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Street Fighter
Estranged fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) are recruited by the mysterious Chun-Li (Callina Liang) to enter the World Warrior Tournament. Beneath the tournament lies a deadly criminal conspiracy tied to M. Bison (David Dastmalchian). Ryu and Ken must confront past demons, wrestle with the dark energy of the Satsui no Hado, and face off against each other before it results in a game over. The film is set in 1993 and opens with an animated sequence detailing the franchise's early arcade history.
 

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Animals (Netflix)
When the son of an L.A. mayoral candidate is kidnapped, he and his wife have a few hours to come up with the ransom payment. With most of their money spent on his political campaign, they have to get their hands dirty and expose a side of their lives they never intended to see the light of day. Inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low, the story follows wealthy political outsider Mark Kimmell (Ben Affleck) and his wife, Abigail (Kerry Washington), as they navigate a high stakes kidnapping. The kidnappers demand a massive ransom and force Mark into a tense psychological and ethical predicament involving class divide, corruption, and the dark realities of his own public persona.

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Below (Netflix)
Hard bitten fisherman and iceberg harvester Calvin Penney (Josh Hartnett) and marine biologist Dr. Fonda Howander (Mackenzie Davis) investigate a massive iceberg drifting into the bay. The iceberg houses a giant deep-water cephalopod (a mother squid) and her frozen egg-sac nest fleeing warming Arctic waters. Local merchant-class families (the Crockers) exploit the terror to force a community relocation and clear the village for copper and cobalt mining. A 6 episode mystery, drama, and horror miniseries created by Jesse McKeown.

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