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2:22 (2008)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The plan was easy; the job was not. On a snowy night a tight crew of four criminals plan to pull off a routine heist. When things go horribly wrong, friendship, loyalty and trust are pushed to the limit.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, crime drama
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, confined, disorder, crime gone awry, crime boss, twists and turns, dishonesty, criminal heroes, suspect, snow, organized crime, criminal, delinquent, new year, hotel, profanity, nudity, violent content, female nudity, stripper, job, night, strip club, bondage, caught having sex ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
canada
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 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: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A government ministry's fast-rising head of security asks a shadowy fixer, Meursault, to steal a bag from an armored truck. Meursault goes to Théo, a former night club owner, in prison for two years on false charges, who's being released ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
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Place:
canada
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
female nudity, crooked cop, violent content, gangster, nudity, heist, cons and scams, twists and turns, dishonesty, betrayal, criminal heroes, sexual content ...
Time:
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Place:
morocco, england, africa
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27%
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
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boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
canada, montreal
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, Netherlands, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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boys' night
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Place:
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Duration: 88 min.
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Country: UK
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Story:
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tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Country: Norway
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
rise and fall, gang, rivalry, partner, gangster, dishonesty, betrayal, drug dealing, ambition, vengeance, criminal heroes, violence ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: Sweden
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Audience:
boys' night
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Place:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, exciting, humorous, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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boys' night
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Country: France
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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