Projects in genres: Action

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Paris, 2054. Ilona Tasuiev, a young, brilliant researcher is violently kidnapped. Initial attempts to find her are in vain. Avalon, a giant multinational corporation and her employer, wants her found at any cost and has requested that Officer Bartholomew Karas (Daniel Craig), a hostage specialist and the most controversial cop in the force, be in charge of the case.

Karas finds a connection between Ilona and scientist Dr Jonas Muller (Ian Holm), and he meets Ilona’s beautiful sister Bislane (Catherine McCormack). He builds an intriguing picture of the missing girl and he retraces her movements through the jungles that are the new Parisian districts: he is spied on, threatened, witnesses are assassinated and someone tries to kill him.

The cop no longer knows if his quarry is angel or monster. To find Ilona becomes a matter of life or death for Karas and for the whole of civilization.

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The heroes of Reptile Day - that day when all the reptiles' heads exploded - have chosen to live a quiet life, but can they keep it that way? Reptile Day is a comedy sci-fi thriller which looks back to Méliès, putting actors into a cartoon world, drawn by comic-book genius, D'Israeli.
 

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Soul purification demands a journey consisting in three basic steps. Once every human being on Earth has successfully completed the journey, then, and only then, will God be resuscitated.
 

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Is our protagonist about to commit a terrible crime or revisiting the scene? Does a film location have a life of its own? A scene from a film by Michelangelo Antonioni is reinterpreted and chosen because of its reliance on physical surroundings. Is the audience to expect fiction or reality?

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When Mob boss Primo Sparazza took out a $1 million contract on Buddy ‘Aces’ Israel (Jeremy Piven), a sleazy magician who agreed to turn state’s evidence against the Vegas mob, word spread quickly throughout the criminal underworld. Bounty hunters, thugs-for-hire, smokin’ hot vixens and double-crossing mobsters all joined in the hunt. The FBI, sensing a chance to use Aces to bring down Sparazza, placed him into protective custody – under the supervision of two agents (Ryan Reynolds and Ray Liotta) who were dispatched to Aces’ casino hideout. With all eyes on Tahoe, a wave of various hired 'guns' collide in a darkly comic race to hit the jackpot and rub out Aces, all while the FBI is trying to keep him alive.

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When a young woman, Beth, has problems trying to sleep, she visits psychoanalyst Dr Miller who suggests that she films herself sleeping in order for him to assess her sleeping patterns. When a technical fault interrupts his viewing of the tape, Dr Miller calls Beth to ask her to repeat the process, but in doing so misses a vital piece of footage that could hold the key to saving her from her nightmares.

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Kaspar, a struggling writer, wakes to find his world twisted by sleep deprivation and mistaken identity.

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Disillusioned, middle class accountant Tom (Steven Mackintosh) has lost everything, including the will to live. In the back streets of London he searches for a gun. When he meets D (Ashley Walters), a homeless drug addict, Tom thinks he can buy what he needs without getting his hands dirty. But what D's offering comes with more than just a price tag.

In a derelict warehouse, the transaction is underway. But D stalls, he is loving the rarity of a captive audience for his incessant, high-octane chatter. Elsewhere, local crime Kingpin Hoodwink (Andy Serkis) explodes with anger. He has been robbed in his own home, and he wants the culprit and his property back - now.

Bursting into the warehouse, Hoodwink is quick to lay into D with the beating of a lifetime. Tom intervenes, and for his efforts, he too, receives a savage beating from Hoodwink.

Desperate for his life, D points the finger at three others. Hoodwink leaves to continue his rampage elsewhere, but both D and Tom know it's only a matter of time before Hoodwink discovers the truth about the gun - and returns to find it, and them.

With the impending threat of Hoodwink on their backs, D and Tom play an intense game of cat and mouse, scrambling to cut a deal and make sense of the very lives they may be about to lose .

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Temerario is the story of Rio, a young cowboy shot and left for dead in the desert. In the throes of his fear and agony, Rio dreams of a revenge that causes great pain and suffering. As a tortured old man, Rio is then forced to confront the evil within him that drove him to bring about such anguish, in the form of a duel with his Shadowside.
 

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'Eddie' Ahmed is waiting to be interviewed for a new job. The interview is for a job he never even applied for but Human Resources seem to know what they're doing.

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Based on the critically acclaimed stage play by Glyn Maxwell, The Best Man tells the story of Bailey, the best man at his oldest friend's wedding. In his search for anecdotes to embellish his speech, Bailey has stumbled across a secret so shocking that it change everything. And now it's time for his speech. Just what does he know? How much will he reveal?

Moving between the fraught wedding reception and the darkest moments from their past, The Best Man is a tale of love and cheating - with a sting.
 

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A casual jog in the Yorkshire countryside suddenly becomes a wild sprint for his life when, attempting to evade her ravenous guard dog, Jack desperately takes a bicycle from a cantankerous old crone.

Set in the medieval city of York, England, The Bike Thief unfolds in a series of farcical conflicts that spiral out of control as a result of Jack's original theft. Featuring a riveting international cast and stunning photography, this hilarious thriller is guaranteed to set everyone's wheels spinning.