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The Rage (2002)
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Original name: Furia
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In a city full of "manele", drugs and illegal car races you don't survive unless you know how to pay. Sometimes with other's lives. Young people today are trying to adapt to a world without consciousness, a world of money, unscrupulous businesses. A film-adrenaline with accents of black humor, irony at the society which is run by large rubble and where life is just a currency.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing, noir, crime thriller, tense, fast paced, crime drama, black humor
Plot:
partner, car race, moral dilemma, dishonesty, chases and races, debt, street racing, illegal street racing, urban, drug, corruption, organized crime, satire, moral ambiguity, violence, desperation, youth culture, social commentary, friendship, betrayal, low life, survival, subculture, vengeance, irony ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
eastern europe, romania
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, dark and realistic films with plots about urban, betrayal, moral ambiguity, violence, revenge, corruption and organized crime mostly in Drama, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like The Rage: The Debt (2017), Dangerous Game (2017), Baseline (2010), Jackers (2010), Bloody Marie (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Duration: 87 min.
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Place:
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179
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
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Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, serious, exciting, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
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