 Dirty Pretty Things 2002  R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sergi Lopez, Sophie Okonedo, Benedict Wong, Zlatko Buric, Kriss Dosanjh, Israel Aduramo, Yemi Ajibade, Nizwar Karanj
Problems faced by illegal immigrants are the focus of this story. Okwe (Chiwetel Ejiofor) was a Nigerian doctor who now ekes out a living in London working as a cab driver and hotel porter. Then there is his friend, Senay (Audrey Tautou), who is a Turkish illegal immigrant finding survival by offering sexual favors to her sweatshop boss. As if that's not enough, the hotel manager (Sergi Lopez) buys human kidneys from desperate donors, which he sells on the black market. Despite all, Okwe and Senay are survivors.
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Shatter 1974  R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Call Him Mr. Shatter
Director: Michael Carreras
Cast: Stuart Whitman, Ti Lung, Lily Li, Peter Cushing, Anton Diffring, Yemi Ajibade, Liu Ka Yong, Huang Pei Chi, Lau Kar Wing, Lo Wei
Hit-man Shatter (Stuart Whitman) is hiding out in Hong Kong after his latest contract: assassination of an African leader. Now it appears that everyone is on his trail, both gad guys and good guys. Not up to Hammer Productions standards and a departure from the films that made it popular. Michael Carreras finished the film–but only after the first two directors had left the project.
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| 1. Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
2. Shatter (1974)
aka: Call Him Mr. Shatter
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