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A professional bodyguard who failed to protect his client, a successful businessman, is fired by his employer's son. The son inherits his father’s company, but is then targeted by assassins who want to gain control of the estate, while the bodyguard is pursued by a gang of clumsy hitmen.
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Magnet is the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, specializing in films from the vanguard of horror, action, comedy and Asian cinema, and the home of genre classics like Tomas Alfredson’s LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, Takeshi Miike's 13 ASSASSINS, Gareth Edward's MONSTERS, Neil Marshall's sword and sandals bloodbath CENTURION, Tony Jaa's ONG BAK trilogy, and the terrifying V/H/S and ABCS OF DEATH anthologies to name a few. Recent releases include all-female-helmed horror anthology film XX, legendary director Takashi Miike’s 100th film BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL, Michael Beach Nichols’ urban legend nightmare WRINKLES THE CLOWN, Romola Garai’s Sundance horror-thriller AMULET, John Hyams directed thriller ALONE, Mads Mikkelsen revenge-thriller RIDERS OF JUSTICE, horror thriller AGNES from director Mickey Reece, Norwegian disaster epic THE BURNING SEA, sci-fi thriller ULTRASOUND, TIFF Midnight Madness horror-thriller YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER, from Irish filmmaker Kate Dolan; and Carlota Pereda’s visceral Sundance Midnight hit PIGGY. Upcoming releases include Mali Elfman’s Tribeca supernatural road movie NEXT EXIT, BABY RUBY, the unsettling feature directorial debut of award-winning playwright Bess Wohl, starring Noémie Merlant and Kit Harington, and Quentin Dupieux Cannes Midnight comedy SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING.