2013 · action · thriller · revenge
Sparks
Directed by Christopher Folino, Todd Burrows1h 30m2013
A masked vigilante who discovers the dark side to heroism. Going after the nation's most notorious super criminal leaves Sparks' life and reputation in ruins.
Our read: Sparks (2013) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive action · thriller · revenge entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured action / thriller, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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