2007 · drama · espionage · romance
Lust, Caution
Directed by Ang Lee2h 38m2007
During World War II, a secret agent must seduce and assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai.
Our read: Lust, Caution (2007) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · espionage · romance entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, extreme drama / espionage, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- intense
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