2013 · thriller · drama · survival
Coldwater
Directed by Vincent Grashaw1h 44m2013
A teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmates, counselors, and the retired war colonel in charge.
Our read: Coldwater (2013) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded thriller · drama · survival entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured thriller / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- cold
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