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Monolith (2016)

★ 5.3 · 386 ratings on TMDB

Technology can be your best friend or your worst enemy.

Monolith poster★ 5.3

A mother and her son plan a surprise visit to Los Angeles to see her husband/his father. Halfway there they get into a terrible accident in the middle of nowhere and now must fight to survive.

DirectorIvan Silvestrini
CastAndrea Ellsworth, Ashley Madekwe, Brandon W. Jones, Crew Hodges, Damon Dayoub, Jay Hayden
GenresDrama, Thriller
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Monolith keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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