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Procedural Clinical Fast-paced Intense Electric

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Nicholas Hathaway, a furloughed convict, and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. As Hathaway closes in, the stakes become personal as he discovers that the attack on a Chinese nuclear power plant was just the beginning.

Themes

Technology as weapon, Betrayal under pressure, Race against time, Cross border pursuit, Rogue networks, Conspiracy and deception

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Tense Claustrophobic Atmospheric Dry Stylish

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Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission.

Themes

Loyalty under manipulation, Deception under pressure, Foreign intervention ethics, Authority under threat, Media sensationalism versus risk, Image management in crisis

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Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Dry Clinical

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An ex-CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Deception within organizations, Personal vendetta in espionage, Exposure through whistleblowing, Power struggles and manipulation, Moral ambiguity in covert work

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Tense Claustrophobic Procedural Relentless Fast-paced

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Bill Marks is a Federal Air Marshall for whom every day is the same until this one. On this plane ride, he starts receiving text messages from someone claiming to be on the flight and threatening to kill passengers. In a race against the clock, he must identify and stop the killer to save everyone on board.

Themes

Trust under pressure, Deception and framing, Race against time, Technology-driven manipulation, Conspiracy against authority, Motive rooted in past violence

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Realistic Claustrophobic Bleak Dry Fast-paced

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A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter. But first, he must complete one last mission - even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the world's most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years, while his wife is out of town.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Duty versus family, Coercion and leverage, Trust and reconciliation, Secret life, Illness and urgency, Mortality and duty

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Tense Atmospheric Procedural Clinical Fast-paced

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Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.

Themes

Deception and loyalty tension, National security pressures, Interagency cooperation under strain, Economic manipulation risk, Foreign influence through finance, Financial system vulnerability

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Tense Dynamic Claustrophobic Atmospheric Fast-paced

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Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.

Themes

Loyalty under duress, Deception and betrayal, Institutional corruption, Unreliable alliances, Fugitives under surveillance, Pursuit of dangerous device

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Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Restrained Relentless

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When the moral values of a longtime wetwork black ops agent is tested during his last operation, he receives an unfavorable psych evaluation. Now he is given a break and a seemingly uncomplicated assignment of simply protecting the security of a young female code announcer, code resources and remote station they are assigned to. After an ambush and one phone call later, it becomes a complicated fight for their survival.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Protecting the vulnerable, Moral ambiguity of duty, Numbers station governance, Code-broadcast manipulation, Deception in operations

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Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Procedural Relentless

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When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, it's up to Bond, aided only by field agent Eve, to locate the mastermind behind the attack.

Themes

Deception and disguise, Loyalty under pressure, Surveillance and control, Global reach of espionage, Authority under scrutiny, Violence in security operations

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Claustrophobic Brutal Clinical Relentless Fast-paced

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U.S. federal agent Leon S. Kennedy sneaks into the "East Slavic Republic" to verify rumors that Bio-Organic Weapons (BOWs) are being used in the country's civil war, which the U.S. and Russia are making preparations to jointly intervene in. Right after his infiltration, the U.S. government orders him to leave immediately. Determined to uncover the truth, Leon ignores the order and enters the battlefield to end the chain of tragedies caused by the BOWs.

Themes

Survival under siege, Political instability and intervention, Bio-warfare ethics, Parasitic manipulation, Deception in intelligence, Loyalty under war

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