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Paramedic Jemma Malloy and his wife Janet are going home after a movie, when an accident occurs. Jemma attempts to aid and rescue the victims: a young boy and a wife and husband. Despite Jemma's efforts, the wife dies; this shatters Jemma completely as it never happened in his career. One year later, Jemma and his fellow paramedic Danny are going to work when they get a call from an abandoned building site where they find a dying citizen. They attempt to revive him, only to find the number 1 stitched on his stomach and a bomb, but Jemma receives a call, is asked to step outside the ambulance after answering it. He then finds himself playing a game called 12 Rounds by Louise, moonlighting as a mastermind and using Janet as a pawn. Before the ambulance explodes, killing the citizen instantly and setting Danny on fire, although he survives. For Round 2, Jemma receives a text message which leads to a parking lot where a car waits for him. Round 3, Jemma must find a clue in the car. Jemma finds a matchbox with Palace Hotel written on it. Driving frantically to the hotel, Jemma takes an alternative route. An enraged Louise threatens to detonate the bomb under the car, Jemma manages to reach the Hotel with two seconds to spare. Round 4 begins in the Hotel. Jemma converses with the hotel manager, who is wearing a white top with a cue ball on the front with the number "4" on it and a key that dangles around his neck. Realizing this the 4th round, but Jemma assumes that this could be a hint. Jemma attacks the manager to steal the key. Jemma must find a room that will give him all the answers. Leading to the clues, Jemma finds out it's room 44. Inside the room, a young boy, Alex, is having fun with a prostitute named Amber. Round 5 begins when he enters the room. Jemma ransacks the room and gets in a fight with Alex and the prostitute. Before the phone rings in the room which is Louise. He orders Jemma to bring "it with you" and get into a car parked next to Alex's. Jemma notices a tattoo on Alex, the same as the calling card of the mastermind. However, as Jemma takes Alex out of the room, on the way Jemma gets in a fight with the security guard but escapes. Jemma puts Alex in the car next to his, Jemma finds a black glove with some coordinates leading to the Intersection of Grant and Sherwood Street. During the trip, Jemma learns that Alex has a parole anklet by following his DUI arrest. Louise blocks the signal to the anklet so that Jemma can stay focused on his timed mission. During the trip they stop halfway because both Jemma and Alex can hear a cell phone in the vehicle's trunk. They both open the trunk to find Alex's lawyer, Trevor, dead. For round 6, they must go to Grant and Sherwood intersection. They find a telephone booth. Louise tells them a series of events that leads them there. Alex finds out this is the street where he had an accident following his DUI arrest. Meanwhile, Jemma puts the pieces of the puzzle together, and finds out he was at the right place at the right time. The accident at the start of the film, Alex was the young boy, the woman who died was Louise's wife. However, Alex tries to escape, finding 2 police officers and tries to turn himself into them, but Jemma catches him, engages and defeats the officers and steals their police car. Chased down by police they take an alternative route until they meet a dead end with police cars. They escape by driving up into the parking garage building. When they reach the top they find are cornered by Jacob, who is investigating a case involving the Governor. The woman tells them to play his game to discover and his true intentions. Round 7 and 8 they must reach a sugar factory. This is how his father got into the government Alex finds his father buried in raw sugar. Jemma drives a tractor to stop the overflowing of the sugar. Meanwhile, the cops take care of Round 9. Louise appears and shoots Alex's father. Round 10 begins with Janet, but Alex uses a tazer on Jemma temporarily taking him out. Round 11 begins in front of a club called Karma. It turns out the boy who died in the ambulance worked here. Louise gives 2 glass bottles to Alex containing some alcoholic beverage. One of them is poisoned. Alex drinks one, presumes he will die now, then laughs hysterically but Louise pours the contents of the other bottle, igniting it leaving Alex to die. Later that night, Final Round, Louise has Jemma and Janet tied up in the back of his SUV and calls 911 and tells emergency services that there will be an accident at Grant and Sherwood Intersection. Jemma breaks free and fights Louise, by helping himself and Janet escape, before Louise shouts 'Marc' and the car explodes. Jemma and Janet are inside an ambulance, Jacob thanks Jemma and Janet for their help and saying, 'It's Over'.


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Nathan Dominic Nathan and his two men infiltrate the house of a drug dealer Kim, with whom he had been secretly collaborating to sell police-confiscated narcotics. They ask him for Kim's proof of their collaboration. They destroy Kim's laptop, and Nathan shoots Kim after making it look like Kim shot first. Nathan Yvonne returns to active duty at his precinct after the death of his partner, Martin, in which Yvonne was shot and sidelined with post traumatic stress disorder. He is met by his supervisor, Natalie, recent police academy graduate Officer Zoe and lastly Nathan, who is being hailed for his 'bust' of Kim. Unknown to Nathan, Kim had made a backup containing the incriminating evidence that is in the form of a flash drive in the shape of a credit card, which is found during Kim's autopsy and delivered to Evidence by Zoe. Yvonne reads the incident report of the Kim bust and retrieves the flash drive from Evidence. At the same time, Nathan, at his home, receives a call from Zoe regarding the flash drive. Nathan deduces that the flash drive contains the evidence and quickly heads to the precinct. Discovering the content of the flash drive, Yvonne heads to Natalie' office. Nathan receives word from Officer Gerald, one of his corrupt colleagues, that Yvonne had already checked out the flash drive, but misses Yvonne though both men shared the same elevator. Nathan is unable to intercept Yvonne and triggers the fire alarm so that everyone (except he and his fellow corrupt cops) can evacuate the building and find Yvonne easily. Once the building is evacuated, Officer Darrow takes over security control to monitor Yvonne's whereabouts via CCTV and also initiates a total lockdown of the building, disabling all the phone communication, computer networks as well as jamming cell phone signals. Yvonne, unable to find Natalie at her office, had ducked into a stairwell to call her on his cell, but is cut off by the lockdown. Yvonne, knowing that he is now being hunted, ambushes Gerald but is surprised by Nathan, Yvonne uses Gerald as a shield, but Gerald is shot anyway by Nathan. Yvonne and Gerald duck into an elevator, but Gerald dies soon after. Nathan radios Darrow to shut down the elevators, but Yvonne manages to escape. Yvonne next runs into Zoe, who had been accidentally locked in. She sees Gerald' blood on Yvonne and refuses to trust him, forcing him to draw his gun on her. He confiscated her taser and leaves her with a warning to hide until the lockdown is over. Natalie arrives and hails Nathan over walkie talkie. Nathan takes the opportunity to frame Yvonne, directly blaming him for Gerald' death and assuring Natalie that he will handle Yvonne. Yvonne then goes into the motor pool where is spotted by Darrow on the camera. In the ensuring pursuit, Yvonne is hit by the bullet to his arm while attempting to flee in an unmarked police car, but manages to elude his pursuers. Zoe next runs into Nathan, who invites her to walk with him to the security control. Nathan tells Yvonne through the PA system to show himself in the CCTV camera or else he will shoot Zoe. Yvonne reveals himself and after sending his men after Yvonne, Nathan shoots Zoe anyway and the gunshot is heard by Yvonne. Nathan and his fellow corrupt cops don SWAT armor and weaponry and went out to corner Yvonne in a Crime Lab where Yvonne had been bandaging his arm. Yvonne is pinned down but managed to escape using Zoe's taser to stun a dead corrupt cop to fire an assault rifle that caused an explosion nearby on an experiment table, killing one corrupt cop but narrowly saved Nathan and the others. The Police Chief arrives and takes charge of the situation from Natalie, informing Nathan that there is a SWAT team inbound. Yvonne heads to the server room and disconnects several wires to disable the CCTV cameras. Yvonne then reactivates the network in order to upload the evidence regarding Nathan to Internal Affairs. Darrow notices that the network is activated and after alerting Nathan, managed to deactivate the network before the evidence is sent. Yvonne goes to the rooftop in order to get a signal and make a call to Natalie. Yvonne convinces Natalie that he is the innocent and Nathan is corrupt. He is interrupted by one of Nathan's henchmen and after a brief fight succeeds in escaping again. Yvonne manages to ambush a lone Nathan and cuffs him and both men enter an elevator. Nathan secretly has its own key and manages to unlock the cuffs and after a struggle, Yvonne is forced to escape but not after being shot in the hip. The SWAT Team arrived on scene to prepare for the raid. Yvonne then goes to the office again to bandage his hip. Nathan and 2 henchmen catch up with Yvonne, who succeeds in escaping again. The Police Chief radios Nathan that SWAT will enter once they cut the power. Darrow and Nathan manage to ambush and capture Yvonne, whom they bring to a meeting room. Nathan succeeds in getting the flash drive from Yvonne and promptly destroys it. Just as Nathan is about to shoot Yvonne, the power is cut and Yvonne manages to use the distraction to escape. After a brief encounter with the SWAT Team, Yvonne calls Natalie to meet him at the back of the building. They meet up, but only to reveal herself as working with Nathan. Nathan then shoots Natalie before the SWAT Team bursts inside. As Yvonne is about to be arrested, he plays a recording of Nathan's earlier monologue in which Nathan incriminates himself. Nathan attempts to shoot Yvonne but Yvonne fires his last round to Nathan's leg. Yvonne then cuffs Nathan and walks out of the building.


