2012 · thriller · drama · biography
Argo
Directed by Ben Affleck2h 0m2012
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
Our read: Argo (2012) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded thriller · drama · biography entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured thriller / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- twisty
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