2019 · action · survival
Miss Bala
Directed by Catherine Hardwicke1h 44m2019
Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength.
Our read: Miss Bala (2019) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action · survival entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured action / survival, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
- cold
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