Initiation

Initiation

KIll or Be Killed

2016 · 81 min · ★ 5.0 · Thriller, Horror

Five strangers are taken hostage and forced to fight to the death as a form of initiation into a bizarre, violent brotherhood.

Directed by Oren Benamor · Written by Dan Benamor

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