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Gladiator for Rent

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1993 · 87 min · Mystery

The owner of a private detective agency accepts a lucrative job from the wife of a media mogul: to stop a leak of compromising information that could cost her a multimillion-dollar inheritance. The seemingly simple assignment soon draws him into a chain of killings that puts his own life at risk. An early post-Soviet Belarusian crime thriller.

Runtime
87 min
Genre
Mystery · Action · Crime
Mood
tense · adventurous
Entry
some context
Best for
shorter watch

Content notes: violence or threat Non-exhaustive

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Part of 10 Essential Belarusian Films

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