2016 · drama · thriller · survival
Edge of Winter
Directed by Rob Connolly1h 29m2016
When two brothers are stranded by a brutal winter storm with an unpredictable father they barely know, the boys begin to suspect their supposed protector may be their biggest threat.
Our read: Edge of Winter (2016) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · thriller · survival entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
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- cold
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