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Painkillers

2015-11-15 · 105 min · ★ 4.0

Thriller · Science Fiction · Action

Led by Major John Cafferty, a squad of US soldiers are sent on a mission,deep into the mountainous regions of Afghanistan with orders to extract a mysterious top secret package. Now they are back home in a military hospital because they have no memory of what happened to them, or even who they are. In time, they start to recall the strange events that occurred: apparitions that appeared, luring some of them to their deaths and readings of a powerful electromagnetic energy from a strange unearthly power source. But there is no time to dwell on the past, they need to face the bitter truth about how they ended up in Afghanistan to begin with and the betrayals that wiped out their minds and nearly destroyed their lives.

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Directors
Peter Winther
Production companies
Badlands Features, Liberation Pictures, Ferns Entertainment
Countries
Canada
Status
Released

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Tahmoh PenikettTahmoh PenikettCafferty
Erica DuranceErica DuranceTrudy
Lesley-Ann BrandtLesley-Ann BrandtGuts
Colm FeoreColm FeoreDr. Troutman
Julia VothJulia VothMasters
Riza SantosMadeline
Caroline LindyCaroline LindySasha
Amanda VredegoorAmanda VredegoorNurse Keller
Joel JackshawJoel JackshawStevens

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