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Writers:
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Release Date:
25 March 2009 (France) more
Tagline:
Nothing stays buried forever.
Plot:
Three teenagers blackmail a serial killer. full summary | add synopsis
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4 wins more
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Multiple Personality Disorder report
 (From QuietEarth. 13 November 2009, 3:49 PM, PST)

Blinded by the Acolytes: Part Two
 (From Fangoria. 29 July 2009, 10:46 AM, PDT)

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Unreasonable and Absurd Plot more (10 total)

Cast

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Danny Baldwin ... Detective 2
Holly Baldwin ... Tanya Lee
Harley Bennick ... Young James
Michael Dorman ... Gary Parker
Sue Dwyer ... Ma Parker

Joel Edgerton ... Ian Wright
Sebastian Gregory ... Mark

Bella Heathcote ... Petra
Todd Levi ... Detective 1
Hanna Mangan Lawrence ... Chasely

Belinda McClory ... Kay Wright
Joshua Payne ... James
Anthony Phelan ... Tanya Lee's Dad
Leigh Prewecki ... Baby Wright
Ryan Sheldrake ... Young Mark
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91 min
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Unreasonable and Absurd Plot, 22 July 2009
5/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The teenager Mark (Sebastian Gregory) has a crush on Chasely (Hanna Mangan Lawrence), who is the girlfriend of his best friend James (Joshua Payne) and is always teasing him. Mark and James share a secret: they were raped by the punk bully Gary Parker (Michael Dorman) when they were younger. While wandering in the woods, Mark witnesses a suspicious man with a shovel filling a hole and then sneaking from the place in a 4x4 Discovery with a butterfly cover on the spare tire. Mark tells James and Chasely and they return with shovels to dig the location, where they find the corpse of a woman. Instead of calling the police, they decide to find whether the killer lives. They discover that his name is Ian Wright (Joel Edgerton) and lives in the suburb with his wife and their baby. Mark and James blackmail Ian, ordering him to kill Gary Parker. However, the killer presses Gary and discovers the identities of the teenagers, reverting the situation and disclosing a dark secret about Mark.

"Acolytes" has a promising beginning with the weird relationship among Mark, James and Chasey and their discovery of the grave of a Caucasian woman. The first unreasonable and absurd situation is when the trio does not call the police and decides to investigate the possible killer. However, the conclusion when Ian teams up with his acolyte is so stupid and unthinkable that irritates. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Caçada Sinistra" ("Sinister Hunting")

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