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Resident Evil
A hapless courier (Austin Abrams) tasked with delivering a package to a remote hospital. He soon finds himself caught in the middle of an outbreak and must fight through hordes of mutated creatures to survive. While driving through a snowy mountain area, he gets distracted and hits a woman. As he tries to help, he discovers that the town is descending into chaos as a viral outbreak transforms people into violent, mutated creatures. Directed by Zach Cregger, the film runs parallel to the events of Resident Evil 2, but takes place in a modern day setting during a heavy blizzard rather than the original 1998 timeline.
 

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Drawn Together (Prime Video)
A romantic thriller about a wealthy heiress who falls in love with her bodyguard while being targeted by dangerous enemies from her father's past. Marfil Cortés is a rich 20 year old student and ballet dancer living in New York. One night, someone attacks and kidnaps her in Central Park. She wakes up days later with no memory of what happened. Marfil's powerful father, Alejandro, worries for her safety. He hires a strict and guarded bodyguard named Sebastián Moore to watch her around the clock. Marfil initially hates feeling trapped by Sebastián. Over time, their close proximity changes her resentment into a deep physical and emotional attraction. Sebastián is hiding his own secrets and connections to the conspiracy. The movie ends on a major cliffhanger where Marfil is taken again by her father's enemies, setting up the sequel film, Drawn Apart.

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Crew Girl (Netflix)
Teagan Tao is a star rower in Los Angeles with dreams of going to Stanford. Her life stops when the FBI investigates her father for massive financial fraud. Teagan and her mother, Ella, move across the country to a small town named Eagle's Cove. Teagan attends Easton Prep. The school has a boys' rowing team, but no girls' team. eagan joins the boys' team as their coxswain. She must use her tactical skills to steer the boat and whip the unruly boys into shape.

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