James Remar

James Remar
Date of Birth: 31 Dec 1953
Country: USA
Biography: James Remar (born December 31, 1953) is an American actor. He has appeared in movies, video games, and TV shows. He is perhaps best known as Richard, the on-off tycoon boyfriend of Kim Cattrall's character in Sex and the City, as Ajax in The Warriors, as the homicidal maniac Albert Ganz in the 1982 comedy/thriller 48 Hrs, Dutch Shultz in The Cotton Club, Lord Raiden in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and more recently as Harry Morgan in Dexter. (Wikipedia)
Total Credits at Criticker: 95 (Actor)
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Titles you haven't rated - Actor (95)
Blade: Trinity
Wesley Snipes returns as the iconic vampire hunter Blade in this third installment of the hit film series. (New Line Cinema)
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Duplex
When a young New York couple (Stiller, Barrymore) settle into their first home, they find that it comes with one feature they didn't expect: an upstairs, rent-controlled tenant who is not what they anticipated. (Miramax)
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Fear X
When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident Harry (Turturro), prompted by mysterious visions, journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding her murder. (imdb)
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The Girl Next Door
Eighteen-year-old Matthew Kidman (Hirsch) is a straight-arrow over-achiever who has never really lived life, until he falls for his new neighbor, the beautiful and seemingly innocent Danielle (Cuthbert). When Matthew discovers this perfect "girl next door" is a one-time porn star, his sheltered existence begins to spin out of control. (20th Century Fox)
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Psycho
Intrigued by the notion of taking an intact, undeniable classic and seeing what would happen if it were made again - with a nearly identical shooting script - but with contemporary filmmaking techniques, Gus Van Sant recreates the motion picture Psycho. (Universal Studios)
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What Lies Beneath
The wife of a professor investigates the murder of a beautiful college student who has been appearing to her. (imdb)
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2 Fast 2 Furious
Former cop Brian O'Conner (Walker) teams up with his ex-con pal Roman Pearce (Tyrese) to transport a shipment of "dirty" money for a shady Miami-based import/export dealer (Hauser), while actually working with an undercover agent (Mendes) to bring the dealer down. (Universal Pictures)
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Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
A group of martial arts warriors have only six days to save the Earth from an extra-dimensional invasion (imdb)
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White Fang
Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him(imdb)
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Renaissance Man
Danny DeVito plays an advertising man who is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit... (imdb)
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Boys on the Side
Jane is a night club singer, out of work and looking for a ride-share to accompany her to Los Angeles... (imdb)
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Drugstore Cowboy
A realistic road movie about a drug addict, his 'family', and their inevitable decline into crime. (imdb)
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48 Hrs.
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer. (imdb)
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Miracle on 34th Street
In this new holiday "miracle", based on the 1947 film classic, a little girl discovers dreams do come true if you really believe... (imdb)
The Warriors
A gang called The Warriors are framed for killing a gang leader trying to unite all the gangs in the area. With other gangs gunning for them they must get back to the home turf of Coney Island... Alive. (imdb)
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The Dream Team
Dr. Weitzman works with patients in a sanitarium. Convinced that all that his "group" needs is a some fresh air and some time away from the sanitarium... (imdb)
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The Clan of the Cave Bear
A young Cro-Magnons woman is raised by Neanderthals. (imdb)
The Cotton Club
The Cotton Club was a famous night club in Harlem. The story follows the people that visited the club, those that ran it, and is peppered with the Jazz music that made it so famous. (imdb)
The Long Riders
The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the Jesse James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of of revenge. (imdb)
Blink
Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. (imdb)
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The Phantom
The Phantom, descendent of a line of African superheroes, travels to New York City to thwart a wealthy criminal genius from obtaining three magic skulls which would give him the secret to ultimate power.
