You are carrying something for someone else at a cost to yourself they probably don't fully know. That particular math has a way of converting, slowly, into a hard low-grade fuel. You did not ask to be here. You are here. And since you are carrying this weight anyway, you have decided to carry it somewhere, to build something with the person you are becoming under the pressure of it, because if this is the situation you are in you are at least going to make it mean something. These films are about that exact leverage. The weight that becomes the thing that moves you forward.
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
Built from the same fuel you are running on right now. The conversion from feeling dismissed to doing something about it is very clean in this story.
Built for forward motion
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she conside
Characters who were underestimated and did not disappear. The spite is in the architecture of the whole thing.
Knows this engine
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort
It knows this energy and treats it as legitimate. You will feel understood before you feel better, which is the right order.
Clean conversion
When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before it strikes again.
It runs on the same engine and it knows how to use it. You will recognize the feeling in here without having to name it.
Doesn't look away
Built from the same conversion you are running right now. Feeling into motion.
Two highly trained operatives grow close from a distance after being sent to guard opposite sides of a mysterious gorge. When an evil below emerges, they must work together to survive what lies within.
Built from the same fuel you are running on right now. The conversion from feeling dismissed to doing something about it is very clean in this story.
Built for forward motion
A peculiar girl transforms into a cat to catch her crush's attention. But before she realizes it, the line between human and animal starts to blur.
Characters who were underestimated and did not disappear. The spite is in the architecture of the whole thing.
Knows this engine
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Moto
It knows this energy and treats it as legitimate. You will feel understood before you feel better, which is the right order.
Clean conversion
Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other aga
It runs on the same engine and it knows how to use it. You will recognize the feeling in here without having to name it.
Doesn't look away
In the aftermath of the Fourth Impact, stranded without their Evangelions, Shinji, Asuka and Rei find refuge in one of the rare pockets of humanity that still exist on the ruined planet Earth. There, each lives a life far different from their days as an Evangelion pilot. However,
Built from the same fuel you are running on right now. The conversion from feeling dismissed to doing something about it is very clean in this story.
Built for forward motion
After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new fa
Characters who were underestimated and did not disappear. The spite is in the architecture of the whole thing.
Knows this engine
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
It knows this energy and treats it as legitimate. You will feel understood before you feel better, which is the right order.
Clean conversion
A young Spanish woman who has newly moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.
It runs on the same engine and it knows how to use it. You will recognize the feeling in here without having to name it.
Doesn't look away
The fuel is real. These know how to use it.