2009 · crime · drama · thriller
The Steam Experiment
Directed by Philippe Martinez1h 30m2009
A deranged scientist locks 6 people in a steam room and threatens to turn up the heat if the local paper doesn't publish his story about global warming.
Our read: The Steam Experiment (2009) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive crime · drama · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme crime / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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