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English
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On a night flight from London to Boston, Ted Severson meets Lily Kintner. Sharing one too many martinis, the strangers begin to play a game of truth, revealing very intimate details about themselves. Ted talks about his marriage that's going stale and that he's sure his wife Miranda is cheating on him. But Lily has a dark history that she's not sharing... and soon sex and deception lead to murder.
2) Alex Cross
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Follows the young homicide detective/psychologist as he meets his match in a serial killer. The two face off in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, but when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits in this taut and exciting action thriller.
3) Red eye
Publisher
Dreamworks Pictures
Language
English
Description
After her grandmother's funeral, Lisa takes the red eye flight back to Miami. The man sitting next to her reveals her father's wallet and says he will be killed if she doesn't help him murder the deputy secretary of Homeland Security.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Reinventing himself as Sweeney Todd, a man unjustly sent to prison returns to exact revenge on those who ruined his life, especially the evil Judge Turpin who sent the man to prison. Not only does he seek revenge for the cruel punishment he suffered in prison, but also for what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to his home town, he reopens his barber shop, where Mr. Todd becomes the Demon of Fleet Street. Mrs. Lovett is Sweeney's...
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Orphaned as a child and adopted by a police officer, Dexter has an insatiable passion for killing. So his father helps him channel this passion into becoming a cop and killing those who slip through the cracks of justice. Includes 12 episodes.
6) Rio Bravo
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
On one side is an army of gunmen dead-set on springing a murderous cohort from jail. On the other is Sheriff John T. Chance and his two deputies: one a recovering drunkard, the other a crippled codger. Also in their ragtag ranks are an unseasoned, trigger-happy youth and a woman with a past-- and her eye on Chance.
Language
English
Description
Laura Penney accidentally fell in her apartment and died. Or perhaps she was pushed. Either way, on-air film critic Terry Thorpe (William H. Macy) is suspect because he was there. He skims the hurdles of his perfect crime: a detective (Adam Arkin), a girlfriend, and a private investigator. Will he pull it off?.
8) Max Payne
Language
English
Description
Max Payne works in the cold-case unit at the police department. He becomes obsessed with finding the killer who brutally murdered his wife and infant daughter. Max becomes hell-bent on revenge and is determined to track down those responsible for the murder of his family. Max is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world.
10) Frailty
Publisher
Trimark Home Video
Edition
Widescreen version (16x9 ; 1.85:first).
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Meiks brothers, Fenton and Adam, have an idyllic relationship with their father. Their world is turned upside-down when their father suddenly announces that he has been visited by an angel who has entrusted him with the holy mission of destroying "demons". Now, years after terrorizing a small Texas community, the God's Hand Killer has returned - leaving in his wake a perplexing trail of fear and death.
Language
English
Description
"Sergio Leone's monumental picture, here in its original form, ranks among his most admired achievements. In the dying days of the Old West, a struggle to control water in a dusty desert town embroils three hard-bitten gunmen in an epic clash of greed, honor and revenge. Henry Fonda stars in his most sinister role as Frank, a hired killer who ruthlessly slays an entire family. Jason Robards plays Cheyenne, an infamous bandit framed for the slaughter....
12) Dark fields
Publisher
Lionsgate
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
The concert was supposed to be killer, but after running out of gas in the middle of nowhere, five high school friends now find themselves in for a night of terror. Seeking aid at a nearby farmhouse, their cries for help soon turn into screams for mercy, as one by one, they learn that the sole occupant has a serious ax to grind.
14) 88 minutes
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Jack Gramm is a college professor who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI. Gramm receives a death threat claiming he has only 88 minutes to live. Now he has to put together the clues and try and solve the biggest crime of his career. He narrows down the possible suspects, who include a disgruntled student, a jilted former lover, and a serial killer who is already on death row, all before his time runs out.
15) The contract
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
While on a hiking trip to reconnect with his son after the death of his wife, Ray Keene stumbles into a nightmare scenario of paid assassins and ex-military guns-for-hire lead by the mysterious Frank Cardin.
16) The cell
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
Using an experimental technique, a therapist enters the mind of a serial killer to save a child's life. Her experience becomes a nightmare when she cannot find her way out.
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
Joseph Cotten stars as Uncle Charlie, a calculating and charming killer who hides out in his relatives' small hometown. There, he befriends his favorite niece and namesake, Young Charlie. But she begins to suspect he may be the famed Merry Widow murderer. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues as the psychopathic killer plots the death of his young niece to protect his secret.
18) Psycho
Series
Publisher
Universal
Edition
Widescreen ; Collector's edition.
Language
English
Description
Horror melodrama in which a woman disappears after spending the night in an isolated motel which adjoins an eerie Victorian mansion, inhabited by a disturbed young man and his mother.
19) Se7en
Language
English
Formats
Description
Using examples of sins as a template for a serial killing spree, a murderer sets his sights on a police detective and his partner. The killer has a twisted agenda involving choosing seven victims who represent examples of transgressions from each of the Seven Deadly Sins. He views himself as the sword of God, handing out horrific punishment to these sinners. Two cops, an experienced veteran of the streets who is about to retire and the ambitious young...
20) Untraceable
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Jennifer Marsh is an FBI secret service agent who gets caught up in a very personal and deadly cat-and-mouse game involving an 'untraceable' website where a killer conducts violent and painful murders live on the internet. The more people who log on and enter the website, the quicker and more violently the victim dies.
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