2009 · drama · crime · revenge
44 Inch Chest
Directed by Malcolm Venville1h 35m2009
Colin is in agony, shattered by his wife’s infidelity, so his friends kidnap the wife's lover so he can have his revenge.
Our read: 44 Inch Chest (2009) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · crime · revenge entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
- cold
- intimate
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