Movies like The Prodigy 2005
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The Prodigy (2005)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
"The Prodigy" tells the story of small-time enforcer Truman Fisher's vicious conflict with a sadistic assassin who has chosen the unwilling Truman to be his successor. The assassin, who goes by the alias Rains and whose exploits have become the source of legend among Truman's underworld colleagues, drives Truman, through the pressure of constant violence and grief, to understand his own capacity for both bloodshed and compassion. Ultimately this reveals to Truman that he as with all of us, must find our place in this world or as Rains would say "our place in this grand design." This action begins quickly as Truman meets with a turncoat from a rival gang. This tense showdown erupts quickly into mayhem, when Rains makes his unexpected entrance. In the wake of the ensuing bloodbath, Truman is forced to reevaluate his own role in the small, violent world he inhabits, suddenly aware that there are larger powers at work which he does not understand...
Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, surprise ending
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, riddles and clues, psychopath, gang, rivalry, law enforcement, police investigation, suspense, murder, martial arts, assassin, gangsters, hitman, kidnapping, best friends, witnessing a crime, woman in danger, criminal heroes, mafia, killer, murderer, crazy, sadist, invisibility ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
texas
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Duration: 113 min.
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Bok-Soon (Kim Go-eun-I) runs a street stall while taking care of her younger sister. Bok-Soon may not be the brightest girl but what she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in uncontrollable rage. She’s infamously known as the “psycho ...
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Duration: 104 min.
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53%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The recounting of a terrible crime that wracked a family and galvanized police in South Carolina in the 1980's. Southern beauty pageant winner Dawn Smith is targeted by a sadistic stalker whose obsession with her leads him to kidnap her younger ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 131 min.
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Bollywood version of Basic Instinct - has to be seen to be believed!!!
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tense, captivating, psychological, realistic, serious ...
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An elusive serial killer known as the Zodiac terrorizes the San Francisco Bay in the late 1960s, while detectives aim to stop him before he claims more victims. Based on a true story.
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Story:
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