2015 · thriller · crime · scam
Honor Thy Father
Directed by Erik Matti1h 55m2015
Edgar's family is caught in a financial ruin after being involved in a Ponzi scheme. With their church's bishop refusing to return their donation, and his daughter subsequently kidnapped, he seeks the aid of his criminally inclined family.
Our read: Honor Thy Father (2015) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded thriller · crime · scam entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme thriller / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- bleak
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