2015 · thriller · mystery · survival
Blackway
Directed by Daniel Alfredson1h 30m2015
A young woman newly returned to her hometown becomes the subject of harassment by a man named Blackway, an ex-cop turned violent crime lord who operates with impunity in this small community on the edge of the wilderness. Forsaken by the local townspeople—and advised by the Sheriff to leave town—Lillian decides instead to take a stand against her sociopathic stalker, and enlists the help of ex-logger Lester and his laconic young sidekick.
Our read: Blackway (2015) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded thriller · mystery · survival entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured thriller / mystery, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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