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Ike: Countdown to D-Day
IKE: COUNTDOWN TO D-DAY depicts the tense 90 days leading up to the D-Day invasion and how Dwight Eisenhower, against all odds, brilliantly orchestrated the most important military maneuver in modern history. (imdb)
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Hellraiser: Inferno
A shady police detective becomes embroiled in a strange world of murder, sadism and madness after being assigned a murder investigation against a madman known only as "The Engineer". (imdb)
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Wild Bill
Wild Bill Hickok, famed lawman and gunman of the Old West, is haunted by his past and his reputation. He is loved by, but cannot love, Calamity Jane. Dogging his trail is young Jack McCall, who blames Bill for abandoning the boy's mother and destroying her life. McCall has sworn to kill Bill, and Bill's ghosts, his failing eyesight, and his fondness for opium may make McCall's task easier. (imdb)
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Ratatouille
Welcome to a entirely new and original world where the unthinkable combination of a rat and a 5-star gourmet restaurant come together for the ultimate fish-out-of-water tale. (Disney)
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Blowback
Whitman is a psychotic religious killer who was caught by Inspector Morell a former seminarian, whose religious knowledge led to Whitman's capture. Whitman was tried and sentenced to death. However, he was rescued by a secret government group who want to make him an assassin, however, Whitman escapes and decides to get back at the people who tried to stop his mission, the jury, the judge, the district attorney, who's Morrell's ex-wife. Morrell recognizes the killings as Whitman's style but how could it be when he's dead. (imdb)
The Quest
Chris embarks on an odyssey of self-discovery that spans the globe. Kidnapped and enslaved by gun smugglers, sold by pirates and thrust into the murky underworld of gambling and kickboxing, Chris' journey takes him to forbidding Muay Thai Island where deadly martial arts are taught... (imdb)
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Rites of Passage
When lawyer DJ Farraday discovers his father has been having an affair, the two drive out to the remote family cabin to talk things over. What neither expects is that DJ's estranged gay brother Campbell will already be there, apparently planning a weekend retreat with his boyfriend. But father and sons are forced to put aside their grievances when two escaped convicts show up and put everyone's lives in danger. (imdb)
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Sharpshooter
A trained military assassin wanting out from his lifestyle and always looking over his shoulder because he has numerous enemies. He's an excellent marksman that never misses and he takes on one more job.
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Fatal Instinct
A spoof of the late 80s and early 90s suspense thrillers and murder mysteries, including Basic Instinct, Sleeping With The Enemy, Cape Fear and others. A cop/attorney (yes he's both) is seduced by a woman while his wife is having an affair with a mechanic. Lots of other sublots and visual gags in the style of Naked Gun. Check the rating ! (imdb)
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
In anthology style, a child tells three stories of horror to keep from being eaten by a witch. (imdb)
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Quiet Cool
A tough NYC plainclothes cop who has always worked within the law, is suddenly forced to go outside the law to deal with some really bad outlaws. (imdb)
The Unborn
A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.
