2015 · thriller · crime · drama
Drishyam
Directed by Nishikant Kamat2h 43m2015
When his family stares down the barrel of criminal charges, a commoner channels his street smarts and knowledge of action films to tie the long arm of the law into an investigative Gordian knot.
Our read: Drishyam (2015) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded thriller · crime · drama entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme thriller / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- twisty
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