Talon Falls

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Director: Joshua Shreve Year: 2017 Runtime: 75 min IMDb: ⭐ 6.2
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Synopsis

Four teenagers on a road trip decide to take a detour and find them selves at at haunted house halloween scream park deep in the woods of southern Kentucky. After witnessing an assortment of torture and gore. they start wondering if what they are experiencing is not a little too realistic. Before they know it each one of hem is captured and made part of the horrific attraction they originally thought was all fun and games.

In Brazil, a satellite that had fallen out of orbit crashes on NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons who is attempting to recruit footballer Neymar for the Triple-X (xXx) program, seemingly killing them both. In New York City, Xiang's team infiltrates a CIA office to recover "Pandora's Box", a device that can crash satellites as warheads. CIA Agent Jane Marke finds ex-operative Xander Cage, who faked his death and lives in the Dominican Republic. She persuades Xander to return and retrieve the device. In London, Xander enlists his old friend Ainsley's help and tracks attackers to the Philippines. At an RAF outpost in Lakenheath, a Special Forces unit led by Paul Donovan is assigned to assist Xander, but he rejects them for his own team: sharpshooter Adele Wolff, DJ Harvard "Nicks" Zhou, getaway driver Tennyson "The Torch," and weapons expert Becky Clearidge. The team finds Xiang and his teammates Serena, Talon, and Hawk. Xander meets Xiang in an underground nightclub on a remote island, where Xiang reveals that his team are also xXx agents recruited by Gibbons. Xiang says he stole Pandora's Box to prevent misuse, but Serena wanted to destroy it. Russian soldiers then raid the island. The group fights them off, while Xiang escapes with the device. Xander chases him to a nearby beach. Serena betrays Xiang, destroys the Box, and joins Xander, while Xiang escapes to regroup with Talon and Hawk. After another satellite crash in the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Marke determines that the device Serena destroyed was only a prototype. Xander discovers CIA Director Anderson is involved and possesses the actual Pandora's Box. Xander's and Xiang's teams race to reach Anderson first in Detroit, tracking the unique signal emitted by Pandora's Box, with Xander and Xiang reluctantly cooperate to fight Anderson's men. Xander confronts Anderson, who admits to causing the satellite crash that killed Gibbons, before Wolff shoots him dead. Xander reluctantly allows the CIA to arrest Xiang in an attempt to frame him for the Moscow attack, and they secure the box. En route back to headquarters, Marke announces that the CIA has shuttered the program and shoots Xander to keep it for herself. She then sends a hitman squad to eliminate the others to tie up loose ends. They join forces to fend off their attackers, assisted by former xXx operative Darius Stone. Xander, saved by Becky's bulletproof vest, teams up with Xiang to fight Donovan and his men. Marke uses the box to send a satellite towards the warehouse, aiming to kill both groups. Donovan uses bionic gloves to punch equipment as Xander dodges. In a bathroom fight, Donovan punches the toilet, creating an opening for Xander to eject him. Xiang causes Marke to fall to her death and parachutes out with the box. After Serena reports Becky's failed signal stop, Xander crashes the plane into the satellite to protect everyone, then jumps out and lands safely. Xiang gives him the device, which he destroys by stomping. Darius arrives in Xander's old car, and they introduce themselves. The team attends Gibbons' funeral, where Gibbons, who faked his death and is rebuilding the program, approaches Xander, now recruiting Neymar. Gibbons compliments Xander, who chooses to stay in service.

Summary adapted from TMDb and Wikipedia sources.

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Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

a dog dies
spoiler Dog is restrained but unharmed.
there's a dead animal
Yes
there's dog fighting
spoiler No,but a dog does bite a character.
someone is stalked
Yes
someone is restrained
Yes
someone's mouth is covered
Yes
there's excessive gore
spoiler I would say yes on this. I wouldn’t suggest this movie to someone who doesn’t like gore/blood. The scenes in this movie can be very graphic at times. I love gore and blood in horror movies,but I had to look away for this scene. There is a scene where a character’s nails are ripped off. So yeah,there’s an example for you.
there are hangings
Yes
there's shaving/cutting
Yes
someone is stabbed
Yes
Someone becomes unconscious
Yes
there's finger/toe mutilation
spoiler Explicit torture scene when one of the protagonists is strapped to a chair.
someone breaks a bone
Yes
someone is buried alive
Yes
there's torture
spoiler Lots of torture and gore.
heads get squashed
spoiler One of the characters head’s is crushed in a vice
someone dies
Yes
someone is kidnapped
spoiler Captured, a bunch of people.
there are jump scares
Yes
there are clowns
spoiler Not featured, but present in the film.
There's audio gore
Yes
there's spitting
spoiler A character spits up some blood during the movie.
there's incarceration
spoiler The main characters are held in wire fence cells and guarded by an attack dog
needles/syringes are used
Yes
electro-therapy is used
spoiler There are characters that are electrocuted. Not in a therapeutic type of way though.
there's a claustrophobic scene
spoiler There are scenes where the characters are boxed into tiny rooms in a halloween-style haunted scare house
shaky cam is used
Yes
there's flashing lights or images
Yes
there's screaming
Yes
there is obscene language/gestures
Yes
someone is watched without knowing
Yes
there is sexual content
spoiler It’s not heavily sexual,but I feel like it’s still right to put this here. A female character feels uncomfortable making out with her boyfriend in the haunt (she’s afraid of them getting caught) and he keeps pressuring her. She gives in and they end up making out for a little bit. The scene doesn’t last that long.
the ending is sad
Yes
there's blood/gore
spoiler If you watch this just go in expecting torture and blood/gore. It’s definitely not a movie for ones who are squeamish about that sort of thing.

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