Chopper [2000]
Chopper is not just a thought-provoking dark comedy but also a gritty prison movie and an engaging character study, a fucking masterpiece.
Chopper is not just a thought-provoking dark comedy but also a gritty prison movie and an engaging character study, a fucking masterpiece.
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I tend to avoid slow dramas featuring difficult stories that are hard to watch. Usually, there has to be something
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