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101
Genre: Thriller/Action
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writer: Mo Buck
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Jon Hamm, James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hailee Steinfeld, Ezra Miller

Plot: On a cold and cloudy December morning, Adam (James McAvoy) wakes up and does goes on with his usual morning routine. It’s been a while since Adam had a long conversation with someone. He’s the walking definition of a loner, hardly leaving his home, only when he has to. After he eats his two eggs and his toast, he goes into his room. In there, he takes packs of ammo and puts them in a bag. He’s preparing to go, he goes out today. He takes his two guns, a handgun and an assault rifle and he leaves the door, cautiously locking the door behind him.

Dustin (Ezra Miller) is running away from the cops again. This kid surely has a talent for getting into trouble. After a troubled childhood, his parents apparently gave up on him and just let him do whatever he wants to and don’t really care about him anymore. This time, he only wanted to steal shoes from a store but ended up emptying the register. The heartless and unfriendly Paul Thomas (Jon Hamm) was the cop running after him, again. These two already met in the past. After a lengthy chase, Dustin is caught by Paul and he’s arrested.

A couple of months back, Eliza (Hailee Steinfeld) was at the wrong place at the wrong time. She went out with a couple of friends and it ended with them wanting to buy drugs. They went to a warehouse where they used to get their stuff, only this time, Jack Kellerman (Hugh Jackman) and his team were all ready to take the dealers down. They breached through the door and after one of the dealers took out a gun, Kellerman shot and killed her. After the lengthy operation was over, Kellerman realised the girl he had killed looked just like his daughter who died a couple of years back. This episode is the reason why Kellerman took a leave of absence from the police corps, citing a depression as a reason. Therefore, he’s pleading his cause today in front of the commission, to show them that he’s ready to go back in action. He knows he’s not ready, but he misses the action dearly. He did is best, and they allow him to reintegrate the forces the next day. On his first day back, Kellerman is paired up with the ruthless Paul Thomas.

The school bell rings and it indicated that it’s time for Dustin and Eliza to suffer in Mrs. Miller (Jennifer Jason Leigh) math class. The two teenagers have been in an on-off relationship for quite some time, their recent personal struggles creating a stronger bond between the two. About two minutes after the class started, they start hearing people screaming in terror. The class starts to get agitated and Mrs. Miller loses control of her group as the screams grow closer and closer. Everyone starts to scream. They see student running in the corridors, with a look of terror on their face. The door of Mrs. Miller math class opens and Adam (James McAvoy) an assault rifle in hands, starts shooting on the students. Dustin and Eliza are luckily unharmed and so is Mrs. Miller. Adam spots them and say that they’re his hostages now.

It’s been a week since Jack Kellerman came back and he’s still stuck with Thomas and stuck is a great word for it. They were about to eat their breakfast when they received the call to go to the high school for the shooting. It is Mr. Jones (Forest Whitaker) who made the call, hidden behind his desk in his office. Kellerman and Thomas went straight to the high school and entered, as instructed, by Mr. Jones’ office window. They started the extraction as they received no instruction in stopping the maniac, something Mr. Jones was against. The two cops didn’t know the school as well as the principal and he guided them, so they had to make a big detour, in the hopes that they would find the killer. It’s been a while since they heard the last shots fired and they walked rather quickly. When they reached the library, they were an easy target for Adam who was inside with his three hostages. The two cops then decided on a plan to stop him. They had spotted a door that would give them a good, open look. Kellerman insisted on taking the shot. He has a flashback on the night he killed that girl in the warehouse and he’s unable to take the shot. Thomas expressed his anger towards his colleague and they were taken hostages. Adam tied them up and left the library.

He’s walking down a corridor now, listening to the voices in his head, indicating him where to go. He enters various classrooms and kills people as he is ordered. He makes his way to the cafeteria and starts shooting at the people who were hidden there. During this time, the hostages were able to break free, thanks to Eliza’s ring. Instead of trying to go out, they wanted to surprise Adam from behind. They heard him in the cafeteria, shooting at people and judged that they would tackle him while he was reloading. They lost track of where he was and he finally saw them. He threatens them with his gun and he kills Dustin as a warning. They started to hear the police forces making their way in the school. Adam gets nervous and locks them in the gym. They start talking to him after he shot and killed all the students who were there at the time. He says he doesn’t like talking and kills Mrs. Miller, so they’ll shut up. Kellerman and Thomas were tied up together, so Thomas’ able to grab Kellerman’s handgun. They turn around so they can shoot Adam, but Young misses his shot and drops the gun, prompting him to kill Eliza and Mr. Jones. They two cops tried to reason him, and Thomas grew aggressive with him. He shoots and kills Thomas, with only Kellerman remaining as his hostage. They hear the police surrounding the gym and Adam takes Kellerman has a shield. The police enters the gym and they all point their gun at Adam. He takes and gun and in one final gesture, shot himself in the head, his brains splattered all over Kellerman. The movie ends with images of the aftermath of the shooting, with a death toll of 101, including the killer.