2022 · thriller · action · political
Panama
Directed by Mark Neveldine1h 35m2022
An ex-marine is hired by a defense contractor to travel to Panama to complete an arms deal. In the process he becomes involved with the U.S. invasion of Panama, and learns an important lesson about the true nature of political power.
Our read: Panama (2022) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded thriller · action · political entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured thriller / action, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
- cold
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