2022 · action · coming-of-age
Overdose
Directed by Olivier Marchal1h 59m2022
Captain Sara Bellaiche, from Toulouse Judiciary Police branch, is investigating a go-fast linked to the murder of two teenagers, an investigation led by Richard Cross, from the Paris Criminal Brigade. Forced to collaborate in order to find the murderer and stop the bloody go-fast, Sara and Richard are both thrown in a breathless race against the clock on the roads of Spain and France.
Our read: Overdose (2022) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action · coming-of-age entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme action / coming-of-age, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- extreme
- cold
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