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Rancid

IMDB Rating: 5.50
418 votes

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Storyline
Once a promising writer, John Hayson now gets by on the odd writing job. A personal tragedy has left him dispassionate about the world and his work and he lives his life in limbo. In the midst of this existential crisis he attends a high school reunion and meets three old friends; acquaintances he's tried to forget but who now emerge like ominous shadows from his past. Once again, face to face with the love of his life, Hayson tries to right old wrongs and get his life back on track. However, life has other plans, and he realizes that the past is best laid to rest or it might haunt you forever. He soon finds himself embroiled in a nightmarish brew of deceit, passion and murder. Wanted by the police for a heinous killing, he must choose between succumbing to his darkest desires or the light that will renew his faith in himself and his future.
Actors
James HaysonMatthew Settle
Monica KleinFay Masterson
Crispin KleinCurrie Graham

Riders

IMDB Rating: 5.20
1861 votes

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An entrepreneurial criminal, Slim (Dorff) is as smart as they come. Cocky and confident, he assembles a team of risk-taking rush-seekers to pull off a series of five bank heists, each time using a different extreme sport to make the getaway. Following an unexpected windfall on only their second job, the gang nets $20 million in untraceable bonds. Having scored enough money to retire on, Slim and his crew decide to call the robbery game quits. But both the mob and the police have other plans in mind for Slim: they want him to keep working, for them.
Actors
SlimStephen Dorff
KarenNatasha Henstridge
Lt. MacgruderBruce Payne

Frankenstein

IMDB Rating: 4.60
481 votes

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Storyline
Two hundred years after Mary Shelley's novel the brilliant but mad Doctor (Thomas Kretschmann) has sustained his creature and himself over two centuries through genetic experimentation. In present-day America Detective O'Connor (Parker Posey) is investigating a series of horrific murders which leads her to the doctor and his creature. What she uncovers reveals the strange evolution the doctor and his creation undergo over the course of two centuries and the divergent paths creator and monster take in pursuing good or evil.
Actors
The CreatureLuke Goss
Victor FrankensteinAlec Newman
Caroline FrankensteinJulie Delpy

Murder by Numbers

IMDB Rating: 5.90
12706 votes

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Storyline
Murder By Numbers is a psychological suspense-thriller that tells the story of a tenacious homicide detective, Cassie Mayweather ('Sandra Bullock' (qv)) and her new partner Sam Kennedy ('Ben Chaplin' (qv)) who become pitted against two malevolently brilliant young men ('Ryan Gosling (I)' (qv) and 'Michael Pitt (II)' (qv)) in an ingenious battle of wits as they try to solve a murder case.
Actors
Cassie Mayweather/Jessica Marie HudsonSandra Bullock
Sam KennedyBen Chaplin
Richard HaywoodRyan Gosling

Invincible

IMDB Rating: 3.50
694 votes

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Actors
OsBilly Zane
Michael FuByron Mann
Serena BlueStacy Oversier

Thick as Thieves

IMDB Rating: 5.80
610 votes

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Storyline
Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first (Alec Baldwin), a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jazz records and caring for his ailing dog, Wally. The other (Michael Jai White) is a local gangster with a taste for the finer life, who decides to eliminate the competition. This ignites a war between the two men and their aides. An angry mob boss (David Byrd) and a female police officer (Rebecca De Mornay) try to sort the mess before things get too out of hand.
Actors
Mackin, 'The Thief'Alec Baldwin
Dink ReevesAndre Braugher
Pointy WilliamsMichael Jai White