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Once a legend in the brutal world of illicit underground fighting, Shane Slavin (Daniels) decides to turn his life around, promising his wife and young son he's fought his last battle. But when his younger brother betrays a ruthless crime boss (Weller), Shane is forced back into the arena to pay his brother's debts and to protect his family.

Steve Parker et Erica Long sont envoyés à Bucarest pour une mission délicate : découvrir un engin nucléaire caché dans l'ambassade américaine. Mais, des Serbes attaquent l'ambasse et prennent en otages toutes les personnes présentes. Les preneurs d'otages reclament la libération de leur chef détenu pour crimes contre l'humanité. L'armée américaine redoute que les terroristes ne s'emparent de la bombe.

Paul Vasiliu, a geologist, returns to his native village. Excavating for irrigation works gives him the opportunity to discover some valuable minerals. Now he has to convince the villagers to postpone theirs lifelong dream of having irrigations in their fields to examine if the mineral deposits are economically viable. A common communist propaganda item of those times.

Set in the period prior to the revolt in Timisoara in December 1989 and mirroring the events that led to the downfall of the dictator Ceausescu. -- BFI

Ce drame inspiré du roman de Panaït Istrati qui se déroule peu avant la chute de l'Empire ottoman décrit les manœuvres sulfureuses et risquées d'une famille complexe.