2015 · action
Pound of Flesh
Directed by Ernie Barbarash1h 44m2015
In China to donate his kidney to his dying niece, former black-ops agent Deacon awakes the day before the operation to find he is the latest victim of organ theft. Stitched up and pissed-off, Deacon descends from his opulent hotel in search of his stolen kidney and carves a blood-soaked path through the darkest corners of the city. The clock is ticking for his niece and with each step he loses blood.
Our read: Pound of Flesh (2015) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme action, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
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