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Hitman: Agent 47

Starring: Rupert Friend, Zachary Quinto, Hannah Ware, Thomas Kretschmann, Emilio Rivera, Ciaran Hinds

Directed by: Aleksander Bach

Plot: An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry.

Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 6%

Critic Consensus: “Hitman: Agent 47 fails to clear the low bar set by its predecessor, forsaking thrilling action in favor of a sleekly hollow mélange of dull violence and product placement”

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American Ultra

Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Topher Grace, Tony Hale, Connie Britton, Bill Pullman, John Leguizamo

Directed by: Nima Nourizadeh

Plot: A stoner – who is in fact a government agent – is marked as a liability and targeted for extermination. But he’s too well-trained and too high for them to handle.

RT Freshness: 39%

Critic Consensus: “American Ultra has some interesting ideas, but like its stoned protagonist, it’s too easily distracted to live up to its true potential”

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Sinister 2

Starring: James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon, Lea Coco, Robert Sloan, Dartanian Sloan, Tate Ellington

Directed by: Ciaran Foy

Plot: A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that’s marked for death.

RT Freshness: 7%

Critic Consensus:  “Sinister 2 has a few ingredients that will be familiar to fans of the original; unfortunately, in this slapdash second installment, none of them are scary anymore”

 

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