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Jack Rio (2008)

Jack Rio poster
Directed by
Gregori J. Martin
Genre
thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
NC-17
Rating
2.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man investigates a series of crimes in a small town. He uncovers dark secrets that put his own life in danger.

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What happens

Gregori J. Martin (born Gregorio Barbieri Jr.; May 6, 1978) is a television producer, director, and the founder, CEO, and chairman of LANY Entertainment (formerly known as LANYfilms Productions) an independent bi-coastal entertainment company. Martin is best known for his digital drama series The Bay, for which he won the 2015 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series and the 2016, 2017, and 2018 Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series. Martin is also known for the theatrically released independent vampire thriller Raven, a feature film produced by GruntWorks Entertainment where he originally served as a producer, director and as president for approximately four years. Martin is currently in development on a six-hour miniseries titled The Disciples that was sold to Sony Entertainment and serves as co-executive producer and head writer of the made-for-TV miniseries. Martin also serves as co-executive producer and director of the Daytime Emmy-nominated situation comedy This Just In for Associated Television International (ATI). Martin was awarded the 2011 Indie Series Award for Outstanding Directing for his work on The Bay and was again nominated in 2016, 2017, and 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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