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Second Nature (2003)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Everything is not as it seems for a man who recovers from a plane crash in which his family is killed. After plastic surgery and rehabilitation, he determines that he worked for a secret agency for which he was an assassin. His former boss puts him back to work to assassinate a political leader, but when he proves unable to pull the trigger, it is he who becomes the target for assassins. As he avoids capture, the story unfolds about his true past and the reason why he has a tattoo of "chilly willy" inside his lip.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, realistic, stylized
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, memory loss, female assassin, female killer, assassination, secret agent, uncover truth, leadership, haunted by the past, chases and races, danger, professional killer, manhunt, female agent, killer, memory, tattoo, plastic surgery, assassin, heroes, undercover, conspiracy, espionage, life is a bitch, rivalry ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
london, england, europe, amsterdam
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Waxman is a former Special Forces soldier who is now working as a heavily armed assassin for a top secret government agency. When a covert mission goes terribly wrong, Waxman and fellow assassin Clegg become that agency's prime targets.
Style:
suspense, bloody, fast, realistic, serious ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, surprise ending, mind bending, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
memory loss, conspiracy, twists and turns, missing child, mind game, delusion, alien abduction, memory, grief, paranoia, husband wife relationship, estrangement ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, psychological, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new mexico, usa
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France, Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, intense, action thriller, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, Germany, Czech Republic
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, action packed, political thriller
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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489
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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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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100%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, action thriller ...
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boys' night
Plot:
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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boys' night
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
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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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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