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3. Forever Ambergris

An over-the-hill war photographer schemes to kill his young protege, take his pictures, and bed the protege's beautiful adoring girlfriend.

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Washed-up combat photographer Dalton Scott ( Roger Daltrey ) is told by his boss that he is losing his edge. After visiting his protégé, up-and-coming photographer Isaac "Ike" Forte ( Steve Buscemi ) for dinner, Dalton grows enamored with Ike's beautiful wife, Bobbi ( Lysette Anthony ). When Dalton and Ike are sent to Central America alongside a group of mercenaries for an assignment, the former cooks up a deadly scheme to send the latter into a village ravaged by biological weapons, where Ike eventually ends up contracting a virulent disease that causes him to rapidly decay, in an attempt to steal Bobbi from him. Also starring Paul Dooley.

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