Night Visions
Stubborn detective Tom Mackey, assigned to a Los Angeles murder case involving a couple of serial killings, gets increasingly frustrated with the dead end leads he's following and the lack of appreciation he gets from his chief, police captain Keller. Enter Dr. Sally Powers, a fresh, clean cut psychology graduate who possesses supernatural powers. In a loose partnership the twosome gradually succeed in unraveling the killer's motive and working-pattern. (imdb)
Wedlock
A male prison escapee heads for his hidden loot electronically attached to a female prisoner. (imdb)
Guardian
With a spate of violence that rocks the inner city, L.A.P.D. and ex-Marine John Kross investigates its cause: a new drug called Chaos. With help from his partner Carpenter, they delve into the mystery, only to discover a link between the drug and a terrifying supernatural power unleashed during the gulf war, witnessed by Kross twelve years ago. (imdb)
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Band of the Hand
In an attempt of resocialisation, five hopeless juvenile criminals are sent away from prison into the Everglades for a survival training under the Indian Joe. When this is successful, they move back to Miami. However this offends the former illegal inhabitants of their house, all loyal customers of drug baron Cream. The conflict leads to armed fights. (imdb)
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Endless Bummer
Surfing is taken seriously in Ventura, Calif., and for JD (Khan Chittenden) and his shorts-wearing, job-hating, water-loving crew, nothing is more righteous than tracking down the heinous San Fernando Valley thief who's stolen JD's awesome custom-built surfboard. Veteran surfer Mike Mooney (character actor Matthew Lillard) encourages the dudes' antics as they gather clues, rally the locals and turn their fun-filled summer into a moral mission. (netflix.com)
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Rent-a-Cop
When call-girl Della gets caught in the middle of a drug bust at a hotel where she was meeting a trick, she is held hostage by a robber that busted in on the drug agents and the drug dealers. She gets rescued by vice cop Church who is accused of staging the aborted bust. Ex-ballplayer turned drug dealer Roger is in tight with corrupt vice cops and their superiors And the fireworks start popping. (imdb)
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Confessions of a Hitman
A former hitman named Bruno steals some cash from his mobster uncle. He plans to go to Tahiti, but things go wrong and he finds himself headed for Vegas via Death Valley in a comandeered airport limousine, pursued by his uncle's henchmen and accompanied by a limo driver and an enigmatic blonde. (imdb)
Windwalker
An ancient Indian chief who believes he has died must come back from his 'death' to save his tribe from the raiding party of rival Indians in this unique story of 'Indians without a single cowboy. (imdb)
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Red
After trading in his professional past as a black-ops CIA agent for a new identity, Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) is basking in normalcy. But he's forced to return to old habits when a shadowy assassin puts a target on his back and goes after the woman (Mary-Louise Parker) he loves. Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich co-star as former members of Moses's team who reluctantly reassemble to save his life.
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The Surgeon
Small boy witnesses his brother being killed in surgery, grows up to become a monster with a scalpel. (imdb)
Gun
A drama set in the world of drug dealing.
One Good Turn
Matt, a home arcade games programmer runs into an old acquaintance who saved his life years earlier from a burning automobile.The rescuer, Simon, is down on his luck, living like a bum. The grateful Matt feels obligated to help Simon, so he takes him into his home and gets him a job in the mail room of his company. However, what Matt doesn't know is it was no accident running into Simon, and Simon has an old score to settle with Matt, going all the way back to the night Simon saved Matt's life. (imdb)
The Base 2: Guilty as Charged
The Pentagon sends their top soldier to uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of two dozen soldiers. (imdb)
Fatal Charm
Convicted of the rape and murder of six women, Adam Brenner, Escapes prison and goes searching for the high school student that has been writing him.
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Lady Jayne: Killer
Jayne Ferré needs to get out of Los Angeles fast. A strikingly beautiful woman, yet ruthless assassin for the mob; she is on the run with a suitcase full of a million dollars in blood money, stolen from mob boss Frank Bianci. Sixteen-year-old Kerry is on the run from a drug dealer set on payback. His mother Emily decides to take Kerry and start a new life in Texas, but doesn't have enough money to get there... (imdb)
The FP
Dance dancing has never been so deadly. The FP is a film about a futuristic, post-apocalyptic world in which gang settle scores through Dance Dance Revolution-like gaming. (kotaku.com)
