2011 · action · thriller · crime
House of the Rising Sun
Directed by Brian A. Miller1h 30m2011
Ray, an ex-cop, is starting a new life looking to stay out of trouble. One evening, on Ray's watch, the nightclub he works for is robbed and the owner's son is shot dead. As his criminal past is exposed Ray hunts for the person responsible for this crime in an effort to clear his own name. Ray must get to the bottom of this as both the mob and cops start to close in on him as their target suspect.
Our read: House of the Rising Sun (2011) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded action · thriller · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured action / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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