2016 · crime · drama · spy
Imperium
Directed by Daniel Ragussis1h 49m2016
Nate Foster, a young, idealistic FBI agent, goes undercover to take down a radical white supremacy terrorist group. The bright up-and-coming analyst must confront the challenge of sticking to a new identity while maintaining his real principles as he navigates the dangerous underworld of white supremacy. Inspired by real events.
Our read: Imperium (2016) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded crime · drama · spy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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