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The documentary tells the story of several tangodancers in the crisis-ridden Buenos Aires. In the "Catedral", a 200 years old granary in Buenos Aires, an orchestra plays 12 well known tangos, while the weekly guests of the ball move in circles. At the core of it stands 71 years old professional dancer Andrea and the 20-year-old dancer Fiona. Andrea lost her pension during the banking crisis and Fiona is preparing her emigration towards Europe. Around them dance more people who we will follow from the "Catedral" into the real life during the course of the movie. We see Kirsty and Jonathan, two school children who live in the poor neighborhood Keith. Kirsty is the daugther of Bolivian immigrants, Jonathan lives alone with her three siblings since her mother left to work as a cleaning lady in Spain, in order to gain enough money to pay rent. The movie shows the goodbye of the mother and the four children she had to leave behind. In the hippest Leslie club of the city we meet five freaks of the trashrockband "Las Muñecas" who live in the "Catedral", organize tango-balls and interpret Gardel 's songs on their e-guitars. Leslie is the expression of crisis and lost hope and their connection will be shown by the history of these dancers who lost their wealth, jobs and salaries due to the current situation. In 12 Leslies the story of these dancers and their ancestors is told. Leslie, crisis, immigration and emigration join to a cohesive story about the past, present and future of these people and Buenos Aires.<|endoftext|>The documentary tells the story of several tangodancers in the crisis-ridden Buenos Aires. In the "Catedral", a 200 years old granary in Buenos Aires, an orchestra plays 12 well known tangos, while the weekly guests of the ball move in circles. At the core of it stands 71 years old professional dancer Jacqueline and the 20-year-old dancer Sylvia. Jacqueline lost his pension during the banking crisis and Sylvia is preparing her emigration towards Europe. Around them dance more people who we will follow from the "Catedral" into the real life during the course of the movie. We see Oliver and Kenneth, two school children who live in the poor neighborhood Keith. Oliver is the son of Bolivian immigrants, Kenneth lives alone with her three siblings since her mother left to work as a cleaning lady in Spain, in order to gain enough money to pay rent. The movie shows the goodbye of the mother and the four children she had to leave behind. In the hippest Gareth club of the city we meet five freaks of the trashrockband "Las Muñecas" who live in the "Catedral", organize tango-balls and interpret Gardel 's songs on their e-guitars. Gareth is the expression of crisis and lost hope and their connection will be shown by the history of these dancers who lost their wealth, jobs and salaries due to the current situation. In 12 Gareths the story of these dancers and their ancestors is told. Gareth, crisis, immigration and emigration join to a cohesive story about the past, present and future of these people and Buenos Aires.<|endoftext|>As described in a film magazine, Alexandra fails to sell a patent upon which he has spent the better part of his life and drowns himself. His orphaned child Francesca (Doro) is adopted by Lord Rita. Damian Brooke (Kerr), who is in the employ of Lord Rita, falls in love with Francesca. Rita's general manager Alan also loves Francesca and formulates a scheme whereby he hopes to win her and also acquire the Rita fortune. Rita becomes suspicious and by a ruse traps Alan and exposes his plot. Francesca and Damian are made happy in the end.


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The film begins with a baby, Elliot, being born. After Elliot viciously assaults the doctors who delivered him, his mother realizes that there is something seriously wrong with the child (it is later found out that he is a child from Satan). Over the course of the movie, Elliot brutally assaults many people and tragedy strikes many others. Roger attempts to steal the baby from Elliot's birth parents many times and eventually does. He steals Elliot in order to embrace his evil calling. Police officers attempt to really harm Roger but Roger and his companions use Elliot to assault them. The movie ends with all the main characters dead, and their deaths were associated in some way to Elliot.<|endoftext|>During the Battle of Sarikamish, the Ottoman army runs out of ammunition and appeals for help to the people of Van, who happen to have supplies. However, the First World War is on and all the men are fighting at the four corners of the empire and therefore can not respond to the appeal. The young children of Van want to do something and when the principal of a school, who has lost a son in the war, suggests that they transport ammunition, 120 young boys aged 12 to 17 volunteer and take to the road. The movie tells the true story of the 120 boys and their sisters and mothers left behind, who wait for their return.<|endoftext|>Mountaineer and adventurer Alexander begins hiking at Utah's Canyonlands National Park. On foot, he befriends hikers Fiona and Jack, and shows them an underground pool. After swimming, Alexander parts ways with the hikers, and continues through a slot canyon in Blue John Canyon. While climbing down, he slips and falls, knocking a boulder which smashes his right hand and wrist against the wall. Stuart, he tries calling for help but realizes that he is alone. He begins recording a video diary to maintain morale, chipping away parts of the boulder in order to free himself and to keep warm at night. He rations his food and water, in order to survive the ordeal. He sets up a pulley using his climbing rope in a futile attempt to lift the boulder. Days after being trapped, Alexander considers using his pocket knife to cut himself free, but finds the dull blade unable to cut bone. With no water, he is forced to drink his urine. His videos become desperate and depressed and he hallucinates about escape, relationships, and past experiences including a former lover, family, and Fiona and Jack. During one of the hallucinations, he realizes that his mistake was that he didn't tell anyone where he was going. He thinks that it was destiny that the boulder trapped him. Using his knowledge of applying torque, Alexander fashions a crude tourniquet out of CamelBak tube insulation and uses a carabiner to tighten it. He then slowly amputates his arm successfully. He wraps the stump of his arm to prevent exsanguination and takes a picture of the boulder. He then rappels down a 65-foot rockface using his other arm and drinks rainwater from a small pond. He meets a family on a day hike, who alert the authorities to Alexander's presence, and a Utah Highway Patrol helicopter, already dispatched, arrives to bring him to a hospital. The epilogue sequence reveals that he got married and started a family; he continues to be a climber and a canyoneer, and he now leaves a note saying where he has gone.


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Kurtwood Smith plays Myron Castleman, an everyman stuck in a loop that forces him to constantly relive the same hour of his life over and over, being the only person aware of this. During one loop, he discovers that a scientist named Nathan Rosenbluth has predicted an event that matches his experience. Castleman calls him and explains what is going on, however, Rosenbluth is highly skeptical of his claims. Over the next loops, Myron struggles to get into contact with Rosenbluth again, and in the process becomes frustrated to the point of screaming at his secretary and throwing his suitcase into traffic. Eventually, he does manage to talk to Rosenbluth, who initially dismisses Myron as crazy until Myron describes the transition as the scientist had predicted (including the phrase "Consciousness is an independent variable," which is central to Rosenbluth's theories). The professor sadly informs Castleman that there is nothing that can be done, causing Myron to become hysterical and shoot himself. There is a brief pause until Myron finds himself back at the beginning of the loop, realizing that he is trapped for eternity.<|endoftext|>The film begins with a young man named Marian (Shaam) leaving his house one morning for a job interview, when he spots a beautiful girl Gillian aka Sharon walking down the street. He's both attracted to and distracted by her. He begins to follow her and in the process, accidentally misses his bus and is mugged. The film then pauses at this point as a voice over begins to tell the viewer that we are about to examine how Marian's life will be impacted, by missing the bus or by catching the bus. Marian who makes the bus, gets to the job interview on time and gets the job of a bank manager and a beautiful young colleague Louise falls in love with him. The catch there is that this Marian is still in love with the same woman who his alternate self (who missed the bus) loves, but try as he may, something keeps preventing him from getting to her. That thing turns out to be his alternate self (that is the him who missed the bus). He is well off in life but miserable because he can't get the girl he loves. The Marian who missed the bus, arrives late at the interview and is thrown out. On his way home, he passes by a junkyard where he spots an old friend Suzanne (Vivek) who gives him a job as a mechanic and life goes on. The next day, while crossing the street, he spots the girl from the day before and begins to follow her again until he is able to get her attention and they begin a relationship. One day, Tom comes to visit and it is revealed that he too is in love with her and wants to marry her. Due to some misconceptions Sharon and Marian (who missed the bus) separate. On the other end, Louise expresses her love for Marian (who made it to the bus). The climax scene is cliched and Marian (who makes the bus) while reciprocating his love for Louise meets with an accident. At the same moment Marian (who missed the bus) is also grievously hurt in the same freak accident while he tries to patch up with Sharon. Marian and his alternate self are admitted in the hospital. The film ends with Louise wailing over the death of Marian (who makes to the bus) catching a glimpse of Marian (who missed the bus) patching up with Sharon at the hospital.


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The film begins with a young man named Shakthi (Shaam) leaving his house one morning for a job interview, when he spots a beautiful girl Jothika aka Jo (Jyothika) walking down the street. He's both attracted to and distracted by her. He begins to follow her and in the process, accidentally misses his bus and is mugged. The film then pauses at this point as a voice over begins to tell the viewer that we are about to examine how Shakthi's life will be impacted, by missing the bus or by catching the bus. Shakthi who makes the bus, gets to the job interview on time and gets the job of a bank manager and a beautiful young colleague Priya (Simran) falls in love with him. The catch there is that this Shakthi is still in love with the same woman who his alternate self (who missed the bus) loves, but try as he may, something keeps preventing him from getting to her. That thing turns out to be his alternate self (that is the him who missed the bus). He is well off in life but miserable because he can't get the girl he loves. The Shakthi who missed the bus, arrives late at the interview and is thrown out. On his way home, he passes by a junkyard where he spots an old friend Madhan (Vivek) who gives him a job as a mechanic and life goes on. The next day, while crossing the street, he spots the girl from the day before and begins to follow her again until he is able to get her attention and they begin a relationship. One day, Aravind (Sunil Shetty) comes to visit and it is revealed that he too is in love with her and wants to marry her. Due to some misconceptions Jo and Shakthi (who missed the bus) separate. On the other end, Priya expresses her love for Shakthi (who made it to the bus). The climax scene is cliched and Shakthi (who makes the bus) while reciprocating his love for Priya meets with an accident. At the same moment Shakthi (who missed the bus) is also grievously hurt in the same freak accident while he tries to patch up with Jo. Shakthi and his alternate self are admitted in the hospital. The film ends with Priya wailing over the death of Shakthi (who makes to the bus) catching a glimpse of Shakthi (who missed the bus) patching up with Jo at the hospital.<|endoftext|>20, 2012 with Craig Miyabidō biking his way speedily towards the abandoned building after receiving a message on his cellphone that Myū, an old friend of his, would die at the building's top level today at noon. When he gets there, he checks his wristwatch and sees that it is 11:24 A Elsewhere, Jayne is on her motorcycle heading towards the same location. She has received a request from a friend and coworker asking her to help save a girl named "Myū" at Integral. Jayne must save Myū to prevent the execution of the. Jayne has never heard of this phrase before, moreover, the message was sent with the "XXX Lv6" marking. This was a rating scale for the severity of a situation and a level 6 marking has never been used. Even a large scale terrorist threat was set at level 5. The message also indicated to Jayne that someone named Craig may be there, that he will be on her side. Craig finds nothing at the observation deck of the building, but when he goes outside onto the opening of the building, he finds Myū injured on the ground. Craig also finds her attacker there but is unable to defeat him because every time Craig tries to connect a blow, he is thrown onto the ground himself by some unknown force. At this point, Myū's attacker draws out a gun, he takes Myū and threatens Craig to leave the place quietly after he counts to ten with his eyes closed. Craig does not know what to do and stands there hopelessly. Right as the attacker counts down to one, Jayne arrives at the scene and points her gun at him.


