Death and the Compass 1996  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alex Cox
Cast: Peter Boyle, Christopher Eccleston, Miguel Sandoval, Zaide Silvia Gutierrez, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Alonso Echanove, Ariane Pellicer, Gabriela Gurrola, Roberto Sosa, Bruno Bichir, Eduardo Lopez Rojas
This tale is set in what appears to be a futuristic city where a popular detective, Erik Lonnrot (Peter Boyle), is working on the case of a murdered rabbi. He believes that the murder was occult motivated, but his superior believes it was a simple botched theft by a notorious criminal. Another death further convinces Erik that his theory is correct. The story plays out in a surreal environment as good fights evil.
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 The Matador 2005  R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
Director: Richard Shepard
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Philip Baker Hall, Adam Scott, Dylan Baker, Roberto Sosa, Jonah Meyerson, Portia Dawson, Antonia Zavala
Denver salesman Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear) is grieving over his son's death when he meets hit-man Julian Noble (Pierce Brosnan) at a bar in Mexico City. The two attend a bullfight together, and a bond is formed. Six months later the friendship is rekindled when Julian appears at Danny's Denver home and tells Danny that he needs a place to hide because he has messed up one too many deals and is now the target of his superiors.
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Red Daybreak 1989 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jorge Fons
Cast: Hector Bonilla, Maria Rojo, Jorge Fegan, Ademar Arau, Demian Bichir, Bruno Bichir, Marta Aura, Eduardo Palomo, Carlos Cardan, Simon Guevara, Roberto Sosa
Mexico City just before the Olympic Games of 1968 is the setting for this drama involving an uprising of students who believe that changes in their living conditions must be made. The uprising is brutally suppressed by the government as hundreds of people are killed.
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| 1. Death and the Compass (1996)
2. Highway Patrolman (1992)
3. The Matador (2005)
4. Red Daybreak (1989)
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