Big Trouble. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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Big Trouble
Dave Barry, 1999
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Barry Sonnenfeld, 2002

In Miami, the paths of various individuals intertwine, including ad agents, gunrunners, street thugs, law enforcement officials, and schoolchildren, leading to both comical and perilous outcomes.


Polar. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2013 comic book
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Polar
Víctor Santos, 2013
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Jonas Åkerlund, 2019

At an undisclosed location in Chile, a former employee of Damocles; an organisation of assassins, is killed by a specialist hit team consisting of Sindy; decoy, Facundo; sniper, and assault team Alexei, Kurt, and Hilde. Unknown to him, Mr Blut, owner of Damocles, plans to sell the company and is inflating its value by murdering its retiring operatives; thus acquiring all of their retirement fund by way of a clause in their contract.


Men in Black II. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Men in Black II
Michael Teitelbaum, 2002
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Barry Sonnenfeld, 2002

In July 2002, Men in Black Agent J is called to investigate the murder of an alien, Ben, at his pizzeria. As he investigates the crime, every lead points to his former partner and mentor, Agent K, who was neuralyzed upon retirement five years previous and remembers nothing of his MiB service.


Above Suspicion. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 1993 book
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Above Suspicion
Joe Sharkey, 1993
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Phillip Noyce, 2019

The chilling true story of a newly married FBI poster boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky. There he is drawn into an illicit affair with an impoverished local woman who becomes his star informant. She sees in him her means of escape; instead, it’s a ticket to disaster for both of them.