2012 · action · crime · revenge
The Courier
Directed by Hany Abu-Assad1h 31m2012
A shady FBI agent recruits a courier to deliver a mysterious package to a vengeful master criminal who has recently resurfaced with a diabolical plan.
Our read: The Courier (2012) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action · crime · revenge entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured action / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
- cold
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