2009 · action · thriller · crime
The International
Directed by Tom Tykwer1h 58m2009
An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, Milan, New York and Istanbul. Finding themselves in a chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk.
Our read: The International (2009) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded action · thriller · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured action / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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