2006 · action · drama · thriller
Don
Directed by Farhan Akhtar2h 58m2006
DCP DeSilva sees a way to bring to justice the feared head of a criminal empire by recruiting a man named Vijay, who looks exactly like the crime boss. The ruse works too well, and soon Vijay finds his life in danger when DeSilva, the only one who knows his true identity, dies.
Our read: Don (2006) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded action · drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured action / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- kinetic
- intense
- cold
- twisty
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