"Backrooms" Succeeds
We got a movie that takes the old school approach of trying to creep you out with chilling atmosphere more than anything else.
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Martin Behrens is a Middle East expert for the German intelligence agency BND. He obtains information leading to a U.S. drone strike on a wanted terrorist in Zahiristan. A few days later, there's a terrorist attack on a restaurant – the video claiming responsibility calls it payback for the drone strike. Freelance journalist Aurice, with whom Martin was having an affair, is among the victims – she was investigating corruption at the heart of the BND. Martin soon has to realize that in a world where big corporations profit from arms deals as well as from homeland security contracts, good and evil are sometimes hard to tell apart.
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Martin Behrens is a Middle East expert for the German intelligence agency BND. He obtains information leading to a U.S. drone strike on a wanted terrorist in Zahiristan. A few days later, there's a terrorist attack on a restaurant – the video claiming responsibility calls it payback for the drone strike. Freelance journalist Aurice, with whom Martin was having an affair, is among the victims – she was investigating corruption at the heart of the BND. Martin soon has to realize that in a world where big corporations profit from arms deals as well as from homeland security contracts, good and evil are sometimes hard to tell apart.
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Genre:Drama, Thriller
Written By:Philipp Leinemann
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Runtime:105 minutes
Studio:Walker & Worm Film, Hellinger / Doll Filmproduktion, ZDF, ARTE
Cast
Philipp Leinemann
Director
Ronald Zehrfeld
Martin Behrens
Alexander Fehling
Patrick Lemke
Claudia Michelsen
Dr. Aline Schilling
Antje Traue
Aurice Köhler
Axel Prahl
Dr. Joachim Rauhweiler
August Zirner
Dr. Grünhagen
Katharina Lorenz
Lucia Wendtland
Thomas Loibl
Gruber
Alireza Bayram
Mansoud Behzad
Walter Kreye
Dr. Vossmeier
Thomas Thieme
Hubert
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