2019 · action · crime · drama
A Score to Settle
Directed by Shawn Ku1h 43m2019
A former mob enforcer who is released from prison after serving 22 years for a crime he didn't commit sets out on a path for revenge against the people who wronged him.
Our read: A Score to Settle (2019) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded action · crime · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured action / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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