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R: Hit First, Hit Hardest (2010)
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Original name: R
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The R of the title stands for the young protagonist, Rune, fearlessly played by Pilou Asbæk. Imprisoned for violent assault, he's a cocky, good-looking young man placed in the hardcore ward, where his survival depends on quickly learning the prison's parallel world of rules, honor, and obligations. R also stands for Rachid, a young Muslim prisoner who becomes Rune's friend and accomplice, defying the rigid racial stratifications among the inmates.
Style:
tense, realistic, rough, captivating, disturbing, psychological, suspense, thought provoking, independent film, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison life, male pubic hair, friendship, gang, confined, warden, violence, murder, muslim, racial slur, jail, nordic, male nudity, organized crime, working class, jail cell, crime family, detention, friends, misfit, profanity, fish out of water, criminal heroes, violence spree ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
denmark, europe
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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203
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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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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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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