2021 · action · thriller
Master
Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj2h 59m2021
An alcoholic professor is sent to a juvenile school, where he clashes with a gangster, who uses the children of the school for criminal activities.
Our read: Master (2021) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded action · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, extreme action / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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