2012 · action · crime · thriller
The Viral Factor
Directed by Dante Lam Chiu-yin2h 2m2012
Agent Jon contemplates leaving the force until he learns his brother is working as a mercenary for a former colleague who betrayed their team.
Our read: The Viral Factor (2012) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action · crime · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme action / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
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