1997 · action · drama · mystery
Conspiracy Theory
Directed by Richard Donner2h 15m1997
A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
Our read: Conspiracy Theory (1997) reads as a heavy, breathless, inventive action · drama · mystery entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme action / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- cold
- twisty
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