2015 · drama · auteur · fukushima
Stop
Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green9m2015
A young man's livelihood is put to the test when he gets profiled and stopped by the police on his way home from practice.
Our read: Stop (2015) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive drama · auteur · fukushima entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / auteur, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
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How Stop feels to watch.
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