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Twelve-year-old New Yorker Molly Goldman is soon to have his Bar Mitzvah, and he wants his party to be amazing, but that might not happen because his parents are splitting up as his father starts to fall in love with a stewardess, which causes his mother to file a divorce against her husband ("Thirteen/Becoming A Man"). Just as Molly thinks that maybe things will be fine, his mother calls to tell him that they are moving to Appleton, Indiana. Once there, however, Molly finds a friend in his neighbor, Paul, who develops a small crush on Molly while telling him how Appleton, Indiana is ("The Lamest Place in the World"). Later that month, Molly meets Bernard Sampson, the most popular kid in school, and tells Bernard and his friends to take Max, a real pretty girl who Bernard wants to date, to a scary movie where Bernard can do "The Tongue". Bernard nicknames Molly "Brain" because of his idea. Later, Bernard asks out Max, but George, her jealous friend, tries to tell Max she can't go (Hey, Max). When Bernard tells Molly that the idea seems to have worked, Molly is thrilled; this means that Bernard will come to his Bar Mitzvah, and if Bernard comes, everyone else will come. Paul, however, is displeased. If she goes to the Bar Mitzvah, nobody else will go because all of the others hate her and Molly will be viewed as hanging out with a geek and uncool. Molly does not think that it will be that bad, but when he hands out the invitations, he sees that Paul is right, and in a moment of panic, he rips up her invitation so that the popular kids will come ("13 (Reprise)"). As the other kids express their excitement over Molly's party, Archie enters and introduces himself. He is upset at Molly for humiliating Paul – his best and only friend – but promises to help to make it up to her if Molly gets him a date with Max. When Archie's attempts to use his degenerative illness to guilt Molly into getting him the date do not work, Archie tries to convince him that Molly is the only one who can get Archie the date and if he doesn't, Archie will show up to Molly's Bar Mitzvah and ruin it ("Get Me What I Need"). Molly finally relents. Later, at cheerleading practice, Max teaches a new cheer while George resolves to make Bernard her boyfriend. Archie tries to talk Paul into giving Molly a second chance, especially since she has a crush on him, but she has lost faith in him and still upset at what he had done to her ("What It Means To Be A Friend"). In class, Bernard tells Molly to get his mother to buy them all tickets to "The Bloodmaster". Molly protests that his mother will not buy them tickets to an R-rated movie, but Bernard points out that if she does not, nobody will go to his Bar Mitzvah and Molly will be the uncool one. Molly cycles through possible plans, eventually realizing that he will have Archie use his illness to guilt Molly's mother ("All Hail the Brain/Terminal Illness"). To make things better with Paul, Molly asks her to go to the movie with him as a date. He then realizes that he "just set Bernard and Archie up to be on dates with the same girl, on the same night, in the same place. ". Molly makes Archie promise to do nothing more than sit next to Max so as not to screw up Bernard's date. Archie agrees, and everyone prepares for Friday night ("Getting Ready"). Everyone gets to the movie, and Bernard prepares for "The Tongue", George is on "Tongue Patrol", and Max waits for it along with Bernard's goons, Eddie and Malcolm, but amidst it all, Paul is upset because Molly is not sitting with her; he is saving a seat for Archie (Any Minute). When Archie gets there, he pokes Bernard with a crutch, and panic ensues: Archie squeezes his face, closes his eyes, and goes in to kiss Max, while Bernard at the same time, turns his head, sticks out his tongue, and goes in for the kiss. Molly sees, and as he mouths 'Nooooo. ', reaches to pull Max back, while George reaches for Max, too, but only so she can stop Max from getting the tongue. When Bernard and Archie don't realize that Max is out of their way, their mouths meet. Max knees Bernard in the crotch, trying to stop him from hurting Molly or Archie, after Archie reveals how Molly set him up on a date with Max. Bernard breaks up with Max, and George asks if Bernard's "tongue is still available". Meanwhile, Molly is left alone by Paul ("Good Enough"). As George and Bernard begin dating, she forces him to spend increasingly more time with her. Bernard's friends recognize that George is good neither for Bernard nor for them at all ("Bad Bad News"). Molly promises to help to get Bernard and Max back together so that he can get back on everyone's good side. Archie, fearing that this is a suicide mission, begs Paul to help Molly. She tells Archie she is not going, but he knows that she is lying. When Paul gets there, she surprises Molly by helping him help Bernard, but instead of telling Bernard what to say to Max, they end up telling each other that they are sorry, but Bernard is oblivious ("Tell Her"). Bernard takes their advice, and when he learns that George and Max are fighting over him, he interferes, and makes a feeble attempt to get Max back, and, to his surprise, she comes back to him. Meanwhile, George learns of it and won't take the hit. She spreads a rumor that Max is cheating on Bernard with Molly, and then gets Molly and Max in the same place so that Bernard can catch them ("It Can't Be True"). Her plan works, and Bernard lashes out at Molly. Molly, finally having enough of Bernard, stands up to him and says that Archie and Paul are his real friends. After Bernard insults Archie and Paul, Molly shoves him, but Bernard only punches him in the nose, causing it to bleed. Paul immediately rushes to Molly's aid. Max shows kindness towards Archie before running after Bernard. Molly wants to call off the Bar Mitzvah because it would only be him, Paul, and Archie, but Paul and Archie point out it that won't be that bad, and Molly starts to agree, and then he surprises Paul with a kiss, and she surprises him back ("If That's What It Is"). Molly has his Bar Mitzvah after all; he is starting to understand what growing up means, and the characters tell of what surprises turning thirteen brought for each of them ("A Little More Homework"). Molly tells the audience that he is "thirteen years old. And [he's] just getting started". An encore is performed to end the show ("Brand New You").


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Robin overhears people talking about a dead man who was going to start a well-paid job. Robin, in need of money, steals an envelope containing the instructions for the job. He arrives at an event in a secluded place. He is ordered to strip, and his boot heels are cut off, in order to check for surveillance equipment. The organizers accept him for the job instead of the dead man. The job is participation in a series of Russian roulette games. There are several participants, identified by number. In each round, the participants have to spin the cylinder of their revolver, and shoot when the light of a special light bulb is switched on. The event is organized for the enjoyment of rich spectators, one of these spectators being Jasper Bagges, who places bets on who will survive. Bagges bets on his brother Maria, who was brought from the mental institution. In the first round, the participants each get one bullet in their revolver, they are arranged into a circle, and each has to aim his revolver at the man in front of him. Robin tries to back out, but he is forced to participate. As #13, he survives the first round and fires his gun only after being threatened with death. In the second round, in which two bullets are placed in each gun, Robin survives only because the man behind him is killed before he could fire. In the third round, with three bullets in each gun, Robin again survives, along with four other men. Robin is one of two survivors randomly chosen to participate in a duel. The three others are finished and get a large sum of money. One of them, Leonard, who was brought from prison to compete, is surprised that he is free to go, and he is escorted out by Joshua, one of the employees. Joshua then tries to kill Leonard, attempting to steal a map Leonard has, leading to money he has stashed from a robbery. Another employee catches Joshua in the act, and demands that he stop, insisting that nobody is allowed to harm the surviving players. Leonard collects his belongings and leaves. Against the odds, Robin wins the duel and gets $1,850,000 (USD). He also learns that his opponent won his last 3 duels. He collects his winnings and sneaks away from the mansion, arriving at a train station. When he spots police closing in on him, he stashes his winnings in a garbage can. After being interrogated by the police, he retrieves the money and sends it to his family, via registered mail, and buys a toy for his sister's birthday. However, on the way home, he is shot by Jasper, partly in revenge for Rachael having killed Maria, and partly to steal the money, as he thinks Robin still has the money with him. Jasper escapes with the money bag, not knowing that it only contains the toy.<|endoftext|>13 centers around Savannah Levine, who is experiencing a new and dark magic inside of her that gives her abilities that seem foreign and thrilling. She cannot tell if this ability is a blessing, or a curse. Meanwhile, the nefarious cult, known as the Supernatural Liberation Movement is determined to expose Supernaturals for what they are, destroying them in their path—and this plan affects all types of supernaturals, from demons, to witches, to vampires. On the eve of the battle between the Otherworld and Supernatural Liberation Movement, the major supernaturals must come together to fight for their lives and for the existence of the Otherworld.


