2015 · crime · thriller
Cop Car
Directed by Jon Watts1h 28m2015
Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.
Our read: Cop Car (2015) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded crime · thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured crime / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
- cold
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