2024 · crime · drama · comedy
Broken Rage
Directed by Takeshi Kitano1h 6m2024
A seemingly unremarkable man called “Mouse” is caught by the police. In exchange for his freedom, he goes undercover, infiltrates a drug ring, and arranges a fake deal, but an unexpected turn of events occurs.
Our read: Broken Rage (2024) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive crime · drama · comedy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, breathless, measured crime / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
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- inventive
- cold
- signature
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