2020 · action · thriller · crime
Ava
Directed by Tate Taylor1h 36m2020
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
Our read: Ava (2020) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded action · thriller · crime entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme action / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
- twisty
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“You want a female-led assassin action thriller when plot polish matters less.”
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