2014 · action · crime · drama
Brick Mansions
Directed by Camille Delamarre1h 30m2014
In a dystopian Detroit, grand houses that once housed the wealthy are now homes of the city's most-dangerous criminals. Surrounding the area is a giant wall to keep the rest of Detroit safe. For undercover cop Damien Collier, every day is a battle against corruption as he struggles to bring his father's killer, Tremaine, to justice. Meanwhile, Damien and an ex-con named Lino work together to save the city from a plot to destroy it.
Our read: Brick Mansions (2014) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded action · crime · drama entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme action / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- twisty
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