2020 · comedy · action · thriller
Spenser Confidential
Directed by Peter Berg1h 50m2020
Spenser, a former Boston patrolman who just got out from prison, teams up with Hawk, an aspiring fighter, to unravel the truth behind the death of two police officers.
Our read: Spenser Confidential (2020) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded comedy · action · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, extreme comedy / action, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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