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  • Armoured (2009)
    Review preview for Armoured

    Clips along at a fast enough pace for you to avoid noticing its flaws.

    Donald Munro · 3.5 out of 5
    A former soldier in financial difficulty is persuaded to take part in a heist, but nothing goes to plan.
  • Accepted (2006)
    Review preview for Accepted

    Its amiable heroes and starched villains fill out a familiar storyline with gusto.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Rejected from eight colleges, Bartleby decides to start his own.
  • The Girl Is In Trouble (2015)
    Review preview for The Girl Is In Trouble

    The Girl Is In Trouble may not have many new things to say, but it says them well.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A Lower East Side bartender becomes entangled in a murder mystery involving a desperate woman, a missing drug dealer and the scion of a powerful investment firm.
  • The Losers (2010)
    Review preview for The Losers

    Clichéd archetypes these characters might be, but the cast playing them are immensely likeable and, most importantly, funny.

    Owen Van Spall · 2.5 out of 5
    A special forces team are out for vengeance after being left for dead by their handler.
  • Quarantine (2008)
    Review preview for Quarantine

    The ghost of [Rec] haunts the production, which is enough to ensure it stays semi-focused upon the horror of being trapped in a vortex of feral rage.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Firemen face deadly virus in LA apartment block.
  • Whiteout (2009)
    Review preview for Whiteout

    Whiteout should have been great; unfortunately it's god awful.

    Darren Amner · 1 out of 5
    A US Marshall hunts a murderer in Antarctica on the even of a six month night.

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