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6 Bullets (2012) poster

2012 · thriller · action · crime

6 Bullets

Directed by Ernie Barbarash1h 55m2012

An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.

Our read: 6 Bullets (2012) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded thriller · action · crime entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

Movie DNA

Sombre, breathless, extreme thriller / action, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb6.016k
  • sombre
  • kinetic
  • intense
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DNA · twelve axes

How 6 Bullets feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want grim Van Damme rescue action about a kidnapped daughter and trafficking ring.”

ends triumphantyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 8attention 2/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upchild perilgraphic violence

Skip it tonight — Skip if child-abduction plots or DTV action violence are triggers for you tonight.

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