Belko Experiment - in which an American business compound in Columbia is surrounded by private security and turned into Battle Royale, but with white adults. Some weirdos come on the loudspeaker after the entire 15 story building is shuttered, and announce that everyone has to start killing each other or else they will have the explosives in their heads detonated. Naturally, one smart guy starts to try to remove it, and he encourages all of his coworkers not to play along, but the announcer comes on and warns against self-surgery removal, demanding the "game" be played. There are several alpha-male types who get all self righteous, and say they need to stay alive for their families, like that justifies fucking murdering their coworkers. One of these guys is Dr. Cox, and Michael Rooker is a nice janitor. So, one red headed man leads the resistance, but people keep giving up and murdering or getting murdered. In the end, the lone survivor is welcomed into an adjacent hanger filled with technology and a few guys with guns. The survivor kills the jerks in the hanger and walks out. Good for him.
Death Wish (1974) - in which the justice system fails a man who lost his family, and he goes off the rails in finding personal justice. I mean vengeance. Charles Bronson plays Paul Kersey, a husband and father and architect, who has a nice NYC life. One day, near the beginning of the movie, Paul's wife is murdered and his daughter is raped into a catatonic state, from which she will not likely recover. Sexist. Anyways, Paul is destroyed, so his boss sends him out to New Mexico, or another lawless state, for a 3 month long project. Paul does some recovering while he is out there, and is befriended by his big money client, with a big hat and big guns. Upon arriving back in NYC, Paul is disheartened to find his daughter in terrible condition, and his son-in-law coping poorly. There have also been no arrests in his wife's murder, as the police are very busy with a crime spree related to gang violence. Paul is a really sympathetic guy, and his pain is visible, and very real. So,...
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