2013 · thriller · drama · crime
Montage
Directed by Jeong Geun-seop2h 0m2013
A woman's child is kidnapped and killed after paying the ransom. 15 years later, a mysterious figure is seen visiting the site of killing and another kidnapping occurs using the same methods. The woman teams up with a detective to catch the killer once and for all.
Our read: Montage (2013) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded thriller · drama · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured thriller / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- cold
- twisty
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