2014 · thriller
Not Safe for Work
Directed by Joe Johnston1h 14m2014
Tom, a legal firm assistant, spots a suspicious man outside the court and follows him. Later, he gets trapped in a building with the same man who turns out to be a hitman.
Our read: Not Safe for Work (2014) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
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- intense
- cold
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