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Ruthless (2023)

★ 6.5 · 136 ratings on TMDB

Break bones first. Ask questions later.

Ruthless poster★ 6.5

A high school coach, whose teenage daughter was murdered, takes matters into his own hands by going after the men who kidnap his students for their sex trafficking operation.

DirectorArt Camacho
CastDermot Mulroney, Hani Al Naimi, Jeff Fahey, Kesia Elwin, Mauricio Mendoza, Melissa Diaz
GenresAction, Thriller
The emergence reading

Ruthless keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Shared director or cast.

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