2014 · action · drama · crime
Alemão
Directed by José Eduardo Belmonte1h 49m2014
Five undercover cops at Complexo do Alemão, one of Rio de Janeiro's most dangerous areas, have their covers blown by drug dealers. Arrested, they wait execution or to be rescued by police forces that would risk expose a larger operation.
Our read: Alemão (2014) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded action · drama · crime entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme action / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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