1987 · alien · action · cult
The Hidden
Directed by Jack Sholder1h 37m1987
When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher determine the cause.
Our read: The Hidden (1987) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive alien · action · cult entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured alien / action, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
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