2021 · drama · crime
Malik
Directed by Mahesh Narayanan2h 41m2021
A past ridden with crime, death and pain is recounted to Freddy, a juvenile criminal, who has been assigned to eliminate his estranged uncle Sulaiman, an aging patriarch, while behind bars.
Our read: Malik (2021) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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