2026 · thriller · action
Misdirection
Directed by Kevin Lewis1h 28m2026
A desperate couple have pulled off a string of high-end break-ins to pay off a mob debt. When they attempt to rob their latest victim, they find themselves caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse. The tables are turned and the hunters become the hunted.
Our read: Misdirection (2026) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded thriller · action entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme thriller / action, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
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