2018 · action · drama · historical
Hidden Man
Directed by Jiang Wen2h 17m2018
A martial arts-infused spy thriller set in 1937 Beijing. A time when China was lurching between revolution, prosperity, and chaos.
Our read: Hidden Man (2018) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive action · drama · historical entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, breathless, measured action / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
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- intense
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