2020 · thriller · crime
Beasts Clawing at Straws
Directed by Kim Yong-hoon1h 48m2020
A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.
Our read: Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded thriller · crime entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured thriller / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- twisty
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