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The Postcard Killings (2020) poster

2020 · drama · thriller · slasher

The Postcard Killings

Directed by Danis Tanović1h 41m2020

After suffering a personal tragedy, and desperate for justice, Jacob Kanon, a veteran New York City police detective, embarks on the search for a twisted killer who is leaving a bloody trail of elaborate murders across Europe.

Our read: The Postcard Killings (2020) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · thriller · slasher entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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Sombre, steady, extreme drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb5.818kRT22%Metacritic29
  • sombre
  • extreme
  • twisty
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How The Postcard Killings feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want a twisty European serial-killer thriller with grisly crime-scene imagery.”

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