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Blackout

1996 · 98 min

A tense amnesiac thriller that keeps you guessing about a man's hidden past, with a dark, brooding atmosphere.

Tagline: Who is he? Who was he? Is he a killer? Or a hero?
Overview: John Gray, a mild-mannered banker, gets hit by a car and loses most of his memory. When he gets out of the hospital, he has flashbacks which do not fit with his current life. After a strange telephone call and a murder attempt on his wife, Gray's wife is murdered which he is forced to go to L.A. in order to solve the crime and piece together his mysterious past.

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
memory
deception
violence
grief
Places: big city
suburbs
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	5
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: drama, action, thriller
Directed by: Allan A. Goldstein
Written by: Steve Schoenberg, Ruben Gordon
Starring: Brian Bosworth, Brad Dourif, Claire Yarlett, Marta DuBois, Jeremy Roberts, Lance LeGault, Marie Barrientos, Sheila Wills
Music: Terry Plumeri
Cinematography: Geoffrey Schaaf
Runtime: 98 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English, Hungarian

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