2021 · crime · drama · thriller
Lansky
Directed by Eytan Rockaway1h 59m2021
When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. and the National Crime Syndicate.
Our read: Lansky (2021) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded crime · drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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