rob44's - Rented List

Gritty British thriller in the vein of 'Reservoir Dogs'. In the aftermath of a London heist gone wrong, six armed robbers must hide at a deserted safe house. With one member dead, one dying and a traitor in their midst, explosive tensions rise as night falls. Who will live to see daybreak?

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Four friends stumble into a deal too good to refuse. But when the investment goes bad, they learn that part of their funding came from a notoriously ruthless crime boss...and it's payback time.

Now they must successfully kidnap a family member of a rival kingpin in order to erase the life-threatening debt. In way over their heads, if they can complete the assigned task without screwing up, they just might escape with their lives.

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Daring physicist Jim Beale has invented a machine that can fold space-time and ruthless corporate tycoon Klaus Meisner will stop at nothing to get it. When Jim uses the machine to tear open the fabric of the universe, a rare Dahlia appears from the future.

But in order to keep the rights to his invention he must prove it works by finding the flower's identical match in the present. Jim soon discovers that the Dahlia lies in the hands of the mysterious Abby. Convinced that she is in league with Klaus, Jim travels back in time to stop the conspiracy before it can happen. But once in the past, Jim uncovers a surprising truth about Abby, the machine and his own uncertain future.

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New York, 1974. Fifty-year-old Chris (Clive Owen) has just been released on good behavior, several years after he was involved in a gangland murder. Waiting for him reluctantly outside the prison gates is his younger brother, Frank (Billy Crudup), a cop with a bright future.

Hoping that Chris has changed, Frank is willing to give his brother a chance; he shares his home, finds him a job, and helps him reconnect with his children and his ex-wife (Marion Cotillard). But Chris' past quickly begins to catch up with him, and his descent back into a life of crime becomes inevitable. For Frank, it's the last in a long line of betrayals, and he banishes him from his life. But it's already too late; the brothers' destiny will be bounded, forever. Blood ties are the ones that bind.

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"Allelujah" is a warm, humourous, and deeply moving story about surviving old age. When the geriatric ward in a small Yorkshire hospital is threatened with closure, the hospital decides to fight back.

"Allelujah" celebrates the spirit of the elderly patients whilst paying tribute to the deep humanity of the medical staff battling with limited resources and ever-growing demand.

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In order to free his family from financial worries, Marc Duval (Gilles Lellouche), a Frenchman expatriated to Gibraltar, becomes a spy for French customs.

From petty trafficking to shady cargo, he progressively wins the trust of Claudio Lanfredi (Riccardo Scamarcio), a powerful cocaine importer tied to the dangerous Columbian cartels. This in-depth immersion in the world of drug trafficking forces Marc to take increasing risks, but, as he rises in the cartel hierarchy, he also discovers easy money, temptation and a luxury lifestyle. Permanently living on a knife edge, only his lies keep him alive. When the English customs join the game to arrest Lanfredi, it becomes even more dangerous and Marc's family risks paying the ultimate price.

When revolutionary, experimental human drone tech falls into enemy hands, it's up to the leader of an elite C.I.A. group (Bruce Willis) and his team to draft a black-ops soldier into service to retrieve the weapons system at any cost.

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168 Allied airmen hiding with the French Resistance are betrayed by a double agent and arrested by the German Gestapo. Denied POW status and sent to the infamous Buchenwald Concentration Camp, their fight for survival becomes one of the most incredible stories of WWII.

Featuring a multinational group of survivors from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand, 'Lost Airmen of Buchenwald' tells their riveting story after decades of secrecy by their own governments. Facing starvation, disease, execution, forced marches, and even a bombing by their own side, the airmen are in a race against time to get out of Buchenwald alive.

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This triumphant celebration of the incomparable Whitney Houston (Naomi Ackie) is the untold story of the complex and multifaceted woman behind The Voice.

From New Jersey choir girl to one of the best-selling and most awarded recording artists of all time, follow the inspirational, poignant - and so emotional - journey through Houston's trailblazing life and career, with show-stopping performances and a soundtrack of the icon's most beloved hits as you've never heard them before.

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For the first time in the cinematic history of 'Spider-Man', our friendly neighbourhood hero's identity is revealed, bringing his Super Hero responsibilities into conflict with his normal life and putting those he cares about most at risk.

When he enlists Doctor Strange's (Benedict Cumberbatch)'s help to restore his secret, the spell tears a hole in their world, releasing the most powerful villains who've ever fought a Spider-Man in any universe. Now, Peter (Tom Holland) will have to overcome his greatest challenge yet, which will not only forever alter his own future but the future of the Multiverse.

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Ui-gang (Jang Hyuk) is a legendary hitman who has decided to retire from the business and pursue a normal life. When his wife takes a trip, she issues a request for Ui-gang to look after her travel companion's 17-year-old daughter, Yoon-ji (K-pop star Lee Seo-young aka Anne from GWSN).

Ui-gang reluctantly agrees, but when the girl with a wild streak falls afoul of gangsters, she finds herself kidnapped and in a situation more dangerous than she ever imagined. However, while Yoon-ji is in over her head, her captors will also find themselves with more than they can handle when Ui-gang begins tearing the city apart to get her back.

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A gripping tale of love and honour forged between fierce enemies of war, Emperor unfolds the story, inspired by true events, of the bold and secret moves that won the peace in the shadows of post-war Japan.

Matthew Fox joins with Academy Award winner Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune and Toshiyuki Nishida to bring to life the American occupation of Japan in the perilous and unpredictable days just after Emperor Hirohito's World War II surrender.

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Collin (Daveed Diggs), a parolee facing his final three days of probation, needs to stay clear of trouble. Miles (Rafael Casal), Collin's hot-tempered best friend, can't stay out of it.

When Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two men's friendship is tested, sending Collin and Miles on a collision course with each other in this bold and thought-provoking film that bursts with energy, style and humour.

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In a post-apocalyptic world, where natural resources have long since dried-up, a prince from The Oasis - one of the world's last known safe-havens - must venture out to find a cure for his dying mother (Lucy Liu).

Along the way he must battle with the brutal Warlord (James Franco), his lethal Al robot and the demonic Druglord (Milla Jovovich) which leads to a high-octane, ferocious journey through the desolate wastelands.

From director and writer Sam Mendes (1917 and Skyfall), and set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, 'Empire of Light' is a moving drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times.