Artifice: Loose Fellowship and Partners
2016 Β· 109m Β· Drama
Immersed in the underbelly of Brooklyn, NY, a bargain between two gangsters gets cuckoo when one of the gangsters hires a voodoo worker to overthrow his rival.
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