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Movie review: Nicole Kidman's relentless performance is no match for the bleakness, savage amorality of 'Destroyer'

Bravura work by Nicole Kidman is the defining feature of Karyn Kusama's "Destroyer," but that doesn't mean you'd want to put it on a double bill with "The Hours" or "To Die For." Not even close.

Instead, think of Arnold Schwarzenegger in "The Terminator" or Peter Weller in "Robocop." Imagine a relentless, unstoppable force, able to take a licking and keep on ticking, someone who lives behind a thousand-yard stare and doesn't even think

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