39 Days
★ 4.5 · 2016 · 108m · Horror
The suspense unfolds around the humiliating ordeal of three confined individuals. Two female nurses and a hospital director are abducted by Jimbo, a deranged rapist known as the "Private Police." Driven by a twisted sense of justice, Jimbo attempts to judge their crimes for their alleged involvement in a medical malpractice cover-up.
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