Projects in genres: Action

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'A church offers refuge on a hot day' insists the bin man to the priest in Touched. But the cool interior fails to calm the visitor. He grows more menacing. A struggle between the two looks likely, but the cause may be more than a touch of madness on a summer's day.

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Well worn by years of gangland brutality, veteran Detective Eddie Argo (Skarsgard) prides himself on playing by the book. However, loyalties wane as he and his new rookie partner Helen O' Mara (George) find themselves entangled in a string of violent and horrific killings that are targeting a notorious local gang - forcing Argo to revisit a case he would rather forget.

In the midst of mounting terror, the calculating killer stays focused on the ultimate goal - to coerce Argo to pay for his previous mistakes and answer the ultimate question, would you kill the one you love to save yourself from death?

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An injured skier wakes up one morning, expecting everything to be normal. But as he limps around his house, he realises things are not as they should be. His nightmare is about to begin.

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A group of young offenders are sent to a remote Scottish island to rehabilitate.

But an unexpected predator on the island is ready to punish them in an entirely different way.

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This a journey backwards to last moments of life from the point of view of a corpse.

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A charming and poignant tale following the quest of the rejected Daniella DuPrey's yearning for her parents love. She does whatever it takes only to be pushed aside by her 'brother'.

The family have been forced to live on the streets during the Depression, so her parents decide to create a son and heir (Elroy the Third) in order to fool Grandpa so and inherit his wealth. The happy family does not last long.

Events take a turn as Elroy the Third is crowned a hero in the town, despite this being due to Daniella's hard work. The story becomes a murder mystery with a humorous twist; what goes around, comes around, or does it?
 

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When a sinister figure offers them success in exchange for murder, a group of old school friends struggle with paranoia and distrust as they turn on each other to complete the arrangement.

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The Celts need to seek a new hero to help them fight the raiding Angles.
Fingal, the Celtic hero, betrayed to the Angles led by Aeric The Axe, is murdered. Meanwhile, Roderich, the governor of Strathclyde, preparing to make himself a king by marrying the daughter of the king of Ulster, Langoreth O' Neill, has his own daughter Melangall, a disappointment to him, banished to the farm of a serf in the loch lands.

Fingal's daughter Ethne, with the aide of retainer Domlec, sets off after the Angles to avenge her father and seek help from the Picts. However, the Angles are having their own difficulties - their ship has been stolen by a Friesian merchant Aldric who had been kept captive by Aeric. When the ship is struck and sunk by a loch monster, Aldric and slave girl Hretha determine to have their revenge on Aeric.

To complicate matters, double-dealing Tudwal, the betrayer of Fingal, in exchange for the chance to marry Roderich's daughter Melangall, also sets off to find Aeric and kill him. Roderich, meanwhile, left behind to negotiate his marriage terms, finds himself agreeing that once married to Langoreth and proclaimed king, she will set off to Rome for good with her monk Oran, and be supported by Roderich for the rest of her life.

Finally, Roderich's retainer, Dyfnwal, the gentle giant who Melangall loves, realises that unless he does something to straighten matters out, the country will sink further into ruin.

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A man finds a ticking package at an airport. But how can it be a bomb when it looks so cute?

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A criminal comedy drama for young viewers, Bad Brown Owl is nine minutes of adventure, intrigue and a spectacular heist. But can new Brownie member, Rosie, thwart Bad Brown Owl's evil plans of robbery, save her sister and keep the Brownie law?

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In an anonymous authoritarian regime, an officer follows his orders. He routinely breaks and kills the regime's enemies. When one prisoner refuses to be broken, the tables are turned. He becomes the victim. The system turns on the officer and shows no mercy, begging the question: who comes next?
 

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A taut action thriller that journeys into the mind of a black armed police officer, forced to pursue a target through a derelict school and confront his darkest fears, in this exploration of race and identity.