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Her only focus... IS YOUR DEATH!

2010 · 7 min · Thriller, Action

Persephone Chase is a contract assassin with a difference. In a fond homage to 1970s drive-in action thrillers -- but set in modern-day Melbourne -- powerful criminals plot the downfall of a right-wing, devoutly religious political candidate... and each other.

Directed by Paul Anthony Nelson · Written by Paul Anthony Nelson

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