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★★★★☆ Running Scared (2006)

Plot: Low-level mob hand and loving family man Joey Gazelle (Walker) finds his life turned upside-down when he ignores the mob’s instructions to dispose of a gun used in the fatal shooting of a corrupt cop during a bungled drug buy.

 
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★★★½☆ Hellboy (2004)

Plot: FBI agent John Myers (Evans) has just gotten a new assignment with the super-secret Section 51. He comes to find out that Section 51 is a paranormal team of unique individuals led by an elderly man named “Broom” (Hurt). Among this team of paranormal is Hellboy (Perlman): A red demon now fighting on the side of good. But, will even Hellboy be enough to stop an evil villain who is trying to unleash the Seven Gods of Chaos? Based on the Dark Horse Comic by the same name.

 
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★★☆☆☆ Bulletproof Monk (2003)

Plot: In 1943, a Tibetan monk (Yun Fat) has been chosen to protect a mighty secret: a scroll that will give anyone who reads it aloud ultimate power. For sixty years, this monk has been protecting it from Struker (Roden), a man intent on making the entire world over in his image. Now, this monk has come to America, and his hopes of saving humanity lie with…a pickpocket named Kar (Scott). He’s definitely got his work cut out for him. Based on the comic book by The Flypaper Press.