Extraction 2020

Extraction 2020

Extraction 2020

Extraction 2020
R | 1h 56min | Action | 24 April 2020 (USA)

Storyline:

In an underworld of weapons dealers and traffickers, a young boy becomes the pawn in a war between notorious drug lords. Trapped by kidnappers inside one of the world’s most impenetrable cities, his rescue beckons the unparalleled skill of a mercenary named Tyler Rake, but Rake is a broken man with nothing to lose, harboring a death wish that makes an already deadly mission near impossible.

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Tough Enough 2006

Tough Enough 2006

Tough Enough 2006

Tough Enough 2006
Knallhart (original title)
1h 38min | Crime, Drama | 12 February 2006 (Germany)

Storyline:

From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of Berlin called Neukölln. It’s about power and weakness, delinquents and victims, and the difficulties a 15-year-old faces in a poor and criminal environment.

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Pinch 2015

Pinch 2015

Pinch 2015

Pinch 2015
1h 21min | Crime, Drama | August 2015 (Australia)

Storyline:

A light-fingered teen living in industrial suburbia struggles in the shadow of his Mother’s desperate need for an organ donor. When he skips school to take a job at a second hand car yard he soon uncovers a front for a local crime syndicate. Convinced he can buy his Mother a second chance at life, he schemes to pinch a large drug haul, but soon discovers life sinking from naive penny pinching to the abyss of major crime.

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Sound and Fury 1988

Sound and Fury 1988

Sound and Fury 1988

Sound and Fury 1988
De bruit et de fureur (original title)
1h 35min | Drama | 1 June 1988 (France)

Storyline:

This drama depicts the misery of neglected children in big cities. 13 years old Bruno is of a good family, but since the death of his grandmother he spends most of his time alone, in a phantasy world, while his mother is away at work. But then he befriends the violent Jean-Roger, who’s from a severely disturbed family, where nobody cares what he’s doing. In school Jean-Roger drives their teacher into despair just for fun. To separate the two boys, she starts to stimulate Bruno’s interests by giving him extra lessons. When Jean-Roger fears loosing his one and only friend, he becomes even more aggressive.

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Out in the Open 2019

Out in the Open 2019

Out in the Open 2019

Out in the Open 2019
Intemperie (original title)
1h 43min | Thriller | 22 November 2019 (Spain)

Storyline:

In a tyrannical and oppressive Spain of misery and poorness, a child starts a runaway looking for freedom.

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