Game of Death (2017)

Game of Death: Directed by Sebastien Landry, Laurence Morais-Lagace. With Sam Earle, Victoria Diamond, Emelia Hellman, Catherine Saindon. Kill or be killed is the golden rule of the Game of Death. Sucks for seven millennials who ignored that rule. Now each one’s head will explode unless they kill someone. Will they turn on each other to survive, or will this sunny day be the last for the innocent people of their middle-of-nowhere town?

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