Movies like The Spirit
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The Spirit (2008)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Down these mean streets a man must come. A hero born, murdered, and born again. A Rookie cop named Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces from the shadows of Central City. The Octopus, who kills anyone unfortunate enough to see his face, has other plans; he is going to wipe out the entire city.
Style:
stylized, exciting, rough, serious, ridiculous, sexy, surreal, parody, epic, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
heroes, superhero, vigilantism, fighting crime, good versus evil, crime fighter, samurai, villain, immortality, female assassin, police officer killed, secret identity, medieval, existentialism, cat, death, camp, vigilante, catastrophe, erotica, distopia, mutant, violence, immortal, video game ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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Most similar movies to The Spirit
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, exciting, serious and stylized films with plots about rivalry, vengeance, superhero, dialogue, weapons, heroes and fight scenes mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Spirit: The Green Hornet (2011), Jonah Hex (2010), R.I.P.D. (2013), The Punisher (1989), Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father (Tom Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets Kato (Jay Chou), a resourceful company ...
Style:
funny, stylized, humorous, satirical, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, martial arts, heroes, partners against crime, car chase, gunfight, fight, violence, chase, justice, good versus evil, fight scenes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Gunslinger Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich), a former Confederate officer determined on unleashing hell on earth. Jonah not only secures freedom by accepting ...
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stylized, gothic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
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teens, boys' night
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cowboy, revenge, supernatural, civil war, death, bounty hunter, superhero, american civil war, vengeance, gunslinger, lone wolves, violence ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
usa, virginia, new orleans, south carolina, georgia ...
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100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. Based on the comic by Peter M. Lenkov.
Style:
buddy comedy, not serious, stylized, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
afterlife, supernatural, ghost, unlikely partners, investigation, rivalry, good versus evil, escapades, obsessive quest, uncover truth, police detective, back from the dead ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, new england, massachusetts
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100%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When the devil resurfaces with aims to take over the world in human form, Johnny Blaze reluctantly comes out of hiding to transform into the flame-spewing supernatural hero Ghost Rider -- and rescue a 10-year-old boy from an unsavory end.
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serious, exciting, suspenseful, psychotronic, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
superhero, supernatural ability, devil, motorcycle, heroes, unstoppable, dark hero, supernatural, biker, vengeance, chase, master villain ...
Place:
eastern europe, usa, europe, turkey, romania
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb. Only his ex-partner believes Castle ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, stylized, serious, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
superhero, mafia, vigilante, crime fighter, vigilantism, vengeance, gangsters, torture, one man army, revenge, organized crime, murder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
australia, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
Style:
neo noir, surreal, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, femme fatale, vengeance, heroes, superhero, murder, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, escapades, rivalry, stripper, sex scene ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy
Country: Switzerland, Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.
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exciting, serious, sexy, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
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teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
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superheroine, good versus evil, supernatural, female assassin, martial arts, master warrior, vigilante, heroes, female protagonist, assassin, uninhibited rivalry, youth ...
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2000s
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55%
Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Canada, India, USA, Japan, Thailand, China
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a teenager, Chun-Li witnesses the kidnapping of her father by wealthy crime lord M. Bison. When she grows up, she goes into a quest for vengeance and becomes the famous crime-fighter of the Street Fighter universe.
Style:
road movie, serious, suspenseful, sexy, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
revenge, martial arts, superhero, good versus evil, vengeance, female martial artist, female fighter, master warrior, battles, heroic mission, mortal combat, tough heroes ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
asia, san francisco, hong kong, bangkok thailand, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven -- watched over by a hypnotic crow -- returns from the grave to exact revenge.
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gothic, suspenseful, dark fantasy, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, vengeance, superhero, goth, halloween, good versus evil, murder, afterlife, vigilante, vigilantism, justice, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
michigan, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Alex Corvis returns to the world of the living to solve the murder of a young woman that he was wrongly accused of killing. Alex follows the crow into the police department's evidence room, where he discovers that Lauren was killed by a group ...
Style:
stylized, harsh, exciting, serious, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, afterlife, revenge, supernatural, vengeance, electric chair, tragic hero, murder, suspense, death, good versus evil, brutality ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
salt lake city utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence ...
Style:
stylized, intense, realistic, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police officer, murder, racism, blaxploitation, gunfight, corruption, police investigation, police corruption, drug lord, tough law enforcer, violence, suspense ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, switzerland, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael, the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the secrets of ...
Style:
stylized, splatter, scary, serious, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, werewolf, monster, female warrior, supernatural, immortality, female vampire, vampire vs vampire, fight scenes, vampire human love, female protagonist, rivalry ...
