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German Max Riemelt ( Sense8) keeps up every step of the way as her chilling and multifaceted captor, but this is Palmer’s film, and it gave the dynamite actress long-relegated to playing love-interest side characters a serious calling card in Hollywood. Black TV shows on Netflix you NEED to watch. The Best War Movies to Stream on Netflix Right Now. It also differs from other films of its ilk in that this nightmare begins with genuine erotic tension and heat, a mutual attraction.Īussie-born Teresa Palmer of Hacksaw Ridge fame delivers a ripper of a performance as a victim suffering in stages not unlike the stages of grieving. The story of a young black gay man growing was handily the most powerful film of 2016 (sorry La La Land).
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