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"A retired veteran hunting in the Allagash backcountry of Northern Maine discovers a dead woman with a duffle bag containing a large sum of money. Things spiral out of control when he encounters a group of criminals in search of the money, after a botched casino robbery lands them in the middle of the wintery woods, while trying to escape to Canada. As they hunt one another over the course of a few days, the stark and frigid landscape frames what...
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Pilot Brodie Torrance saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare, an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI. To rescue the passengers, Torrance will need Gaspare's help and will learn there's...
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Mary Shannon is a U.S. Federal Marshal with the highly secretive Witness Protection Program. For Mary, living a double life and getting shot at on a regular basis are all in a day's work. So are teaming-up with her trusted partner, Marshall Mann, to protect Federal witnesses who are being relocated to Albuquerque. Mary does all this while juggling a complicated personal life.
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To those that know her, Mary Shannon is a glorified meter maid, but her real job as a federal marshal is to oversee federal witnesses who have been relocated to Albuquerque through the program. She has to balance her job as a marshal and the secret identity she must use to hide her high-risk, high-impact job from her family.
9) Plane
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"Pilot Brodie Torrance saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare, an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI. In order to rescue the passengers, Torrance will need Gaspare's help, and will learn...
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"McNutty has been demoted to harbour patrol. Daniels is in the police-archive dungeon, Prez is chafing in the suburbs, and Greggs is stuck behind a desk. Meanwhile, on the docks of Baltimore harbour, the rank and fire scrounge for work and the union bosses take illegitimate measures to reinvigorate business, but a horrific discovery is about to blow the whole port inside out. While the detail is on ice, a new case begins"--Container.
13) By the gun
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Nick Tortano is an ambitious criminal from the streets of Boston. After years working for and idolizing Italian gangsters, he finally proves himself, but once inside the Mafia, Nick drives a wedge between him and the boss, which ends in a bloody gun battle on the streets of Boston.
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After spending 20 years in federal prison for myriad crimes, ailing mafia boss Joseph "Mr. Joe" Scoleri is released with a strict requirement not to interact with his old contacts in the mafia - and to ensure this, an FBI tail follows him. He quickly realizes that while the world around him may have changed, the habits of a mafia boss die hard.
15) The super
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Former cop Phil Lodge takes a job as a superintendent in a Manhattan apartment building. When a teen goes missing, along with several other tenants, Phil suspects a sadistic murderer may be roaming the eerie corridors and that his daughters' lives are in danger. But whom can he trust when everybody around him has something to hide?
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"Just days before Christmas, 1983, the Oliverio family readies their Feast of the Seven Fishes, an Italian tradition stretching back to the old country. Amidst the festivities, Tony Oliverio, a young man with big dreams and an even bigger heart, is yearning to find love. When he meets the gorgeous Ivy Leaguer Beth, romance blossoms, and it looks like Tony's holiday might make a turn for the better! But their budding romance faces some serious obstacles,...
18) The Corruptor
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You can't play by the rules when there aren't any. Mark Wahlberg stars with martial arts superstar Chow Yun-Fat in this hard-hitting tale of deception, violence and betrayal in New York City's Chinatown . . . a story of an idealistic young cop and his senior officer--The Corruptor. Nick Chen (Chow Yun-Fat--Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) is one of the most decorated police officers in New York City. But Chen has used his close ties with a group of...