Down Terrace (2010) poster
2010 · crime · drama

Down Terrace

Directed by Ben Wheatley1h 33m2010
ElsewhereIMDb6.44kRT86%Metacritic68
  • sombre
  • intense
  • bleak
  • cold
  • intimate
Movie DNA

Sombre, steady, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.

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After serving jail time for a mysterious crime, Bill and Karl get out of jail and become preoccupied with figuring out who turned them in to the police. On top of that, the "family business" is on the rocks, and the motley crew of criminals who operate out of Down Terrace aren't feeling terribly trusting of one another. It might look like an ordinary house, but at Down Terrace, the walls are closing in..

Our read · Down Terrace (2010) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded crime · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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