1991 · crime · drama · thriller
Homicide
Directed by David Mamet1h 41m1991
While investigating the ruthless murder of an elderly woman, a Jewish police detective unravels a bizarre conspiracy involving a Zionist organization.
Our read: Homicide (1991) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded crime · drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
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