2021 · drama · thriller
The Guilty
Directed by Antoine Fuqua1h 29m2021
A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.
Our read: The Guilty (2021) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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