2011 · drama · thriller · crime
The Son of No One
Directed by Dito Montiel1h 30m2011
A rookie cop is assigned to the 118 Precinct in the same district where he grew up. The Precinct Captain starts receiving letters about two unsolved murders that happened many years ago in the housing projects when the rookie cop was just a kid. These letters bring back bad memories and old secrets that begin to threaten his career and break up his family.
Our read: The Son of No One (2011) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · thriller · crime entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
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- cold
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