1966 · sci-fi · thriller · noir
Seconds
Directed by John Frankenheimer1h 47m1966
An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity; one that comes with its own price.
Our read: Seconds (1966) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive sci-fi · thriller · noir entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured sci-fi / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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