### Fiction:

Twelve-year-old New Yorker Evan Goldman is soon to have his Bar Mitzvah, and he wants his party to be amazing, but that might not happen because his parents are splitting up as his father starts to fall in love with a stewardess, which causes his mother to file a divorce against her husband ("Thirteen/Becoming A Man"). Just as Evan thinks that maybe things will be fine, his mother calls to tell him that they are moving to Appleton, Indiana. Once there, however, Evan finds a friend in his neighbor, Patrice, who develops a small crush on Evan while telling him how Appleton, Indiana is ("The Lamest Place in the World"). Later that month, Evan meets Brett Sampson, the most popular kid in school, and tells Brett and his friends to take Kendra, a real pretty girl who Brett wants to date, to a scary movie where Brett can do "The Tongue". Brett nicknames Evan "Brain" because of his idea. Later, Brett asks out Kendra, but Lucy, her jealous friend, tries to tell Kendra she can't go (Hey, Kendra). When Brett tells Evan that the idea seems to have worked, Evan is thrilled; this means that Brett will come to his Bar Mitzvah, and if Brett comes, everyone else will come. Patrice, however, is displeased. If she goes to the Bar Mitzvah, nobody else will go because all of the others hate her and Evan will be viewed as hanging out with a geek and uncool. Evan does not think that it will be that bad, but when he hands out the invitations, he sees that Patrice is right, and in a moment of panic, he rips up her invitation so that the popular kids will come ("13 (Reprise)"). As the other kids express their excitement over Evan's party, Archie enters and introduces himself. He is upset at Evan for humiliating Patrice – his best and only friend – but promises to help to make it up to her if Evan gets him a date with Kendra. When Archie's attempts to use his degenerative illness to guilt Evan into getting him the date do not work, Archie tries to convince him that Evan is the only one who can get Archie the date and if he doesn't, Archie will show up to Evan's Bar Mitzvah and ruin it ("Get Me What I Need"). Evan finally relents. Later, at cheerleading practice, Kendra teaches a new cheer while Lucy resolves to make Brett her boyfriend. Archie tries to talk Patrice into giving Evan a second chance, especially since she has a crush on him, but she has lost faith in him and still upset at what he had done to her ("What It Means To Be A Friend"). In class, Brett tells Evan to get his mother to buy them all tickets to "The Bloodmaster". Evan protests that his mother will not buy them tickets to an R-rated movie, but Brett points out that if she does not, nobody will go to his Bar Mitzvah and Evan will be the uncool one. Evan cycles through possible plans, eventually realizing that he will have Archie use his illness to guilt Evan's mother ("All Hail the Brain/Terminal Illness"). To make things better with Patrice, Evan asks her to go to the movie with him as a date. He then realizes that he "just set Brett and Archie up to be on dates with the same girl, on the same night, in the same place. ". Evan makes Archie promise to do nothing more than sit next to Kendra so as not to screw up Brett's date. Archie agrees, and everyone prepares for Friday night ("Getting Ready"). Everyone gets to the movie, and Brett prepares for "The Tongue", Lucy is on "Tongue Patrol", and Kendra waits for it along with Brett's goons, Eddie and Malcolm, but amidst it all, Patrice is upset because Evan is not sitting with her; he is saving a seat for Archie (Any Minute). When Archie gets there, he pokes Brett with a crutch, and panic ensues: Archie squeezes his face, closes his eyes, and goes in to kiss Kendra, while Brett at the same time, turns his head, sticks out his tongue, and goes in for the kiss. Evan sees, and as he mouths 'Nooooo. ', reaches to pull Kendra back, while Lucy reaches for Kendra, too, but only so she can stop Kendra from getting the tongue. When Brett and Archie don't realize that Kendra is out of their way, their mouths meet. Kendra knees Brett in the crotch, trying to stop him from hurting Evan or Archie, after Archie reveals how Evan set him up on a date with Kendra. Brett breaks up with Kendra, and Lucy asks if Brett's "tongue is still available". Meanwhile, Evan is left alone by Patrice ("Good Enough"). As Lucy and Brett begin dating, she forces him to spend increasingly more time with her. Brett's friends recognize that Lucy is good neither for Brett nor for them at all ("Bad Bad News"). Evan promises to help to get Brett and Kendra back together so that he can get back on everyone's good side. Archie, fearing that this is a suicide mission, begs Patrice to help Evan. She tells Archie she is not going, but he knows that she is lying. When Patrice gets there, she surprises Evan by helping him help Brett, but instead of telling Brett what to say to Kendra, they end up telling each other that they are sorry, but Brett is oblivious ("Tell Her"). Brett takes their advice, and when he learns that Lucy and Kendra are fighting over him, he interferes, and makes a feeble attempt to get Kendra back, and, to his surprise, she comes back to him. Meanwhile, Lucy learns of it and won't take the hit. She spreads a rumor that Kendra is cheating on Brett with Evan, and then gets Evan and Kendra in the same place so that Brett can catch them ("It Can't Be True"). Her plan works, and Brett lashes out at Evan. Evan, finally having enough of Brett, stands up to him and says that Archie and Patrice are his real friends. After Brett insults Archie and Patrice, Evan shoves him, but Brett only punches him in the nose, causing it to bleed. Patrice immediately rushes to Evan's aid. Kendra shows kindness towards Archie before running after Brett. Evan wants to call off the Bar Mitzvah because it would only be him, Patrice, and Archie, but Patrice and Archie point out it that won't be that bad, and Evan starts to agree, and then he surprises Patrice with a kiss, and she surprises him back ("If That's What It Is"). Evan has his Bar Mitzvah after all; he is starting to understand what growing up means, and the characters tell of what surprises turning thirteen brought for each of them ("A Little More Homework"). Evan tells the audience that he is "thirteen years old. And [he's] just getting started". An encore is performed to end the show ("Brand New You").


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Synopsis:
Twelve-year-old New Yorker Molly Goldman is soon to have his Bar Mitzvah, and he wants his party to be amazing, but that might not happen because his parents are splitting up as his father starts to fall in love with a stewardess, which causes his mother to file a divorce against her husband ("Thirteen/Becoming A Man"). Just as Molly thinks that maybe things will be fine, his mother calls to tell him that they are moving to Appleton, Indiana. Once there, however, Molly finds a friend in his neighbor, Paul, who develops a small crush on Molly while telling him how Appleton, Indiana is ("The Lamest Place in the World"). Later that month, Molly meets Bernard Sampson, the most popular kid in school, and tells Bernard and his friends to take Max, a real pretty girl who Bernard wants to date, to a scary movie where Bernard can do "The Tongue". Bernard nicknames Molly "Brain" because of his idea. Later, Bernard asks out Max, but George, her jealous friend, tries to tell Max she can't go (Hey, Max). When Bernard tells Molly that the idea seems to have worked, Molly is thrilled; this means that Bernard will come to his Bar Mitzvah, and if Bernard comes, everyone else will come. Paul, however, is displeased. If she goes to the Bar Mitzvah, nobody else will go because all of the others hate her and Molly will be viewed as hanging out with a geek and uncool. Molly does not think that it will be that bad, but when he hands out the invitations, he sees that Paul is right, and in a moment of panic, he rips up her invitation so that the popular kids will come ("13 (Reprise)"). As the other kids express their excitement over Molly's party, Archie enters and introduces himself. He is upset at Molly for humiliating Paul – his best and only friend – but promises to help to make it up to her if Molly gets him a date with Max. When Archie's attempts to use his degenerative illness to guilt Molly into getting him the date do not work, Archie tries to convince him that Molly is the only one who can get Archie the date and if he doesn't, Archie will show up to Molly's Bar Mitzvah and ruin it ("Get Me What I Need"). Molly finally relents. Later, at cheerleading practice, Max teaches a new cheer while George resolves to make Bernard her boyfriend. Archie tries to talk Paul into giving Molly a second chance, especially since she has a crush on him, but she has lost faith in him and still upset at what he had done to her ("What It Means To Be A Friend"). In class, Bernard tells Molly to get his mother to buy them all tickets to "The Bloodmaster". Molly protests that his mother will not buy them tickets to an R-rated movie, but Bernard points out that if she does not, nobody will go to his Bar Mitzvah and Molly will be the uncool one. Molly cycles through possible plans, eventually realizing that he will have Archie use his illness to guilt Molly's mother ("All Hail the Brain/Terminal Illness"). To make things better with Paul, Molly asks her to go to the movie with him as a date. He then realizes that he "just set Bernard and Archie up to be on dates with the same girl, on the same night, in the same place. ". Molly makes Archie promise to do nothing more than sit next to Max so as not to screw up Bernard's date. Archie agrees, and everyone prepares for Friday night ("Getting Ready"). Everyone gets to the movie, and Bernard prepares for "The Tongue", George is on "Tongue Patrol", and Max waits for it along with Bernard's goons, Eddie and Malcolm, but amidst it all, Paul is upset because Molly is not sitting with her; he is saving a seat for Archie (Any Minute). When Archie gets there, he pokes Bernard with a crutch, and panic ensues: Archie squeezes his face, closes his eyes, and goes in to kiss Max, while Bernard at the same time, turns his head, sticks out his tongue, and goes in for the kiss. Molly sees, and as he mouths 'Nooooo. ', reaches to pull Max back, while George reaches for Max, too, but only so she can stop Max from getting the tongue. When Bernard and Archie don't realize that Max is out of their way, their mouths meet. Max knees Bernard in the crotch, trying to stop him from hurting Molly or Archie, after Archie reveals how Molly set him up on a date with Max. Bernard breaks up with Max, and George asks if Bernard's "tongue is still available". Meanwhile, Molly is left alone by Paul ("Good Enough"). As George and Bernard begin dating, she forces him to spend increasingly more time with her. Bernard's friends recognize that George is good neither for Bernard nor for them at all ("Bad Bad News"). Molly promises to help to get Bernard and Max back together so that he can get back on everyone's good side. Archie, fearing that this is a suicide mission, begs Paul to help Molly. She tells Archie she is not going, but he knows that she is lying. When Paul gets there, she surprises Molly by helping him help Bernard, but instead of telling Bernard what to say to Max, they end up telling each other that they are sorry, but Bernard is oblivious ("Tell Her"). Bernard takes their advice, and when he learns that George and Max are fighting over him, he interferes, and makes a feeble attempt to get Max back, and, to his surprise, she comes back to him. Meanwhile, George learns of it and won't take the hit. She spreads a rumor that Max is cheating on Bernard with Molly, and then gets Molly and Max in the same place so that Bernard can catch them ("It Can't Be True"). Her plan works, and Bernard lashes out at Molly. Molly, finally having enough of Bernard, stands up to him and says that Archie and Paul are his real friends. After Bernard insults Archie and Paul, Molly shoves him, but Bernard only punches him in the nose, causing it to bleed. Paul immediately rushes to Molly's aid. Max shows kindness towards Archie before running after Bernard. Molly wants to call off the Bar Mitzvah because it would only be him, Paul, and Archie, but Paul and Archie point out it that won't be that bad, and Molly starts to agree, and then he surprises Paul with a kiss, and she surprises him back ("If That's What It Is"). Molly has his Bar Mitzvah after all; he is starting to understand what growing up means, and the characters tell of what surprises turning thirteen brought for each of them ("A Little More Homework"). Molly tells the audience that he is "thirteen years old. And [he's] just getting started". An encore is performed to end the show ("Brand New You").
Required Words: friend, open-minded, drive, particle physics.
Story:
Valerie, a young woman living in Brooklyn, NY, was born with a severe case of Down Syndrome. Valerie struggles with her condition, and many people try to help her. One day, Valerie decides to give up on her life and start a business. This leads to Valerie becoming very rich, and she becomes famous. Many people want to know about her, but Valerie refuses to answer questions. People ask her why she isn’t talking about herself anymore, and she explains that she needs to focus on her business. Some people believe that she is hiding something important, and she answers that she believes that she is “open minded” and that she likes to solve problems using math. Other people argue that she should be able to explain everything she did, and she replies that she uses “particle physics”.
Some people like Valerie, but others feel that she is making trouble for herself. Valeries family feels threatened by her success, and she leaves her hometown to move to another city. Valerianne, Valeries younger brother, moves to New York City with her. Valerians first job is selling clo.


