2019 · action · crime · drama
Backdraft 2
Directed by Gonzalo López-Gallego1h 42m2019
Years after the original Backdraft, Sean, son of the late Steve "Bull" McCaffrey, is assigned to investigate a deadly fire only to realize it is something much more sinister.
Our read: Backdraft 2 (2019) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded action · crime · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured action / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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