2008 · crime · thriller · mystery
Righteous Kill
Directed by Jon Avnet1h 41m2008
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
Our read: Righteous Kill (2008) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded crime · thriller · mystery entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured crime / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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