2016 · thriller · western · drama
Brimstone
Directed by Martin Koolhoven2h 28m2016
In the menacing inferno of the old North-American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a vengeful preacher for a crime she didn’t commit.
Our read: Brimstone (2016) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded thriller · western · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured thriller / western, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- intense
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