Encounter
"When you stand by each other, you can get through anything."
A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from an unhuman threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous directions, the boys will need to leave their childhoods behind.
Directed by Michael Pearce
Written by: Michael Pearce, Joe Barton
Produced by: Fred Berger, Dimitri Doganis, Piers Vellacott
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