1972 · action · crime · thriller
The Getaway
Directed by Sam Peckinpah2h 3m1972
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.
Our read: The Getaway (1972) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action · crime · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme action / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- extreme
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