2012 · crime · thriller · mystery
The Factory
Directed by Morgan O'Neill1h 48m2012
An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, N.Y. but when his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any professional restraint to get the killer.
Our read: The Factory (2012) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded crime · thriller · mystery entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme crime / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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