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Setup
A group of friends become involved in a potentially deadly diamond heist. (imdb)
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Arena
Arena (2011) - Direct-to-Video
David Lord finds himself forced into the savage world of a modern gladiatorial arena, where men fight to the death for the entertainment of the online masses. (imdb)
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Robo Warriors
The year is 2036 and Earth has been invaded: hope lies with the last Robo Warrior - a towering fighting machine. (imdb)
D.R.E.A.M. Team
Three beautiful undercover agents pose as international models in order to stop the threat of anthrax terrorism from taking over the world. (imdb)
Inferno
Inferno (1998) - TV Movie
In this speculative disaster outing, a solar explosion results in a scorched Earth. Though most of humanity dies, there are a few survivors. The story centers on a band of Californians, representing all walks of life, who must work together to stay alive. (allrovi.com)
Indecency
Indecency (1992) - TV Movie
Thriller about three friends who work in an advertising agency, one of whom has a nervous breakdown. Upon her recovery, she embarks upon an affair with her former employer's husband, with deadly consequences. (imdb)
Brotherhood of the Gun
After the Civil War, reb sharpshooter Zack Hollister joins Weir's outlaw gang. After a sucessful train robbery, he and his brother end up in a gunfight with Weir and his men. He escapes with a wound in his right arm but his brother is killed. Recuperating he has to learn to shoot left-handed as he plans to avenge his brother's death. (imdb)
Django Unchained
With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. (imdb)
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All Superheroes Must Die
Four Super Heroes find themselves abducted by their Arch Nemesis and are forced to compete in a series of challenges in order to save an abandoned town full of kidnapped innocent civilians. (imdb)
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Horns
Blamed for the brutal murder of his longtime girlfriend (Juno Temple), a small-town guy (Daniel Radcliffe) awakens one morning to find a pair of horns growing from his head, in this offbeat supernatural thriller from horror ace Alexandre Aja (Haute tension, Piranha 3D). (tiff.net)
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Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
Duell McCall visits his old girlfriend, Nora, and learns that she gave birth to his child. He wants to stay but he is still a wanted man. So, Sheriff Campbell suggests that if he brings in this notorious criminal, who's been plaguing the territory, he might be able to get a pardon. (imdb)
Kojak: None So Blind
After a flighty young woman accidentally witnesses a Mob hit in an Italian restaurant, New York Police Inspector Theo Kojak must both protect her from an unscrupulous Dutch hitman, and bring Mob kingpin Tony Salducci to justice. (imdb)
Persecuted
An evangelist finds himself framed for murder and on the run after he refuses to back a senator's proposition calling for sweeping religious reform.
2B
Set in the near future, "2B" portrays a familiar decaying world on the cusp of great transformation and awesome wonders. The script is based upon real science and evolving technologies. The 'technohuman' conundrum is the hottest and most controversial topic of this century. This film is an entertainment designed to jump-start the conversation about the moral and religious questions raised by the bio-tech revolution. What if you could die and live forever? (2bmovie.com)
Lap Dance
An aspiring actress makes a pact with her fiancé to take a job as an exotic dancer to care for her cancer stricken father. Once the pact the couple made is broken, their lives are changed forever. Based on the true story of director Greg Carter and his girlfriend prior to their moving to Los Angeles in 2005. (imdb)
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Silence Like Glass
A ballet dancer is affected with cancer.
Dexter
Dexter (2006) - TV Series
A Miami police forensics expert moonlights as a serial killer of criminals whom he believes have escaped justice. (imdb)
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Sex and the City
Four female New Yorkers gossip about their sex-lives (or lack thereof) and find new ways to deal with being a woman in the 90s.
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Wilfred
Wilfred (2011) - TV Series
The story of a manic depressive man who inexplicably is the only one who can see his neighbor's dog as a full grown man in a dog suit. (imdb)
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The Tigress
It's the roaring twenties in Berlin. The Tigress, a gorgeous, wild, and very independent street walker, falls for a handsome grifter. When one of her lovers gets jealous, she betrays him and has to skip town. The grifter reveals he has what it takes to move in upper class circles and suggests they flee to Carlsbad, a spa in Czechoslovakia.
