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Sun's out guns out

NR 2019 · 88 min · ★ 5.3 · Action, Comedy, Thriller

When Matt Booth sets off to meet his fiance for a foreign wedding he couldn't have imagined the dangerous world he was about to step into. Betrayed and set up, Matt finds himself on the run from the CIA and hired mercenaries, all looking for a package that he has supposedly smuggled through customs. Hunted on all sides, Matt is aided by Agent Adriana Vasquez, a femme fatale with orders of her own to follow.

Directed by Guillermo Iván · Written by Garry Charles

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