2024 · crime · comedy · thriller
LaRoy, Texas
Directed by Shane Atkinson1h 50m2024
Broke and depressed, Ray is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip, he must escape the actual hitman to make it out of LaRoy alive.
Our read: LaRoy, Texas (2024) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded crime · comedy · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured crime / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- twisty
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