2025 · action · crime · comedy
Freaky Tales
Directed by Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck1h 47m2025
In 1987 Oakland, a mysterious force guides The Town's underdogs in four interconnected tales: teen punks defend their turf against Nazi skinheads, a rap duo battles for hip-hop immortality, a weary henchman gets a shot at redemption, and an NBA All-Star settles the score.
Our read: Freaky Tales (2025) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive action · crime · comedy entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, extreme action / crime, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender.
- kinetic
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- inventive
- funny
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