2015 · action · drama · superhero
They Call Me Jeeg
Directed by Gabriele Mainetti1h 52m2015
Exposed to radioactive waste, small-time crook Enzo gains super-strength. A misanthropic, introverted brute, he uses his powers for personal gain until he meets Alessia, a mentally ill girl who believes Enzo is the hero from her favorite anime, Steel Jeeg.
Our read: They Call Me Jeeg (2015) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive action · drama · superhero entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured action / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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- intense
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