2025 · thriller · spy
Inheritance
Directed by Neil Burger1h 41m2025
When Maya learns her father Sam was once a spy, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an international conspiracy. As she seeks answers, Maya herself becomes a target and must quickly learn the skills of her father.
Our read: Inheritance (2025) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded thriller · spy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured thriller / spy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- twisty
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