2021 · thriller · action · crime
The Stronghold
Directed by Cédric Jimenez1h 45m2021
Tired of the small-time grind, three Marseille cops get a chance to bust a major drug network. But lines blur when a key informant makes a big ask.
Our read: The Stronghold (2021) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded thriller · action · crime entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme thriller / action, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
- cold
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