A fine thriller with a large romantic element as an unlikely couple, a down to earth cop and the high living heiress he is assigned to protect from a murder threat, embark on a passionate affair under high pressure conditions. Tense stylish, and utterly compelling.
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THE QUIET AMERICAN (2002)
Certification15 Our Rating
Thomas Fowler is a British journalist reporting from 1950's Vietnam (just as the troubles there escalate from France's colonial desperation to America's genocidal idealism), and a man who has lost his passion for the world. Into this cynical and complacent western community arrives young Pyle, a naive and optimistic American medical worker, whose motives are more convoluted than they at first appear. These two men are drawn together by a shared passion for Thomas's mistress, Phoung, a beautiful
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WITNESS (1985)
Certification15 Our Rating
The Amish are a puritanical sect whose life in Pennsylvania has remained unchanged since the 18th Century, but when an Amish boy witnesses a murder, cynical big city cop John Book (Ford) investigates the case and, finding his own life endangered, is forced to hot-foot it to their ranch with the bad guys in pursuit. Ford falls in love with the boy's mother (McGillis), and observes the distance between the messy world he leaves behind and the cloistered one in which he takes refuge. Powerful, assu
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