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Demon City (2025)
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Original name: Demon City 鬼ゴロシ
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Framed for his family's murder and left for dead, an ex-hitman will stop at nothing to exact revenge on the masked "demons" who have taken over his city.
Style:
neo noir, dark, action packed, crime thriller, tense, suspenseful, suspense, supernatural thriller
Plot:
revenge, vigilante justice, anti hero, gunfight, corruption, criminal underworld, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, urban decay, violent, hitman, criminal, martial arts, demon, supernatural, organized crime, killer, children, violence, weapons, blood, supernatural power, child, katana, machete ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, tense, neo noir and suspense films with plots about revenge, moral ambiguity, organized crime, betrayal, corruption, urban and violent mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Demon City: Isle of Dogs (2010), Golgo 13 (1973), Jack Said (2009), Ruthless Bastards (2025), Bagheera (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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Duration: 90 min.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 162 min.
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
An idealistic young lawyer whose faith in the law is rocked when she is unable to prevent a rapist from walking free. Her disillusionment of the judicial system is complete when her next case goes disastrously wrong, her corrupt boss is killed by ...
Style:
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Place:
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65%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Duration: 92 min.
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Duration: 105 min.
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59%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
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Duration: 113 min.
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Audience:
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Similarity:
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