Dead Before Dawn
Movie • 1993 • Drama
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Based upon a true story. Wife with young family finds life becoming unbearable with her successful, but violent and abusive, husband. After filing for divorce, she quickly learns that her husband, through fear of his personal life embarrassing his clients, has commissioned an assassin to murder her before going to court. Unfortunately, for him, the hired assassin turns out to be an FBI agent. The FBI convince her that she must “pretend” to have been murdered in order to prove her husband’s involvement.
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The mother and children take in a stray cat that is briefly shown on screen. From then, it's just mentioned: it throws up a few times and goes to the vet, but it is mentioned a the end of the movie that she is still alive.
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It is mentioned that a cat repeatedly throws up.
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The children are obviously scared of their father, but there is no on screen abuse towards them
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The whole basis for the movie is abuse and Robert hits Linda in the first few minutes.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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During stormy night, the wife is asleep and awakes startled thinking that she sees her estranged husband at the foot of her bed. There are several tense scenes.
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There is "blood" on some of Linda's possessions when the FBI agent posing as a hitman tries to convince the middleman that Linda is dead.
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When Linda is searching the house, a hand held camera is used for the shots.
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Guns are seen several times, but never fired.
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Before the divorce is finalized, Robert is engaged to another woman.
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Linda is stalked by a hitman
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Robert honks the car's horn when picking up the children.
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