1698 – Party Hard (2015 video game)

timespace coordinates: the storyline focuses on Detective John West’s detailing of the Party Hard Killings of autumn, 2000. [San Francisco County, North Beach (Salinas, California), ranch party in Bakersfield, Las Vegas, Bay City, Texas, Miami Florida > Salina, Kansas, rooftop pool party at Denver, Colorado, Halloween party in Wyoming. campus party in Salt Lake City, Utah, party in the San Francisco subway.]

Party Hard is an action stealth video game developed by Pinokl Games and published by tinyBuild for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. A mobile port, Party Hard Go, was released for Fire OS, iOS, and Android. In the game, players assume the role of a serial killer who infiltrates several parties with the objective of killing all attendants without getting caught. (wiki)

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1697 – Tenet (2020)

Tenet is a 2020 action-thriller and science fiction film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. A co-production between the United Kingdom and United States, it stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki and Kenneth Branagh. The plot follows a secret agent (Washington) as he manipulates the flow of time to prevent World War III. (wiki)

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1695 – Let the Bullets Fly 让子弹飞 (2010 movie)

timespace coordinates: China during the warring 1920s

Directed by “Six generation”  Jiang Wen

“Poxy” Zhang (张麻子; Jiang Wen) leads a group of bandits, each of whom is numbered rather than named, and ambushes a government horse train carrying Ma Bangde (马邦德; Ge You), who is on his way to Goose Town (鹅城 E-cheng) to assume the position of county governor. Ma’s train is derailed, killing both his bodyguards and his adviser, Counsellor Tang (汤师爷 Tang-shiye; Feng Xiaogang). Ma has no money, having spent it all to bribe and buy his position. To avoid being killed by Zhang’s bandits, he lies to them claiming that he is Counsellor Tang and that his wife (Carina Lau) was the dead governor’s wife. He tells the bandits that, if they spare him and his wife, he will help Zhang to impersonate Ma and pilfer Goose Town’s finances.

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1689 – Boss Level (2020)

Boss Level is an american science fiction action film written and directed by Joe Carnahan, starring Frank Grillo, Mel Gibson, Michelle Yeoh and Naomi Watts.

Roy Pulver (Frank Grillo), a retired special forces soldier finds himself trapped in a sinister government program, which results in a never-ending time loop leading to his death. (wiki)

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1687 – Greenland (2020)

timespace coordinates: 2019 Atlanta, Georgia >  Upstate New York > Greenland

Greenland is a 2020 American disaster film directed by Ric Roman Waugh. The film stars Gerard Butler (who also co-produced), Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd and Scott Glenn.. The film follows a family who must fight for survival as a planet-destroying comet races to Earth. (wiki)

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Tapisserie de Bayeux – Scène 32 : des hommes observent la comète de Halley – Scène 33 : Harold dans son palais de Westminster

The Cosmic Feminine: Steiner’s View of Cometary Life

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1685 – Hardcore Henry (2015)

timespace coordinates: near-future Moscow

Hardcore Henry (Russian: Хардкор; also known simply as Hardcore in some countries)  is a 2015 Russian-American science fiction action film written and directed by Ilya Naishuller (in his feature directorial debut).

It stars Sharlto Copley, Danila Kozlovsky, Haley Bennett, and Tim Roth. Henry was played by 10 different stuntmen and cameramen including the director Ilya Naishuller, Darya Charusha, who plays a dominatrix biker, is also the film’s composer.

Max Nicholson of IGN rated the film 8.6/10 stating “Two parts FPS, one part platformer and a pinch of HowToBasic, director Ilya Naishuller’s Hardcore Henry is a recipe for non-stop, ludicrous fun. While the film’s actual story is nigh existent [sic], it’s sure to please gamers and action junkies alike with its inventive set pieces and mind-boggling action” and “Hardcore Henry lives up to the title with non-stop, off-the-wall action and a love for all things video games”. (wiki)

The video game “Payday 2“ had a cross-promotion before the movie’s release. It came with heists relating to the film’s plot, along with a new playable character (Jimmy) and new weapons. A poster for the game can be seen on wall of the one of the apartments where Slick Dimitri is found and Jimmy’s mask from the game can be seen in the drawer with the weapons in the strip club.

Before this film, writer and director Ilya Naishuller made several music videos for his Russian punk rock band “Biting Elbows”. The videos were shot in the same style: Fast paced, first person perspective action videos.

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1670 – The Last of Us Part II (2020 video game)

timespace coordinates: 2030’s  Jackson, Wyoming, Seattle, Washington, Santa Barbara, California

The Last of Us Part II is a 2020 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. Set five years after The Last of Us (2013), the player controls two characters in a post-apocalyptic United States whose lives intertwine: Ellie, who sets out for revenge after suffering a tragedy, and Abby, a soldier who becomes involved in a conflict with a cult. The game is played from the third-person perspective. The player can use firearms, improvised weapons, and stealth to fight human enemies and cannibalistic creatures.

Neil Druckmann returned as creative director, co-writing the story with Halley Gross. The game’s themes of revenge and retribution were inspired by Druckmann’s experiences growing up in Israel. Ashley Johnson reprises her role as Ellie, while Laura Bailey was cast as Abby. Their performances included the simultaneous recording of motion and voice. (wiki)

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THE LAST OF US 2 No Commentary 

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