2019 · action · revenge
The Hard Way
Directed by Keoni Waxman1h 34m2019
After learning of his brother's death during a mission in Romania, a former soldier joins two allies to hunt down a mysterious enemy and take his revenge.
Our read: The Hard Way (2019) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded action · revenge entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured action / revenge, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
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