2017 · drama · thriller · war
The Journey
Directed by Nick Hamm1h 34m2017
Firebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness, two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland, are forced to take a short journey together in which they will take the biggest leap of faith and change the course of history.
Our read: The Journey (2017) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · thriller · war entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, extreme drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
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