2015 · adventure · drama · history
Admiral
Directed by Roel Reiné2h 8m2015
When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France and Germany and faces its own civil war no less, only one man, Michael de Ruyter, can lead the county's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet.
Our read: Admiral (2015) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded adventure · drama · history entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured adventure / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- brisk
- intense
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