1964 · crime · noir · thriller
The Killers
Directed by Don Siegel1h 33m1964
A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away.
Our read: The Killers (1964) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded crime · noir · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme crime / noir, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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