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A shipping engineer and her crew find themselves trapped in a deadly game in the middle of the Atlantic when they learn a series of car bombs are hidden amongst the thousands of vehicles on board.

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Written by: Justin Piasecki
Produced by: Basil Iwanyk
Erica Lee

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