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The Aggression Scale

German title: The Aggression Scale – Der Killer in dir
Russian title: Шкала агрессии
Original title: The Aggression Scale

Thriller – USA
Production year: 2011
Movie length: 84 minutes

Director: Steven C. Miller
Writer: Ben Powell
Cinematograph: Jeff Dolen
Music: Kevin Riepl

Movie description:

Four heavily armed hitmen and two unusual teenagers go to war over $500,000 of stolen cash. The hitmen hiding outside the family’s home know the money is inside, but they have no idea what they’re up against. Think »Home Alone« ... with much nastier results!

Owen, a disturbed teen with a troubling history of violence, defends his home from a squad of heavily armed hit men dispatched to retrieve a large sum of money stolen from a notorious mob boss. Reg Bellavance is a feared gangster facing a murder charge, but currently out on parole. Odds are he’ll end up getting convicted and sent to prison, but he’s determined to skip town with his son and $500,000 in cash before his scheduled court date. Trouble is, Reg’s flight fund has just gone missing. Enraged, the desperate mobster tells his right hand man Lloyd to assemble a crew and get the cash back – and to make sure the people who stole it suffer an agonizing death in the process. After blasting through the list of prime suspects with no results, Lloyd and his ruthless team of killers arrive at the Rutledge home, and prepare for another bloodbath. Little do they realize that the blood spilled this time will be their own, because troubled Owen Rutledge has a compulsion for cruelty, and his isn’t about to let his parent’s deaths go unpunished. Meanwhile, Owen’s rebellious older sister Lauren has gotten her first taste of carnage, and decides to join her brother in seeking sadistic revenge against the savage assassins.

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