1986 · drama · thriller
Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game
Directed by Vadim Abdrashitov1h 37m1986
Fifteen year old gifted teenager Ruslan Chutko longs to do good and help the police to identify offenses under the pseudonym Plumbum. Plumbum decides in a single provincial town to eradicate the evil. However, in his interest of being a fighter against evil he goes far beyond what is permitted in a children's play and ends up ruthlessly invading people's lives.
Our read: Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game (1986) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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- intense
- bleak
- cold
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