Clockers

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1995
Mystery, Crime, Drama

Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the killer. Det. Rocco Klein doesn’t buy the story, however, setting out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.

What a drama should be. Emotional, but not cheesy, and tops many action movies with its intensity.
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Panic Room

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2002
Crime, Drama, Thriller

Trapped in their New York brownstone’s panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders – Burnham, Raoul and Junior – during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.

The action takes place in a house, but the intensity tops many bigger budget thrillers. That’s what happens when a simple-looking script is given to professional hands.
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