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Essential Killing

Run to live... kill to survive.

A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside.

20101h 24mNRThriller, War

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About Essential Killing

Directors
Jerzy Skolimowski
Cast
Vincent Gallo, Emmanuelle Seigner, David L. Price, Zach Cohen, Iftach Ophir, Nicolai Cleve Broch
Genres
Thriller, War
Content rating
NR
Original language
English
Production countries
Poland, Norway, Ireland, Hungary
Status
Released

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