2008 · action · crime
Triad Wars
Directed by Dennis Law Sau-Yiu1h 52m2008
In the midst of a violent gang war, a series of misfortunes threaten the fate of a gang boss and his mob.
Our read: Triad Wars (2008) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded action · crime entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme action / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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