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Marked Men: Rule + Shaw

2025 · 93 min

A steamy, emotional romance about opposites attracting, with family drama and personal growth.

Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Chase Stokes, Sydney Taylor, Ella Balinska

Tagline: Love always leaves a mark.
Overview: Shaw Landon has loved Rule Archer from the moment she laid eyes on him. Rule, a fiery-tempered rebel tattoo artist, doesn’t have time for a good girl pre-med student like Shaw — even if she’s the only one who can see the person he truly is. She lives by other people’s rules; he makes his own. But a short skirt, too many birthday cocktails, and spilled secrets lead to a night neither can forget. Now, Shaw and Rule must figure out how a girl like her and a guy like him are supposed to be together without destroying their love…or each other.

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Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Chase Stokes, Sydney Taylor, Ella Balinska

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Tone: romanticstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
grief
identity
family
class
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	8
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: romance, drama
Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
Written by: Sharon Soboil
Starring: Chase Stokes, Sydney Taylor, Ella Balinska, Evan Mock, Alexander Ludwig, Natalie Alyn Lind, Matthew Noszka, Hannah Kepple
Music: George Kallis
Cinematography: Kenji Katori
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Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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