1961 · noir · revenge · crime-syndicate
Underworld U.S.A.
Directed by Samuel Fuller1h 39m1961
A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.
Our read: Underworld U.S.A. (1961) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded noir · revenge · crime-syndicate entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, measured noir / revenge, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
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