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A tense neo-noir thriller about a retired criminal's fragile paradise invaded by a psychopathic nemesis, built on mounting dread and moral ambiguity.
Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading Gal to return to London for one last big job.
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