1967 · thriller · spy
Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
Directed by Ken Russell1h 51m1967
A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?
Our read: Billion Dollar Brain (1967) (1967) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded thriller · spy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured thriller / spy, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- intense
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