2009 · thriller · drama · mystery
The Figurine
Directed by Kunle Afolayan2h 2m2009
Two buddies and a girl, down on their luck, have their lives changed when one of them discovers a mysterious figurine in an abandoned shrine which, according to legend, bestows seven years of good luck. But no one told them about the next seven years...
Our read: The Figurine (2009) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive thriller · drama · mystery entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured thriller / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
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