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Fire with Fire (2012)

★ 5.7 · 728 ratings on TMDB

Revenge has its own set of rules.

Fire with Fire poster★ 5.7

A fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he's been ordered to testify against—after being held up at a local convenience store—threatens him.

DirectorDavid Barrett
Cast50 Cent, Arie Verveen, Bonnie Somerville, Bruce Willis, James Lesure, Josh Duhamel
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
The emergence reading

Fire with Fire keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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