2019 · action · adventure · thriller
Close
Directed by Vicky Jewson1h 35m2019
A counter-terrorism expert takes a job protecting a young heiress. After an attempted kidnapping puts both of their lives in danger, they must flee.
Our read: Close (2019) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action · adventure · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme action / adventure, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
- cold
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How Close feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a lean female-led bodyguard chase through Morocco tonight.”
Skip it tonight — Predictable action beats and thin plot will bore you quickly.
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