2019 · action · family
Hacker
Directed by Poul Berg1h 36m2019
13-year-old Benjamin discovers that his mother didn’t die in an accident as he was led to believe. The trail leads to high-ranking officials in the Danish Secret Service. "Trust no one!", he is told.
Our read: Hacker (2019) reads as a warm, breathless, grounded action · family entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, breathless, measured action / family, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- kinetic
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