2018 · action · thriller · drama
Beirut
Directed by Brad Anderson1h 49m2018
In 1980s Beirut, Mason Skiles is a former U.S. diplomat who is called back into service to save a colleague from the group that is possibly responsible for his own family's death. Meanwhile, a CIA field agent who is working under cover at the American embassy is tasked with keeping Mason alive and ensuring that the mission is a success.
Our read: Beirut (2018) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded action · thriller · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured action / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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