2012 · thriller · political · drama
Shanghai
Directed by Dibakar Banerjee2h 0m2012
Prime leader of a campaign against a big government project is killed in what appears to be a road accident. An IAS officer is ordered to probe the incident and the veils of falsehood begin to drop.
Our read: Shanghai (2012) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded thriller · political · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured thriller / political, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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