2013 · action · thriller · survival
The Numbers Station
Directed by Kasper Barfoed1h 30m2013
When the moral values of a longtime wetwork black ops agent is tested during his last operation, he receives an unfavorable psych evaluation. Now he is given a break and a seemingly uncomplicated assignment of simply protecting the security of a young female code announcer, code resources and remote station they are assigned to. After an ambush and one phone call later, it becomes a complicated fight for their survival.
Our read: The Numbers Station (2013) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded action · thriller · survival entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured action / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- cold
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