2011 · thriller · crime · action
Headhunters (2011)
Directed by Morten Tyldum1h 40m2011
An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.
Our read: Headhunters (2011) (2011) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded thriller · crime · action entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme thriller / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- extreme
- twisty
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