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Breaking In (2018) - Decent low-budget action thriller with interesting characters - 7/10 (04/06/20)

Breaking In (2018) - Decent low-budget action thriller with interesting characters - 7/10 (04/06/20)

Breaking In is a decent action-thriller that convinces with solid acting performances and lots of tension in eighty-eight compact minutes despite a low budget. The movie revolves around an African-American family that goes through hell during one fateful...

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Anna (2019) - Shallow but enjoyable - 7/10 (15/03/20)

Anna (2019) - Shallow but enjoyable - 7/10 (15/03/20)

Anna is an entertaining action-thriller in the key of Atomic Blonde, Hanna and Red Sparrow. Directed by veteran Luc Besson, the movie tells the story of a beautiful drug addict who is given the opportunity to work as a KGB spy. After a hard training,...

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And Then There Were None (2015) - Old-fashioned but timeless whodunit - 8/10 (08/01/20)

And Then There Were None (2015) - Old-fashioned but timeless whodunit - 8/10 (08/01/20)

And Then There Were None might be the most popular thriller ever written in the history of literature. It's quite a task to transform a novel with such a reputation into a great movie or television series. The British Broadcasting Corporation did a very...

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Ein starkes Team: Abgetaucht (2020) - Sympathetic characters but strange story with plot holes - 5/10 (05/01/20)

Ein starkes Team: Abgetaucht (2020) - Sympathetic characters but strange story with plot holes - 5/10 (05/01/20)

Abgetaucht is the eightiest film of the German Ein starkes Team crime film series. The story revolves around a lawyer who is killed in a sauna. The main suspect is a childhood friend of one of the investigators who has to go into hiding. However, the...

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Knives Out (2019) - Old-fashioned murder-mystery thriller executed with wit - 8/10 (29/11/19)

Knives Out (2019) - Old-fashioned murder-mystery thriller executed with wit - 8/10 (29/11/19)

Knives Out is a murder-mystery movie in the key of old-fashioned Agatha Christie or Edgar Wallace novels and their cinematic adaptations throughout the sixties and seventies of the last century. This sounds worse than it is because a movie without an...

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Siberia (2018) - The price of greed - 7/10 (30/08/19)

Siberia (2018) - The price of greed - 7/10 (30/08/19)

Siberia is a slow-paced romantic thriller that has received a surprising number of unfair reviews. While the movie is certainly no genre highlight, it convinces with solid acting performances, a gloomy atmosphere and a realistic story. The story revolves...

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Racheengel - Ein eiskalter Plan (2010) - Predictable family drama in snowy landscapes - 2/10 (08/08/19)

Racheengel - Ein eiskalter Plan (2010) - Predictable family drama in snowy landscapes - 2/10 (08/08/19)

Each time I give a German crime film a chance I end up regretting it because almost all of them are dull, predictable and slow-paced. Racheengel - Ein eiskalter Plan is no exception and the actual story unfolds so slowly that it's particularly hard to...

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Spinning Man (2018) - Stimulating your brain but not much else - 6/10 (29/06/19)

Spinning Man (2018) - Stimulating your brain but not much else - 6/10 (29/06/19)

Spinning Man is a quite unconventional psychological and philosophical thriller which has its positive and negative sides. The story revolves around a young cheerleader who has gone missing. Witnesses have reported seeing a car next to her work place...

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Spinning Man (2018) - Stimulating your brain but not much else - 6/10 (29/06/19)

Spinning Man (2018) - Stimulating your brain but not much else - 6/10 (29/06/19)

Spinning Man is a quite unconventional psychological and philosophical thriller which has its positive and negative sides. The story revolves around a young cheerleader who has gone missing. Witnesses have reported seeing a car next to her work place...

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Spinning Man (2018) - Stimulating your brain but not much else - 6/10 (29/06/19)

Spinning Man (2018) - Stimulating your brain but not much else - 6/10 (29/06/19)

Spinning Man is a quite unconventional psychological and philosophical thriller which has its positive and negative sides. The story revolves around a young cheerleader who has gone missing. Witnesses have reported seeing a car next to her work place...

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