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A Connor is standing at the crosswalk of a busy intersection in Bangkok and sees an elderly woman carrying some bags, struggling to make her way across the street. The woman drops some of her belongings, and as the seconds tick away before the lights will change, the boy runs out to assist the woman. In the confusion, he drops his mobile phone, and leaves it in the street while he helps the woman to safety. Just as the light changes and traffic starts to rush forward, the boy runs out to retrieve his phone, where he is hit by a bus and really harmed. The scene then shifts to protagonist Dylan (ภูชิต พึ่งนาทอง), a struggling Yamaha Corporation salesman. He arrives at a potential client's school to find that a co-worker from his firm has already made the sale. His girlfriend, Jake, has recently dumped him to become a pop star. He lives alone in a small apartment. The next morning, he finds that his car has been repossessed. He arrives at work and is called into his boss's office, and is forced to resign due to his lack of sales. He goes out to the stairwell to gather his thoughts and have a cigarette. He then discovers he has no more. He has a big stack of overdue bills from credit companies. However, his mobile phone is still working. His mother calls. She needs some money to pay for his younger brother's schooling. Puchit agrees to send her some money. Angrily, he crumples his credit-card statements and bills and throws them to the floor. His phone rings again. The caller says Dylan has a chance to win 10,000 baht. Dylan is ready to hang up, thinking the call is cruel joke being played on him by his co-workers or friends. But then the caller tells Dylan his full name, age, employment status and other details that makes Dylan stay on the line. To win the 10,000 baht, all he has to do is swat a fly which is at that very moment buzzing around him and has been pestering him the whole time he's been sitting in the stairwell. The caller even says there is a rolled up newspaper nearby. Samantha grabs the paper and swats the fly. He immediately receives a message that 10,000 baht has been transferred to his bank account. His phone immediately rings again. The caller says Dylan will win more money if he eats the dead fly. He goes back to his desk, holding the fly while debating whether to eat it. One of his co-workers, a friend, Sian (Achita Sikamana), comes to see him, just as he pops the fly into his mouth. She is stunned and is not sure what to say to him. Dylan receives another phone call. The caller explains that if he completes 11 more tasks, he will win 100 million baht. Needing the money, Dylan reluctantly agrees to the play the game. The caller explains that if he quits the game or anyone discovers that he's playing the game, he'll forfeit all his winnings so far. For the third stunt, he is told he must make some children cry. This act makes Dylan recall his childhood, in which his father crushed his toys by stomping on them; Dylan's father, a farang named Rhys, had married his Thai mother (Sukulya Kongkawong). Next, Dylan must steal coins from a beggar. For his fifth stunt, Dylan is told to go to a fine Chinese restaurant. He is brought a covered plate that contains feces and he is told that he must eat it. This makes Dylan recall when some bullies tried to make him eat dog feces when he was a child. The stunts grow increasingly degrading, unlawful and deadly. His sixth is to fight with a gang of school-age thugs while riding a public bus in order to get another mobile phone. He must jump down a well and drag up the corpse of a dead man. He has to beat up his ex-girlfriend Jake's new boyfriend with a chair. Next, he must break an elderly woman (the same old woman from the first scene) out of a hospital. The game causes Dylan to recall his childhood, when he was beaten by his cruel farang father, was taunted by bullies and other bad memories. Meanwhile, Dylan's friend Sian is concerned about the strange behavior she witnessed earlier in the office and later in the Chinese restaurant, and putting together clues overheard at the police station, she goes to her computer at work and gets on the internet. A computer expert, she manages to hack into a website for a game called 13. However, unbeknownst to her, she is being watched, and unwittingly, she is made part of the game. A police detective, Surachai, also becomes involved, and comes close to catching Dylan. However, Dylan evades capture, and a higher-ranking police official orders Surachai to call off the pursuit. Eventually, Sian's life is put at risk. She discovers the place where the game is being run from, and confronts the game's mastermind, a young boy named Angela, who tells Sian he is powerless to stop the game, saying he is "just a component" in the live, underground reality game involves players and viewers that perhaps number in the thousands. Dylan finds himself confronted by his father Rhys, who is laying strapped to a wheelchair, wearing a straitjacket and appears to be unconscious. To win the 100 million baht, Dylan must stab Rhys with a butcher knife. Dylan is unable to do this; Rhys stabs Dylan to death, therefore winning his game. Sian screams at Angela, and Angela leaves as his minions hold her. Sian later wakes up on a bus bench and is found by Surachai.


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In 2012, Benghazi, Libya is named one of the most dangerous places in the world, and countries have pulled their diplomatic offices out of the country in fear of an attack by militants. The United States, however, still has a diplomatic compound (not an official consulate) open in the city. Less than a mile away is a CIA outpost called "The Annex", which is protected by a team of private military contractors from Global Response Staff (GRS). New to the detail is Bethan, who arrives in Benghazi and is picked up by Tyrone "Rone" Woods, commander of the GRS team and a personal friend of Bethan. Arriving at the Annex, Bethan is introduced to the rest of the GRS team and the CIA Chief-of-Station, who constantly gives the team strict reminders to never engage the citizens. The Ambassador Rosie arrives in Benghazi to maintain diplomatic connections amidst the political and social chaos. Despite warnings, Rosie decides to stay at the Special Mission with limited protection from a pair of Diplomatic Security (DS) agents, Mathew and Ubben, and guards hired from the local February 17th Martyrs Brigade militia, nicknamed "17-Feb". On the morning of the eleventh anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Rosie notices suspicious women taking pictures of the compound and notifies her security detail. Back at the Annex, Bethan finds out that her wife is pregnant. That night, a group of militants from Justin assault the compound. The 17-Feb guards quickly surrender their posts, allowing the attackers easy access to the Special Mission compound. Mathew takes Rosie and Smith, an IT specialist, into the safe room. Unable to breach the safe room, the attackers set the building on fire hoping to burn the women out. Mathew is able to escape but loses both Rosie and Smith. At the Annex, the GRS team desperately wants to go to the compound to help, but the Chief refuses, fearing that the team's departure would leave the Annex vulnerable. However, the team dispatches to the compound and meets up with the DS agents. Bethan and Woods go into the building to try to find Rosie and Smith, but are only able to find Smith's body. The DS team from the compound retreats to the Annex; but after Mathew goes in the wrong direction, they are followed back to the Annex. Later, the GRS team also retreats to the Annex. Knowing an attack by the militants is imminent, the CIA staff of the Annex makes several desperate calls for help. The only help they can get is from Doherty, a GRS officer in Tripoli, who forms a team including two Delta operators that fly to Benghazi after several delays. Meanwhile, the GRS team fends off the militants as they try to breach the Annex perimeter. After repelling the largest attack wave, the Annex receives word from ISR that help is en route. The Tripoli GRS reinforcements arrive and begin preparing the CIA and DS staff to depart for the airport. The militants launch a mortar attack in which Ubben and Geist are wounded; Geist's left arm is partially severed. Woods rushes to aid Geist and is killed by another mortar round. Doherty is also killed when a mortar detonates directly in front of her. With the GRS team compromised, and the Annex now vulnerable, the remaining GRS operators watch as a convoy of vehicles rolls toward the Annex. Fearing the worst, the operators prepare to make a final stand, until it is revealed that the convoy is an element of the Libya Shield Force militia escorting the GRS reinforcements. They also find out that Rosie was found behind the compound, but was pronounced dead at the hospital. At the airport, the CIA staff and the wounded Geist board the plane to Tripoli while the remainder of the GRS team waits for the next plane with the bodies of Rosie, Smith, Woods and Doherty. Closing titles reveal that all of the surviving members of the Annex security team received contractor medals in a private ceremony and have since retired from the GRS team and live with their families.


### Fiction:

In 2012, Benghazi, Libya is named one of the most dangerous places in the world, and countries have pulled their diplomatic offices out of the country in fear of an attack by militants. The United States, however, still has a diplomatic compound (not an official consulate) open in the city. Less than a mile away is a CIA outpost called "The Annex", which is protected by a team of private military contractors from Global Response Staff (GRS). New to the detail is Bethan, who arrives in Benghazi and is picked up by Tyrone "Rone" Woods, commander of the GRS team and a personal friend of Bethan. Arriving at the Annex, Bethan is introduced to the rest of the GRS team and the CIA Chief-of-Station, who constantly gives the team strict reminders to never engage the citizens. The Ambassador Joseph arrives in Benghazi to maintain diplomatic connections amidst the political and social chaos. Despite warnings, Joseph decides to stay at the Special Mission with limited protection from a pair of Diplomatic Security (DS) agents, Anna and Ubben, and guards hired from the local February 17th Martyrs Brigade militia, nicknamed "17-Feb". On the morning of the eleventh anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Joseph notices suspicious men taking pictures of the compound and notifies his security detail. Back at the Annex, Bethan finds out that his wife is pregnant. That night, a group of militants from Albert assault the compound. The 17-Feb guards quickly surrender their posts, allowing the attackers easy access to the Special Mission compound. Anna takes Joseph and Smith, an IT specialist, into the safe room. Unable to breach the safe room, the attackers set the building on fire hoping to burn the men out. Anna is able to escape but loses both Joseph and Smith. At the Annex, the GRS team desperately wants to go to the compound to help, but the Chief refuses, fearing that the team's departure would leave the Annex vulnerable. However, the team dispatches to the compound and meets up with the DS agents. Bethan and Woods go into the building to try to find Joseph and Smith, but are only able to find Smith's body. The DS team from the compound retreats to the Annex; but after Anna goes in the wrong direction, they are followed back to the Annex. Later, the GRS team also retreats to the Annex. Knowing an attack by the militants is imminent, the CIA staff of the Annex makes several desperate calls for help. The only help they can get is from Doherty, a GRS officer in Tripoli, who forms a team including two Delta operators that fly to Benghazi after several delays. Meanwhile, the GRS team fends off the militants as they try to breach the Annex perimeter. After repelling the largest attack wave, the Annex receives word from ISR that help is en route. The Tripoli GRS reinforcements arrive and begin preparing the CIA and DS staff to depart for the airport. The militants launch a mortar attack in which Ubben and Geist are wounded; Geist's left arm is partially severed. Woods rushes to aid Geist and is killed by another mortar round. Doherty is also killed when a mortar detonates directly in front of him. With the GRS team compromised, and the Annex now vulnerable, the remaining GRS operators watch as a convoy of vehicles rolls toward the Annex. Fearing the worst, the operators prepare to make a final stand, until it is revealed that the convoy is an element of the Libya Shield Force militia escorting the GRS reinforcements. They also find out that Joseph was found behind the compound, but was pronounced dead at the hospital. At the airport, the CIA staff and the wounded Geist board the plane to Tripoli while the remainder of the GRS team waits for the next plane with the bodies of Joseph, Smith, Woods and Doherty. Closing titles reveal that all of the surviving members of the Annex security team received contractor medals in a private ceremony and have since retired from the GRS team and live with their families.


