Review of Headhunters (2011) by Sandra A — 05 Jan 2016

Highly entertaining action suspense flick.Nonsensical plot, intriguing and unexpected with lots of interesting twists.

This review of Headhunters (2011) was written by Sandra A on 05 Jan 2016.

Headhunters has generally received very positive reviews.

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