The Blackcoat\
Set at an all girls boarding school, February tells the story of two women bound together by a series of sinister events. (imdb)
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The Dog Lover
Sara Gold is a rising star at the United Animal Protection Agency (UAPA), a major animal rights organization that conducts animal rescues and lobbies for better animal welfare laws. Handpicked for a major assignment, Sara goes undercover as a college intern to infiltrate a suspected "puppy mill" run by the enigmatic Daniel Holloway. (imdb)
Total Security
A high-tech security firm in Los Angeles is the setting for a world of espionage, threats, investigations, and surveillance. (imdb)
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and relentless shark attacks. (imdb)
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The Grid
The Grid (2004) - TV Mini-Series
A team of American and British counter-terrorists are tasked with stopping a terrorist cell who's operating on a global level. (imdb)
Unnatural
Global climate change prompts a scientific corporation to genetically modify Alaskan polar bears with horrific and deadly results. (imdb)
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The Saint
The Saint (2017) - TV Movie
International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is asked by a desperate rich man to find his kidnapped daughter. However, in addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past. (imdb)
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The Mystic Warrior
Saga about a proud band of Sioux Indians, and the efforts of one brave to save his people from destruction through the use of mysterious powers handed down by ancestors.
Black Lightning
A retired superhero becomes a vigilante for justice.
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Feed
Olivia and Matthew Grey are 18-year-old twins born into a world of privilege and high expectations. There are almost no boundaries between them; even their dreams are connected. (imdb)
Decommissioned
A retired agent's life is turned upside down when he discovers he's the patsy for an impending CIA planned presidential assassination. (imdb)
+8
Smitten!
A young New York fashion executive's trip to Milan takes a bad turn when he is kidnapped and whisked off to an Alpine village to be held for ransom money. Little does he (or his three abductors) know that the small, rustic cottage they end up spending the night in is under a gypsy love spell. (imdb)
Double Frame
A shady cop gets in over his head when he frames his partner during a drug scam. (imdb)
On the Yard
In prison, one prisoner buys some smokes from another. Then he admits he can't pay for it and becomes indebted to him and the interest is rising daily.
Dead Reckoning
A thriller inspired by the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. (imdb)
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Magnum P.I.
Magnum P.I. (2018) - TV Series
After leaving Navy SEALS Thomas Magnum ends up in Hawaii offering his skills to help people as a private investigator.
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Speed Kills
A wealthy speedboat racer leads a double life that gets him into trouble with the law and drug lords.
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Lilly, a hard working EMT, is only focused on her job and getting into medical school. So when wealthy slacker Jeff enters her life it throws her off course. At first, Lilly wants nothing to do with Jeff or his sense of entitlement and lack of direction. As she spends more time with him, she starts to realize that you can't always judge a book by its cover. (imdb)
The Noel Diary
The story of a man who returns home on Christmas to settle his estranged mother's estate. Once there, he discovers a diary that may hold secrets to his own past and of a beautiful young woman on a mysterious journey of her own. (imdb.com)
Paul T. Goldman
Paul T. Goldman (2023) - TV Mini-Series
One man's efforts to uncover the truth thrust him into a labyrinth of fraud, deception, and criminality that transform him "from wimp to warrior". (imdb)
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Megalopolis
An architect wants to rebuild New York City as a utopia following a devastating disaster.
North Shore
North Shore (2004) - TV Series
Intrigue abounds at the Grand Waimea Hotel, the perfect place for an exclusive Hawaiian getaway for the rich, powerful and beautiful. (imdb)
Drugstore June
After the pharmacy in her small town is robbed, a girl who still lives at home with her parents takes matters into her own hands to solve the crime, while at the same time trying to get over her ex-boyfriend and become more of an adult.
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Transformers One
The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever. (imdb)
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The Huntress
After she loses her husband to a car bomb, newly widowed Dottie Thorson and her daughter Brandi team up to pick up where her husband Ralph left off, to hunt down criminals that operate above the law. (wikipedia)
Dexter: Resurrection
Dexter Morgan awakens from a coma and sets out for New York City, determined to find Harrison and make things right. But when Miami Metro's Angel Batista arrives with questions, Dexter realizes his past is catching up to him fast. (imdb)
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