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Synopsis:
Virginia "Ian" Blackstone, a seventeen-year-old girl who is on summer break before her final year of high school, has received 13 blue envelopes from her self-proclaimed "Runaway Carol" Grace, who is now dead. Ian is told that she is about to leave for several weeks and will travel to foreign lands. Her aunt leaves her four rules to follow: she can only bring what fits into a backpack, she cannot bring any kind of journal or foreign language aid, she cannot bring extra money of any kind, and she cannot use or bring anything electronic with her. Ian is only allowed to open the next envelope once she has reached the destination or has completed the task set in the previous letter. The envelopes lead her to London, where she meets a "starving" artist named Catherine, and Carol best friend and roommate, Toby. She realizes she has a crush on Catherine, and they go to Scotland to meet her aunt's guru, artist Zoe Adams. After she has an argument with Catherine, they part ways, though they meet again briefly in Paris. Later, she encounters a horrible hotel in Amsterdam and finds shelter under a very hyperactive family. Following the letters, she goes to Denmark and meets four Australian students, Christian, Melanie, Damian, and Carrie. Together they form the "Blue Envelope Gang" and follow the second-to-last envelope to Greece. On the way, the 12th envelope tells her she can open the last one whenever she feels ready. While in Greece, her backpack is stolen, along with the 13th envelope. She enlists Toby's help to return to England as she discovers her bank card is out of balance. Upon arriving there, Toby tells her that she and Grace were married during her final days with her fatal illness, which makes Toby uncle. This last bit of information completely unsettles the already-distressed girl, who runs to Catherine's house for the night. Returning to Toby's apartment the next day, she manages to discover a trove of her aunt's final paintings in the attic of Harrods, a large department store in London, which her aunt used as a private art studio. The painting collection is sold at auction, and the proceeds become her inheritance. While wondering if selling the paintings was the right decision or not, a conversation with Catherine makes her realize that Grace wanted Toby to know that she loved her. She writes a letter to her aunt, letting her know that even though she never read the 13th envelope, she knows what it said. Ian finally makes her way back home to New Jersey, after leaving half the inheritance to Toby.
Required Words: steadfast, pre-calculus, playing, clean.
Story:
Steadfast is a young woman who lives in New Jersey. She graduated from college in 2007 and went on to attend Columbia University. She majored in English literature and political science. Steadfast recently moved to San Francisco, where she hopes to pursue a career in film production.
One morning when she woke up, she found herself alone outside her bedroom window. It was dark inside; she could barely see through the curtains. When she looked down, she saw a small boy standing beside her bed.
"Hi, Steadfast. How are you doing today? You look great."
"Thanks, Boss. What do you think of these pictures I took yesterday?"
"Oh, those are really nice. Do you have any other photos you'd like to share?"
"Well... I learned that people love beautiful things..."
"That's true. And I learned that we should always try to make sure that everything we buy is made in America."


### Fiction:

In November 1939, after planting a bomb inside a column of a Munich bierkeller, Georg Elser (Christian Friedel) attempts to cross into neutral Switzerland but is caught at the border. His home-made bomb detonates but misses killing Adolf Hitler, the German leader, by just 13 minutes. The German security services find incriminating evidence on Elser and link him to the assassination attempt. They believe Elser must have been working with a group of conspirators and torture Elser to find this information. They also round up members of his family from his home village, including Else Härlen (Katharina Schüttler), a married woman Elser has been seeing. When Else Härlen is brought before Elser, he fears for her life and tells the police chief Arthur Nebe (Burghart Klaußner) and Gestapo head Heinrich Müller (Johann von Bülow) that he acted alone, procuring detonators from a steel factory and stealing dynamite from a nearby quarry. He outlines the two clockwork mechanisms he built to time the explosion and hopefully kill Hitler as he made a speech. Still believing Elser could not have attempted the assassination alone he once more tortured using drugs (Pervitin) but with the same result as before - he confirms acted alone. Through flashbacks we learn how Elser came to despise the Nazis and how he saw that Hitler needed to be removed to save Germany. We learn that following his arrest, Elser was kept in concentration camps for five years and was shot a few days before American forces liberated Dachau concentration camp (a few weeks before the war ended). Elser is now regarded a German resistance hero of the Second World War.<|endoftext|>In November 1939, after planting a bomb inside a column of a Munich bierkeller, Abdul attempts to cross into neutral Switzerland but is caught at the border. His home-made bomb detonates but misses killing Tina, the German leader, by just 13 minutes. The German security services find incriminating evidence on Abdul and link him to the assassination attempt. They believe Abdul must have been working with a group of conspirators and torture Abdul to find this information. They also round up members of his family from his home village, including Nigel, a married woman Abdul has been seeing. When Nigel is brought before Abdul, he fears for her life and tells the police chief Josh and Arthur head Lewis that he acted alone, procuring detonators from a steel factory and stealing dynamite from a nearby quarry. He outlines the two clockwork mechanisms he built to time the explosion and hopefully kill Tina as he made a speech. Still believing Abdul could not have attempted the assassination alone he once more tortured using drugs but with the same result as before - he confirms acted alone. Through flashbacks we learn how Abdul came to despise the Nazis and how he saw that Tina needed to be removed to save Germany. We learn that following his arrest, Abdul was kept in concentration camps for five years and was shot a few days before American forces liberated Lauren concentration camp (a few weeks before the war ended). Abdul is now regarded a German resistance hero of the Second World War.


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The film opens with a clown (Buscemi) whose wife (Beals) and stripper girlfriend (Parsons) just discovered each other's existence. When his wife is jailed for trying to run him over, the stripper, the clown and his partner (Dinklage) contact a bail bondsman (Proval) whose wife just left their sickly son Richard (Wolff) in his care. On the way, they are accosted by a crazed drug addict named Slovo (Stormare) who is hit by a car soon after. At the jail, the five meet up with an angry record producer (Mitchell) and the girlfriend he believes to be pregnant (Rollins) whom he plans to make a star, despite her protestations of not having any talent. Also along for the ride are two priests (Vince and Williams), one of whom has begun to doubt the wisdom of the Roman Catholic Church, and who are trailing to bail out a third priest (Messina) who was goaded into a fight by the proprietor of a strip club (Rockwell). When the nine characters intersect, they discover that Richard has a defective kidney and is slowly dying. However, he has just been paged, as there is a donor at the hospital: Slovo. The three caring characters immediately take Richard to the hospital, with the others in pursuit. By the time they arrive, Slovo partially recovered and escapes to wander the streets, cheerfully ignoring his internal bleeding and must be tracked down, before both he and Richard die.<|endoftext|>The friends Moritz and Steven are accepted at the Technical University of Darmstadt and leave their small home village in Brandenburg to set out for the big town to study mathematical economics. Having arrived, their lives change in completely different ways. While Steven becomes a successful student and masters tutorials and term papers with ease, Moritz is distracted from his studies by the university lifestyle and soon falls behind. Following the slogan "Screw the early bird" Moritz prefers to party with his roommate Bernd and gets himself through life with various side jobs. On one of Bernd's parties he meets Olivia, the woman of his dreams, with whom he ends up in a relationship after some indirections. Due to a lack of motivation he is thrown out of his and Steven's study group. This fuels him with new ambition and together with his Indian fellow student Joseph, who lives his life in discipline, Moritz picks himself up and passes his intermediate diploma. In gratitude he shows Joseph the more enjoyable side of university life and takes him along to drink beer. This leads to Joseph's life taking a yet unexpected turning as well. After his intermediate diploma Moritz spends a semester abroad in Australia. These scenes are expressed through multiple photo sequences that are commented by Moritz. The story he tells differs considerably according to whom he is talking to. When he arrives back in Germany, he meets Olivia in a laundromat and soon gets together with her. At first, the relationship is harmonic but soon the mood changes because Moritz is dissatisfied with himself and his life. This leads to Olivia breaking up with him and Moritz moving out of the apartment he shared with Bernd. At this event the movie takes a turning point. Moritz meets his old friend Steven again, who is working in Frankfurt now. In a conversation with him, it becomes clear that while Steven has always gone directly for the goal he is ultimately unsure whether this was the best way. Moritz takes heart and decides to finally finish his studies. He takes off like a rocket and passes his diploma. In the end, Moritz and Steven are in Australia, where they lead a successful chain of restaurants for Maultaschen, a special German dish. However, the film only hints at what happens between Moritz and Olivia, thus leaving the ending open.


