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Key Features:
Revenge, Ex-convict, Sheriff, Small town setting, Justice, Redemption, Violence-moderate, Moral ambiguity, Past trauma, Law enforcement, Mexico City, Crime, Thriller
Tone:
serious, gritty, suspense-driven
Target Audience:
Crime drama enthusiasts, Viewers interested in moral conflicts, Fans of suspenseful narratives, Those who appreciate gritty realism
Emotional Arc:
Anticipation → Dread

Two Men in Town

2014-05-07
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A convict is released from prison in a small town in New Mexico. 18 years ago he killed a deputy. The then-and-now sheriff seeks revenge.

Genres
Crime, Drama
Cast
Forest Whitaker, Harvey Keitel, Brenda Blethyn, Luis Guzmán, Dolores Heredia, Ellen Burstyn, Tim Guinee, Reg E. Cathey, Sarah Minnich, Stan Carp
Crew
Rachid Bouchareb, Daniel Boulanger, José Giovanni
Rating
5.5(88 votes)
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Small Crimes
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The Bravados
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7.1

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Valdez Is Coming
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Decision at Sundown

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Man with the Gun
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Bandolero!
6.5

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6.2

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Lawman(1971)
6.48

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Disturbing the Peace

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Vigilante
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The Border
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6

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The Fury of a Patient Man

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6.17

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Beyond the Law
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Small Town Crime
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Los Reyes County, Arizona. Leland, a retired lawman, works with Wallace, the new sheriff who replaces him, when a vicious hit man, sent by a Mexican drug cartel, threatens their border small town.



Gunslinger's Revenge

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Ilya Goryunov has spent seven years in prison on false charges of drug trafficking. When Ilya is free he realizes that the old life that he yearned for is no more. Although he did not intend to take revenge on the man who sent him to prison, now there is no other way out.



Easy Money: Hard to Kill

JW is serving hard time in prison and struggling to get back on an honest path. There are glimmers of hope in his life – some venture capitalists are interested in a new piece of trading software he's developed, and while behind bars he's made peace with an old enemy. This all proves to be an illusion. On leave from prison, and back in contact with his former gang, JW learns that once you've walked in the shoes of a criminal there just may be no going back.



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6.588

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Mercury Plains
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A Somewhat Gentle Man
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Warlock
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6.7

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Johnny Handsome
6.32

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6.554

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6.313

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6.7

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6.7

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6.459

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6.396

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7.4

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Man on Fire
7.5

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Le Deuxième Souffle

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7.5

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.



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6.607

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7.708

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6.1

Eddie Lomax is a drifter who has been in a suicidal funk since the death of his close friend Johnny. Riding his motorcycle into a small desert town where Johnny once lived, Lomax is confronted by a gang of toughs, who beat him and steal his bike. However, Lomax is not a man to take an injustice lying down, and soon he begins exacting a violent revenge on the men who stole his motorcycle, with local handyman Jubal Early lending a hand and several area ladies offering aid and comfort.



A Score to Settle
5.8

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And God Said to Cain

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6.1

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