2020 · crime · drama · thriller
Blindfire
Directed by Michael Nell1h 23m2020
A police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this was a set-up, and facing repercussions, he must track down the person responsible while examining his own accountability and the ingrained racism which brought him to this point.
Our read: Blindfire (2020) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded crime · drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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