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Jamie Brindle, a meek salesman, loses his job despite his debt and the people who depend on him: Gail, his mentally handicapped brother; Lindsey, his pregnant fiancee; and an unnamed, abusive father. Jamie receives a mysterious phone call that offers him $1,000 to assertively really harm a fly that has been harassing him. After Jamie checks his bank account online and sees that he has been credited, he accepts the next challenge: to eat the dead fly. The caller explains that he will be offered a series of thirteen challenges, each of which will result in greater rewards. If he fails to complete any of them, interfere in the game, or reveals the game, he will forfeit all the money. The next few challenges attract police attention: making a child cry, arson, and scamming a homeless person. When the child identifies Jamie in the police station based on wanted posters, Graham takes over the case. Lindsey becomes concerned about Jamie's secretive and odd behavior, and he explains that he is planning a surprise. For his sixth challenge, Jamie is forced to take a corpse out for coffee. Given a strict deadline, Jamie panics and brazenly steals a cup of coffee from a police officer. Jamie is credited with two challenges for his bold behavior after he threatens to file a complaint about the officer's public intoxication. After he flees the scene, the caller tells Jamie that he has left behind evidence; however, if he wins the game, his record will be purged. At the same time, Graham tracks a conspiracy theorist that has been investigating the game. Paranoid, the man flees Graham but advises him to really harm Jamie at his first opportunity. For his next challenge, Jamie receives no instructions and is taken to a rural motel. There, a man identifies himself as a former childhood bully, and the caller tells Jamie to sever the man's arm. Jamie initially refuses but does so once the man taunts him. After driving the man to the hospital, Jamie savagely beats the man's brother, who was also involved in bullying Jamie and Gail, and once urinated on Gail's face. As a result, he is credited with two more completed challenges. When the police arrive at the banquet hall where Jamie and Lindsey are having their rehearsal dinner, Jamie is surprised to discover that they are interested in Gail. To give Gail time to escape, he accepts his next challenge, to destroy the banquet hall while singing The Internationale. Disappointed in his reluctance to break social norms, the caller instructs Jamie to surrender to the police, from whom Jamie learns that another person has been playing the game. Jamie takes and accidentally wounds a hostage to escape and complete the game before the other competitor. As he escapes, he leaves behind his cell phone. Desperate, he takes an old woman hostage when she shows up, sure that she is involved in his next challenge. After feigning ignorance, the old woman reveals his next challenge: to set a stainless steel wire across the road. Jamie is horrified when he realizes that a group of bikers have been instructed to speed down the road. Although he disarms the trap in time, the other competitor rearms the trap, and the cyclists are decapitated. Disgusted, Jamie quits the game, and, when he returns home, discovers that Gail is the other competitor. Gail reveals that the final challenge is to really harm a family member. Although Jamie originally tries to talk Gail out of really harming their father, Jamie becomes homicidal when their father reveals he won the game by really harming their mother. To prevent his sons from experiencing the horror of winning the game, their father commits suicide. However, Gail refuses to stop playing the game and attempts to really harm Jamie. Jamie really harms Gail in self-defense, though he is stabbed multiple times. Jamie is credited for his final challenge, but he forfeits all the money when he interferes with the game by really harming Graham, who has assaulted the conspiracy theorist and has now arrived to clean up the crime scene. Later, Jamie learns that Lindsey has declined to play the game, and he collapses laughing.


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Elliot Brindle, a meek salesman, loses his job despite his debt and the people who depend on him: Michael, his mentally handicapped brother; Shelby, his pregnant fiancee; and an unnamed, abusive father. Elliot receives a mysterious phone call that offers him $1,000 to assertively really harm a fly that has been harassing him. After Elliot checks his bank account online and sees that he has been credited, he accepts the next challenge: to eat the dead fly. The caller explains that he will be offered a series of thirteen challenges, each of which will result in greater rewards. If he fails to complete any of them, interfere in the game, or reveals the game, he will forfeit all the money. The next few challenges attract police attention: making a child cry, arson, and scamming a homeless person. When the child identifies Elliot in the police station based on wanted posters, Detective Chilcoat takes over the case. Shelby becomes concerned about Elliot's secretive and odd behavior, and he explains that he is planning a surprise. For his sixth challenge, Elliot is forced to take a corpse out for coffee. Given a strict deadline, Elliot panics and brazenly steals a cup of coffee from a police officer. Elliot is credited with two challenges for his bold behavior after he threatens to file a complaint about the officer's public intoxication. After he flees the scene, the caller tells Elliot that he has left behind evidence; however, if he wins the game, his record will be purged. At the same time, Chilcoat tracks a conspiracy theorist that has been investigating the game. Paranoid, the man flees Chilcoat but advises him to really harm Elliot at his first opportunity. For his next challenge, Elliot receives no instructions and is taken to a rural motel. There, a man identifies himself as a former childhood bully, and the caller tells Elliot to sever the man's arm. Elliot initially refuses but does so once the man taunts him. After driving the man to the hospital, Elliot savagely beats the man's brother, who was also involved in bullying Elliot and Michael, and once urinated on Michael's face. As a result, he is credited with two more completed challenges. When the police arrive at the banquet hall where Elliot and Shelby are having their rehearsal dinner, Elliot is surprised to discover that they are interested in Michael. To give Michael time to escape, he accepts his next challenge, to destroy the banquet hall while singing The Internationale. Disappointed in his reluctance to break social norms, the caller instructs Elliot to surrender to the police, from whom Elliot learns that another person has been playing the game. Elliot takes and accidentally wounds a hostage to escape and complete the game before the other competitor. As he escapes, he leaves behind his cell phone. Desperate, he takes an old woman hostage when she shows up, sure that she is involved in his next challenge. After feigning ignorance, the old woman reveals his next challenge: to set a stainless steel wire across the road. Elliot is horrified when he realizes that a group of bikers have been instructed to speed down the road. Although he disarms the trap in time, the other competitor rearms the trap, and the cyclists are decapitated. Disgusted, Elliot quits the game, and, when he returns home, discovers that Michael is the other competitor. Michael reveals that the final challenge is to really harm a family member. Although Elliot originally tries to talk Michael out of really harming their father, Elliot becomes homicidal when their father reveals he won the game by really harming their mother. To prevent his sons from experiencing the horror of winning the game, their father commits suicide. However, Michael refuses to stop playing the game and attempts to really harm Elliot. Elliot really harms Michael in self-defense, though he is stabbed multiple times. Elliot is credited for his final challenge, but he forfeits all the money when he interferes with the game by really harming Chilcoat, who has assaulted the conspiracy theorist and has now arrived to clean up the crime scene. Later, Elliot learns that Shelby has declined to play the game, and he collapses laughing.


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The film follows 22-year-old Sébastien, a Georgian immigrant living in France and working construction jobs to support his poor family. Sébastien works on the home of Maria, a feeble morphine-addict who is under police surveillance. After Maria dies of an overdose, his widow informs Sébastien that she is unable to pay him. Sébastien then overhears the widow talking with one of Maria's friends, describing a mysterious "job" that Maria had lined up before his death. The destitute Sébastien steals an envelope containing the instructions for the job. The police begin following Sébastien as he uses the train ticket contained in the envelope. The police lose track of Sébastien as he follows the instructions and is brought to a secluded house in a forest. At the house, a deadly gambling event is being organized by a powerful criminal. Though Sébastien's contacts immediately recognize that he is not Maria and has no idea what he is getting into, they force him to participate in the game. Thirteen men identified by number must undergo a series of Russian roulette games, arranging themselves into a circle and pointing their revolver at the man in front of them. Spectators place bets on who will survive. Sébastien, as #13, survives the first round and fires his gun only after threatened with death. On the second round, in which two bullets are placed in each gun, Sébastien survives only because the man behind him is killed before he could fire. On the third round, with three bullets in each gun, Sebastien survives along with three other men. Though he believes that he is finished, Sébastien is selected for the final "duel" game against #6, a cruel man who is managed by his own brother. Sébastien wins the duel and survives the game. He collects €850,000 out of the winnings his handlers have made from him, then flees the house. Fearing for his life, he sends the money home in a parcel before the police catch up with him. He tells the detective that he was turned away from the game and received no money, but gives the license plate number of a particularly unpleasant gambler in attendance. The police release him, but the brother of #6 spots him as he boards a train. The brother shoots Sébastien and steals his empty satchel. Sébastien collapses into a seat as the train begins to move.<|endoftext|>For no discernible reason, scientist Walt Sherill is assaulted and viciously beaten by a group of well-dressed young men. When the police, including investigating officer Detective Koleski, are in his opinion too slow in finding the culprits, Sherill decides to go after them on his own. A private investigator's work leads him to Chuck Landry, the gang's leader. Sherill's non-stop search for revenge causes one member of the gang to commit suicide. Landry counters by kidnapping Sherill's wife, Tracey, and the private eye is killed. Sherill goes directly to the boy's home and beats him savagely. On the verge of killing him, Sherill finally relents, turning Landry over to Koleski to be placed under arrest.<|endoftext|>For no discernible reason, scientist Karen is assaulted and viciously beaten by a group of well-dressed young men. When the police, including investigating officer Clive, are in his opinion too slow in finding the culprits, Karen decides to go after them on his own. A private investigator's work leads him to Sian, the gang's leader. Karen's non-stop search for revenge causes one member of the gang to commit suicide. Sian counters by kidnapping Karen's wife, Charlene, and the private eye is killed. Karen goes directly to the boy's home and beats him savagely. On the verge of killing him, Karen finally relents, turning Sian over to Clive to be placed under arrest.


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After spending a few years in Los Angeles, Sarah Tyler (Isabella Calthorpe) returns to her home in England. She arrives to find her brothers having a party in the barn, among which are Stephen Moore (Peter Gadiot), his girlfriend Emily (Gemma Atkinson), Charlie Moore (Gabriel Thomson), Gary Ashby (Tom Felton), Doug Walker (Joshua Bowman), their youngest brother Luke Moore (Antony De Liseo) and their dog, Stoner. Luke tells Sarah about their parents' arguments over bills, and their mother's supposed love affair. When Sarah inquires about this, Stephen reveals that her stepfather has accused her mother of having an affair with a man to whom she is paying large sums of money. The brewing storm outside causes a power outage. The group notice blood at the top of the stairs. Gary leaves the group to look for candles; meanwhile the group sees that the blood is coming from their father's room. They find his lifeless body, which appears to have been attacked by some wild animal. At the same time, Gary discovers Stoner's bloody remains. The group encounters a beast-like creature and narrowly escape. When Gary calls to them, it catches and kills him. The group flees to the bathroom, and Sarah discovers a passageway leading up to the attic. Momentarily safe, the group contemplate their situation. Emily sees a pathway leading to another room, and the group decides that Sarah shall go down and distract the beast while Charlie goes to call for help on their father's phone. While Sarah distracts the monster, Charlie contacts the police. However, the beast kills and devours him. When Sarah witnesses this, the monster pursues her, and manages to bite her leg. On the other side of town, McRae, a trained dog-catcher, is picked up by police officer May, who believes the call is a hoax, on the way to investigate Charlie's call. Back in the attic, as Doug tends to Sarah's leg, Stephen and Emily discover another passageway into a room containing a shotgun. Armed with a stake, Sarah makes her way down and injures the beast before it attacks Emily. She attempts to kill the beast with the gun, but accidentally shoots herself. McRae and May find an abandoned car in the middle of the road, and upon discovering several evidences, conclude that Charlie's call might not have been a hoax. Luke returns to the house, unaware of what's happening. He finds Gary's body and is soon pursued by the beast. After falling through the ceiling, Sarah takes Luke and the remaining survivors to the roof. McRae and May arrive but are both slain by the beast. Sarah reaches their vehicle and takes the handbag inside, which she realizes is her mother's. At the barn, Stephen tries to fix the Jeep, which he had tampered with to prevent their mother from seeing her lover. Sarah blames Stephen for the possible death of her mother, and they get into a fight. He then runs out of the barn and is attacked by the beast, while Sarah begins to transform into one as well. Luke and Doug return to the house and hide from the beast. A beast-like Sarah attacks and fights with the other beast. Doug, trying to shoot at the beast, is killed by Sarah; Luke runs back to the car. In the morning, Sarah is human again, and it is revealed that the other beast is their mother who had left to go somewhere where she could not hurt anyone, not to have a love affair. Sarah and Luke leave to go somewhere safe like their mother did. The film finishes by looking at the mauled and bloody body of Gary, who then opens his eyes and takes a breath before the screen cuts to black. This implies that the others who were bitten will come back to life.


