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  • Deception (2000)
    Review preview for Deception

    Before getting excited, remember the title. Nothing is as it seems and nothing makes sense.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    An ex-con assumes his dead cellmate's identity and gets caught up in a heist.
  • French Connection II (1975)
    Review preview for French Connection II

    Aside from the fish-out-of-water angle not working, this is a decent genre thriller.

    Stephen Carty · 2.5 out of 5
    Popeye Doyle tracks a drugs kingpin to Marseilles.
  • The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
    Review preview for The Manchurian Candidate

    A compelling conspiracy thriller, one that still holds a visceral power 60 years after release

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    An American PoW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
  • Ronin (1998)
    Review preview for Ronin

    Frankenheimer's direction is so flawless and masterful that every frame of every scene flows effortlessly.

    Gator MacReady · 5 out of 5
    Heist caper starring Robert de Niro.
  • The Young Stranger (1957)
    Review preview for The Young Stranger

    While, perhaps, too obviously tied to its small screen origins, The Young Stranger is, basically, a competent piece of craftsmanship.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 3 out of 5
    A rehash of Rebel Without A Cause about a misunderstood Fifties American teenager.

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