
Insomnia(2002)
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.


“The Past Can Never Be Rewound.”
When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident, Harry, prompted by mysterious visions, journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding her murder.

John Turturro
Harry

Deborah Kara Unger
Kate

Stephen Eric McIntyre
Phil

William Allen Young
Agent Lawrence

Gene Davis
Ed

Mark Houghton
Diner Cop

Jacqueline Ramel
Claire

James Remar
Peter

Nadia Litz
Ellen

Amanda Ooms
Prostitute
Fear X is a drama, thriller film released in 2003 exploring themes of depression, hallucination, shopping mall, surrealism, video surveillance, murder. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, it stars John Turturro, Deborah Kara Unger, Stephen Eric McIntyre. When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident, Harry, prompted by mysterious visions, journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding her murder.
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