2008 · action · adventure · crime
Connected
Directed by Benny Chan1h 50m2008
A debt collector receives a call from a woman who is kidnapped by an unknown gang. He thinks it is a joke but soon, he realises that it is not a prank.
Our read: Connected (2008) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded action · adventure · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured action / adventure, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- kinetic
- intense
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How Connected feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a fast Hong Kong action thriller about a stranger racing to save a kidnapped woman by phone.”
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