2007 · thriller · crime · noir
Johnny Gaddaar
Directed by Sriram Raghavan2h 21m2007
Five men get involved in a drug deal set up by a corrupt police officer, but the plan goes awry when the youngest member decides to steal the money.
Our read: Johnny Gaddaar (2007) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded thriller · crime · noir entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme thriller / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
- twisty
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