2017 · action · mystery · thriller
Message from the King
Directed by Fabrice Du Welz1h 42m2017
On a relentless quest to avenge his sister's murder, a man from Cape Town infiltrates a sprawling network of lowlifes and elites in Los Angeles.
Our read: Message from the King (2017) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded action · mystery · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme action / mystery, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- intense
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