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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
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2002
2h 9m
7.5(1738 votes)
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Drama
Thriller

Overview

A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.

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