1974 · crime · drama · heist
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Directed by Michael Cimino1h 56m1974
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.
Our read: Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded crime · drama · heist entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- brisk
- intense
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