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3	'''''Arachnicide''''' is a 2014 {{Italian\|Films}} {{Action\|Genre}} SciFiHorror MadeForTVMovie.
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5	L9 Commando is an elite military task force sent to Albania to bust up a drug ring that's cornered the market with genetically-modified plants that maximize growth. They've gotten a lead on a greenhouse, and head out to destroy it. However, the cartel has gotten sick of their meddling and has set a trap. The soldiers now have to survive a sealed bunker with giant spiders stalking their every move.
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7	!!This film contains examples of:
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9	* ActionPrologue: L9 Commando stopping an arms deal.
10	* BigBad: The unnamed head of a drug cartel, who has set giant spiders on his enemies.
11	* TheCartel: The secondary antagonists are a worldwide drug ring using genetic engineering to maximize crops.
12	* CobwebJungle: The first sign L9 has that this isn't a normal mission is a room ''filled'' with cobwebs.
13	* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler:The spiders are killed and the survivors are rescued, but some mysterious men take the spider corpses for their own purposes.]]
14	* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: The spiders are made giant by genetic experiments to make plants yield massive crops. The process happens to make animals more aggressive.
15	* GiantSpider: The main antagonists are a horde of giant, super aggressive spiders made by genetic engineering to destroy a commando unit for a drug cartel. [[spoiler:However, because of their growth [[RapidAging their aging was kicked into hyperdrive]], which is what kills them in the end]].
16	* KickTheDog: The cartel trapping L9 Commando to be eaten by giant spiders as opposed to a more practical way of killing them.
17	* {{Portmantitle}}: "Arachnid"+"Homicide"
18	* RapidAging: [[spoiler:Turns out the spiders' aging process is sent into hyperdrive with their growth, which dispatches them by the end.]]
19	* TheSociopath: The unnamed drug lord, who is positively chipper as he talks about having his enemies torn apart by giant spiders.

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