2016 · drama · thriller
The Net
Directed by Kim Ki-duk1h 54m2016
A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer.
Our read: The Net (2016) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded drama · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
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