2020 · thriller · action · survival
The Decline
Directed by Patrice Laliberté1h 23m2020
Anticipating a disaster, Antoine, a father, attends a survivalist training given by Alain in his autonomous hideout. In fear of a natural, economic or social crisis, the group trains to face the different possible apocalyptic scenarios. But the disaster they will experience will not be the one they predicted.
Our read: The Decline (2020) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded thriller · action · survival entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, measured thriller / action, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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