Time:
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Place:
budapest
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51%
243K
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In order to save his dying father, young stunt cyclist Johnny Blaze sells his soul to Mephistopheles and sadly parts from the pure-hearted Roxanne Simpson, the love of his life. Years later, Johnny's path crosses again with Roxanne, now a ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, visually appealing, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
superhero, motorcycle, supernatural, deal with the devil, demon, good versus evil, biker, vigilante, dark hero, curses spells and rituals, devil, transformation ...
Place:
usa, texas
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49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After Ashe and his little son are murdered violently for no reason by Judah's men, he returns from the dead to take revenge. One after one, Judah's people face the power of the dark angel. The second film based on James O'Barr's ...
Style:
gothic, stylized, atmospheric, dark, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, afterlife, supernatural, tragic hero, revenge, crow, vigilantism, back from the dead, murder, good versus evil, goth, tattoo ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: ...
Style:
stylized, brutal, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, dark hero, tough guy, vengeance, one man army, revenge, superhero, tough heroes, heroes, violent, brutality ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Movies similar to Van Helsing
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Justice. Safe streets. Payback. Metallurgist John Henry Irons (O'Neal) vows to claim them all when a renegade military reject (Judd Nelson) puts new superweapons in dangerous hands. Helped by an electronics wiz (Annabeth Gish) and an ...
Style:
humorous, exciting, suspenseful, parody, ridiculous ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
superhero, good versus evil, vigilante, gang, villain, paraplegic, one man army, african american, african american protagonist, crime fighter, military, soldier ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After Kick-Ass’ insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist — reborn as The Mother Fucker — only the ...
Style:
intense, humorous, stylized, entertaining, brutal ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, revenge, vigilante, violence, double life, heroes, high school, youth, vigilantism, vengeance, crime fighter, masked vigilante ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Darcy is a cop who is also a supehero named Black Scorpion at night who kicks and beats evildoers to a pulp. She soon catches wind of an asthmatic mad scientist who plans on tainting the city's air supply with a toxin. Only Darcy in her ...
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campy, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
teens, boys' night
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superhero, female martial artist, superheroine, female protagonist, sex scene, secret identity, female fight, villain, women, femme fatale, undercover, murder ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust ...
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, dark, surreal, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
corruption, vengeance, justice, distopia, dark hero, revenge, multiple storylines, killings, hitman, tough heroes, violent, organized crime ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 80s, 20th century, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The mega corporation Omni Consumer Products is still bent on creating their pet project, Delta City, to replace the rotting city of Detroit. Unfortunately, the inhabitants of the area have no intention of abandoning their homes simply for desires of ...
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless ...
Style:
stylized, noir, neo noir, bleak, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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44%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Doormat Wesley Gibson discovers that his recently murdered father – who Wesley never knew – belonged to a secret guild of assassins. After a leather-clad sexpot drafts Wesley into the society, he hones his innate killing skills and turns avenger.
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exciting, entertaining, intense, surprise ending, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, revenge, mentor, hitman, femme fatale, twists and turns, car chase, escapades, assassin, strong female lead, destiny, father son relationship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, europe, chicago illinois
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44%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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intense, exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
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43%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A group of heroic warriors has only six days to save the planet in "Mortal Kombat Annihilation." To succeed they must survive the most spectacular series of challenges any human, or god, has ever encountered as they battle an evil warlord ...
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exciting, suspenseful, stylized, serious, campy ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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42%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes ...
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teens, boys' night
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The best-selling videogame, Hitman, roars to life with both barrels blazing in this hardcore action-thriller starring Timothy Olyphant. A genetically engineered assassin with deadly aim, known only as "Agent 47" eliminates strategic ...
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serious, exciting, stylized, suspenseful, breathtaking ...
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41%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
After a successful deployment of the Robocop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develops, a new narcotic known as "Nuke" invades the streets led by God-delirious leader Cane. ...
Style:
futuristic, bloody, stylized, satirical, melancholic ...
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manly, boys' night
Plot:
cyborgs, cyberpunk, androids and robots, robot, superhero, distopia, police, law enforcement, corruption, satire, fight, apocalypse ...
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texas, michigan, usa, detroit
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41%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, China
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Style:
exciting, stylized, neo noir, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
vengeance, hitman, revenge, vigilante, gangsters, gunfight, assassin, lone hero, one man army, killer, dog, tough guy ...
Time:
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Place:
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40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
Style:
stylized, entertaining, ridiculous, humorous, surreal ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
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2000s, 21st century
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los angeles, tokyo, usa
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40%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the year of 2039, after World Wars destroy much of the civilization as we know it, territories are no longer run by governments, but by corporations; the mightiest of which is the Mishima Zaibatsu. In order to placate the seething masses of this ...
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serious, exciting, stylized, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
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Place:
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40%
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