2012 · action · drama · revenge
Dragon Eyes
Directed by John Hyams1h 28m2012
In St. Jude, drug dealers and corrupt cops have destroyed an urban neighborhood. But newcomer, Hong, has the fighting skills and moral vision to save this town from itself.
Our read: Dragon Eyes (2012) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action · drama · revenge entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme action / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
- cold
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“You want gritty street-level martial arts without demanding much brainpower.”
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