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Newsmakers (2009)
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Original name: Горячие новости
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia, Sweden
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A gang of crooks robbing cash collectors, run into a police surveillance team and the inadequate police response results in a gunfight. A TV crew on assignment in the area happens to capture this humiliation on camera, and this example of police incompetence is soon the lead story in every news bulletin. Public confidence in law and order now suffers irreparable harm. The head of the Moscow force welcomes a public search-and-destroy operation against these thugs, the brainchild of Katya, his PR director. She proposes that the capture of this dangerous gang be transformed into a live TV show of a kind never seen before. At this point she cannot know that the gang leader's life-and-death struggle with the police is destined to lead to a media duel. Besieged in a huge apartment block, the crooks hold hostage a father and his son and daughter. A massive special forces rescue operation is mounted but fails miserably.
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, manipulation, dishonesty, journalism, rivalry, media, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, police officer, cop, dystopia, chases and races, tough law enforcer, police, violence, journalist, death, weapons, gunfight, woman, gangster, swat team, human, pantyhose ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
russia, moscow russia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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41%
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Story:
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boys' night
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Place:
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Duration: 105 min.
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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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
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Story:
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