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Cyanide

2022 · 6 min

A short, grim burst of dread as two strangers scrap over the mercy of death.

Directed by: John Ferrer
Genres: Action, Thriller
Starring: Melaina Pecorini Agyei, Rebecca Wilson

Tagline: Two women fight to the death over a cyanide pill.
Overview: A woman finds herself trapped in some twisted dystopian tournament in which everyone is fighting to die in order to avoid a fate worse than death. Entering another round, she must fight her opponent over a cyanide pill before the time is up.

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Directed by: John Ferrer
Genres: Action, Thriller
Starring: Melaina Pecorini Agyei, Rebecca Wilson

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Tone
Pacing: relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: death
survival
violence
fate
isolation
Places: military
Era: far-future
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	6
Horror	4
Humour	1
Realism	4
Romance	0
Tension	8
Darkness	8
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: action, thriller
Directed by: John Ferrer
Written by: Byron Tennyson
Starring: Melaina Pecorini Agyei, Rebecca Wilson
Runtime: 6 min

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