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Plot Summary:
In the heat of an American desert, Captain Jean Farrell arrives at a secret military installation, run by the enigmatic Doctor Harlan Jessup. Jessup is conducting 'Operation Sandman', an experiment involving a group of soldiers who have volunteered to be injected with 'the Juice', a drug which enables them to function without sleep. The team of soldiers, led by gruff and abusive 'Gunny' Riggins continually takes part in Virtual Reality scenarios whereby they face terrorists, kidnappers, guerrillas and a plethora of other situations that demand split-second timing, and undying obedience in the face of danger. They have continued for nearly three weeks without sleep, and their response times and reactions are better than ever. But there is a problem. As the test continues, the soldiers begin to see 'freaks', hallucinations that intrude on their consciousness and disturb their concentration. Jessup is on the point of getting government funding for the project and cannot afford hiccups,.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Plot Summary:
Sometime in the near future, paraplegic prison inmate Matt Mills meets "The Board" of Satoshi-Telefair Industries, who thank him for joining the Program. Under pressure and with a promise to make him walk again, Mills agrees to volunteer. He is injected with a synthetic nanomaterial and suffocated, only to wake up with restored use of his legs, yet alone in a steel cell in the first spoke of an experimental apparatus - The Wheel. A series of assailants inflict a multitude of damage to Mills' body and torment his mind, yet the synthetic nanomaterial not only restores his damaged organs, it re-engineers his strength. The experiment might be designed to kill, but Mills is determined to survive - and get back to his daughter before The Board finds her first.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 588
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Indonesia, USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, apocalyptic, futuristic
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Plot Summary:
1963 Military Industrialist Arthur Blackmark must race against the clock to stop an international incident which threatens to end the world.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mockbuster
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, independent film
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IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Blackout (2020)
Plot Summary:
When a nuclear plant is sabotaged, the power grid in Belgium crashes. Prime Minister Annemie Hillebrand is forced to prolong the blackout, otherwise her daughter -who has been kidnapped- will die. Can Michael Dendoncker of the counter terrorism unit, rescue the girl in a country that's off the grid.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 677
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration:
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Implanted (2021)
Plot Summary:
Sarah, a struggling young woman, agrees to volunteer as a test subject and be implanted with the LEXX nanochip for a pharmaceutical company experiment. She hopes that the money received for her participation will solve her financial troubles. When the implant turns sinister and orders her to commit crimes, Sarah is plunged into a murderous spiral with only one choice: to live or die.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Plot Summary:
The military have captured and imprisoned a supernatural entity. And now it wants to play.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: mecha, exciting, tense, captivating, futuristic, anime
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Plot Summary:
Jane, a young soldier, is exposed to a biochemical weapon that endows her with self-healing powers. She uses her abilities to fight crime while eluding the military.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, action adventure
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 335
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 110000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: exciting, disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense
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IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 658
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
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IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 549
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Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 568
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Country: USA
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Plot tags: serious, rough, tense, suspense, realistic
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IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
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Dogworld (2021)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 693
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Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Deep (2021)
Plot Summary:
Four insomniac med school students are lured into a neuroscience experiment that spirals out of control and must find a way out before it’s too late.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological, deep
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Rocket Hunter (2020)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 1.4
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 70000
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Country: India
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Major (2022)
Plot Summary:
This biopic follows the life of Indian Army officer Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, from his childhood to his heroic actions during the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Android Insurrection (2012)
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IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 621
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 950
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 527
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min
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