute observation of the grim reality that faces many young Russians in a nation ill at ease with capitalism.
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Certification18
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The first and best of the Italian "Mexi-Westerns", on a par with Leone's and with a haunting soundtrack. An American mercenary teams up with a bandit on the fringes of the revolutionaries in order to assinate their leader. A violent political film from the same pen as The Battle Of Algiers.
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Certification15
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From the Ong-Bak stable we have a new martial arts star, Jeeja Yanin, who plays Zen, a skinny 15-year-old autistic girl, who picks up martial arts skills from watching a kick-boxing team training next door, watching Kung Fu flicks and playing computer games. Zen discovers a list of debtors, from her mum's less than illustrious past, and, determined to raise money for an operation for said sick mum, goes out to collect the dosh. And, when disrespected, Zen proves more than capable of bursting int
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Certification18
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Leo and Lily are a couple of sophisticated cons, who have become used to living the good life, so when one of their scams looks like it's in danger of turning belly up Leo turns to the local mobsters for help; but their co-operation doesn't come cheap and Leo finds himself increasingly stifled by his new business partners. There seems only one way out, the same way they got in, deceit. Circus has a good British cast, and is a slickly put together action thriller with more twists than I care to r
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Certification15
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A brilliant story of one man's idealism pitted against political machinations as he tries to solve the mysterious enigma behind the killing of a six year-old by a stray bullet. As the city power brokers gradually get dragged in, Cusack must face the reality of compromise. Superb thriller-drama.
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Certification18
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The 'City of God' is a slum town within the confines of Rio De Janeiro and a place of such casual and seemingly infinite brutality that no one but its residents ever venture within its borders. Rocket is one young man who has made a conscious decision to escape his 'home town' and it is through his eyes that we view this mesmerizing vision of a society where violence and the ruthlessness to use it have run amok. 'City Of God' is a truly awesome film, a heart pounding journey, with relentless pac
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Certification15
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Returning to themes he had touched upon in his earlier films Polanski develops the idea of Pinter's "two people in a room and then a third enters" with a couple on a remote island invaded by two on-the-run gangsters. Gradually the power positions shift... underlined with great black humour.
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Certification18
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Intense thriller with Fishburne as the undercover cop trying to bring down the big boys and Goldblum excellent as Fishburne's lawyer-turned-dealer partner. As Fishburne realises what a political pawn he has become, he has to re-examine his past to establish his motives. Utterly absorbing filmmaking with a hip hop soundtrack to match.
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Certification15
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Small time gangster Louis's son has taken over the family restaurant and turned it from traditional fare to a successful trendy nouvelle cuisine outlet. We follow the conversations from tables of diners, art critics, gangsters, police, predatory females et al, and the work force, both up and downstairs, all against a smart thriller backdrop. Altmanesque, brilliant and gastronomic.
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Certification18
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When London based mid-wife Anna witnesses the death during childbirth of a young teenage mother, she resolves to find the baby's relatives. Unfortunately for all involved this unwittingly leads her into the brutal, merciless world of an Eastern European mafia, ruled with cold-hearted charm and pseudo-benevolence by restauranter Semyon, but it is the mysterious and lethal driver Nikolai, a man who will become either her saviour or her nemesis, who tantalises Anna with information. After their pre
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