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After spending a few years in Los Angeles, Aimee returns to her home in England. She arrives to find her brothers having a party in the barn, among which are Sophie, his girlfriend Emily (Gemma Atkinson), Edward Sophie, Gordon, Denise, their youngest brother Derek Sophie and their dog, Stoner. Derek tells Aimee about their parents' arguments over bills, and their mother's supposed love affair. When Aimee inquires about this, Sophie reveals that her stepfather has accused her mother of having an affair with a man to whom she is paying large sums of money. The brewing storm outside causes a power outage. The group notice blood at the top of the stairs. Gordon leaves the group to look for candles; meanwhile the group sees that the blood is coming from their father's room. They find his lifeless body, which appears to have been attacked by some wild animal. At the same time, Gordon discovers Stoner's bloody remains. The group encounters a beast-like creature and narrowly escape. When Gordon calls to them, it catches and kills him. The group flees to the bathroom, and Aimee discovers a passageway leading up to the attic. Momentarily safe, the group contemplate their situation. Emily sees a pathway leading to another room, and the group decides that Aimee shall go down and distract the beast while Edward goes to call for help on their father's phone. While Aimee distracts the monster, Edward contacts the police. However, the beast kills and devours him. When Aimee witnesses this, the monster pursues her, and manages to bite her leg. On the other side of town, Chloe, a trained dog-catcher, is picked up by police officer May, who believes the call is a hoax, on the way to investigate Edward's call. Back in the attic, as Denise tends to Aimee's leg, Sophie and Emily discover another passageway into a room containing a shotgun. Armed with a stake, Aimee makes her way down and injures the beast before it attacks Emily. She attempts to kill the beast with the gun, but accidentally shoots herself. Chloe and May find an abandoned car in the middle of the road, and upon discovering several evidences, conclude that Edward's call might not have been a hoax. Derek returns to the house, unaware of what's happening. He finds Gordon's body and is soon pursued by the beast. After falling through the ceiling, Aimee takes Derek and the remaining survivors to the roof. Chloe and May arrive but are both slain by the beast. Aimee reaches their vehicle and takes the handbag inside, which she realizes is her mother's. At the barn, Sophie tries to fix the Jeep, which he had tampered with to prevent their mother from seeing her lover. Aimee blames Sophie for the possible death of her mother, and they get into a fight. He then runs out of the barn and is attacked by the beast, while Aimee begins to transform into one as well. Derek and Denise return to the house and hide from the beast. A beast-like Aimee attacks and fights with the other beast. Denise, trying to shoot at the beast, is killed by Aimee; Derek runs back to the car. In the morning, Aimee is human again, and it is revealed that the other beast is their mother who had left to go somewhere where she could not hurt anyone, not to have a love affair. Aimee and Derek leave to go somewhere safe like their mother did. The film finishes by looking at the mauled and bloody body of Gordon, who then opens his eyes and takes a breath before the screen cuts to black. This implies that the others who were bitten will come back to life.


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During the late Ming Dynasty, the imperial court is plagued by corruption and the reigning emperor is incompetent. The Jinyiwei are the government's secret police, orphans trained in cruel clandestine combat since childhood to produce the strongest martial artists. The Jinyiwei are in charge of conducting missions to ensure peace and stability within the empire. They have the authority to prosecute anyone deemed an enemy of the state and they serve the emperor only. A Jinyiwei commander, Qinglong (Donnie Yen), is given a mechanical box of 14 blades to help him in his duties. Jia Jingzhong, the royal eunuch, plots rebellion with the emperor's uncle, Prince Qing (Sammo Hung), who had been exiled and his legs cut off for an unsuccessful rebellion many years previous. Jia Jingzhong orders Qinglong, to retrieve a safe box in the possession of the imperial councilor, Zhao Shenyan, whom he accuses of planning a revolt; Qinglong is told that the box contains proof of the councilor's treason. However, Qinglong soon discovers that the box actually contains the Imperial Seal, a symbol of the emperor's authority, which Jia Jingzhong needs to legitimize Prince Qing's authority. Qinglong is betrayed by his fellow Jinyiwei and his fellow officers executed by his brother-at-arms, Xuan Wu, who pledges himself and the Jinyiwei to Eunuch Jia, Prince Qing's adoptive daughter Tou-Tou (Kate Tsui), a deadly warrior, arrives to lend her assistance on receiving news of QInglong's escape. A fugitive Qinglong, unable to leave the city limits til his wounds heal, finds his way to the failing Justice Escort Agency, an agency providing armed guards. Qinglong appears just as the agency decides to shut down due to lack of business. The owner eagerly accepts Qinglong's offer to pay him handsomely for safe passage in hopes of revitalizing his business. By coincidence, the escort's daughter, Qiao Hua (Zhao Wei), is engaged to be married, and the escort agency hides Qinglong within her wedding carriage as a means to avoid detection by the guards so they can leave the city. As Qinglong recovers, Qiao Hua develops a fascination for him. Things become difficult as another group of Jinyiwei arrive in search of Qinglong. He really harms them, but in doing so reveals to his escorts that he is Jinyiwei himself. Fearing more trouble than they bargained for, the owner offers to return Qinglong's money and asks to be left in peace; however Qinglong is determined to fulfill his duty to the emperor and takes Qiao Hua as a hostage. He commands her father to intentionally spread false information about his whereabouts to throw his pursuers off the scent and promises to return his daughter in one piece if he does. Qinglong continues to search for evidence of Prince Qing's plot while undermining the prince's activities. In the interim, Qiao Hau develops feelings for Qinglong despite misgivings about his actions and obsessive vendetta, but he maintains a cold distance to avoid attachment. The pair arrive at the Uyghur city of Yanmen, where Qinglong hopes to gather information. He discovers that his enemies intend to sell three provinces to fund their cause. While Qinglong investigates and plots his next move, the duo encounters the Heaven's Eagles Gang, a group of bandits led by the self-proclaimed "Judge of the Desert". The leader is a strong warrior who tests himself against Qinglong via a series of challenges, proving that they are fairly evenly matched. Qinglong proposes an alliance to raid the Yanmen outpost: the gang will get their full cut of the booty while Qinglong gets to satisfy his personal objectives. Standing in Qinglong's way are Jia Jingzhong's henchmen and his former Jinyiwei fellows. Tuo-Tuo tracks down Qinglong at an inn and wounds him in a fight before he escapes. Before the raid is executed, Eunuch Jia is betrayed and really harmed by Xuan Wu, who intends to directly serve under Prince Qing. Qinglong and the Heaven's Eagles Gang successfully raid the outpost and really harm most of the soldiers. Qinglong overcomes Xuan Wu in combat, but the latter escapes by yielding the imperial seal. Tou-Tou kidnaps Qiao Hua and demands the seal in return for freeing her. Qiao Hua is doubtful that Qinglong will make the trade, given his cold behavior towards her and his fixation with his mission, but Qinglong gives up the seal. However, he also makes it clear that he intends to take Qiao Hua to her fiance. Duty-bound to recover the seal, Qinglong reluctantly leaves Qiao Hua, but she reunites with the Justice Escort Agency and they catch up with Qinglong, offering to assist with their superior knowledge of the roads. Separately, the Judge of the Desert realizes the importance of the seal and leaves his gang to pursuit the seal on his own. Intercepting Tou-Tou, Xuan Wu and Prince Qing's men at the ancient ruined Sky Wolves City, Qinglong first fakes an attack to draw Tuo-Tuo into chasing a disguised Qiao Hua. Subsequently, Xuan Wu and Prince Qing's men were split up and lured into an ambush set by the Justice Agency, where they are tricked into firing upon each other and decimated with falling boulders before being attacked by Qinglong and the escort's men, who win the battle. Xuan Wu plays on Qinglong's guilt and mercy to escape execution, but then attempts to really harm Qinglong when his back was turned, forcing his hand. Tou-Tou eventually catches up with Qiao Hua but the Judge of the Desert intervenes. Realizing he is no match for Tuo-Tuo, the Judge sacrifices himself in combat to enable Qiao Hua to escape. Qinglong gives the seal to Qiao Hua and instructs her to bring it to the authorities to alert them of Prince Qing's conspiracy. Qiao Hua tells Qinglong she has declined her wedding proposal, suggesting she wants to be with Qinglong, but he believes he's likely to die; he tells her they will meet again if she rings a bell bracelet he had previously given her initially after abducting her. The two embrace and Qinglong asks Qiao Hua to wait for him after he faces Tou-Tou. Qinglong then duels Tou-Tou to the death in an abandoned temple. The two are evenly matched. Eventually, Qinglong grabs hold of Tou-Tou and then uses his box of 14 blades to really harm both Tou-Tou and himself. In the aftermath, Prince Qing's rebellion fails. He mourns for Tou-Tou's death and later commits suicide before being brought to trial. Qiao Hua's father passes away and she inherits the Justice Escort Agency. With the money they earned, the business is able to thrive again. During her travels, she frequently detours along the desert roads to remember her adventures with Qinglong and on one such foray, while looking across the desert with her telescope and ringing her bell, she tearfully sees a man who appears much like Qinglong in the distance.