2005 · action · drama · crime
Unleashed (2005)
Directed by Louis Leterrier1h 43m2005
Raised as a slave, Danny is used to fighting for his survival. In fact, his "master," Bart, thinks of him as a pet and goes as far as leashing him with a collar so they can make money in fight clubs, where Danny is the main contender. When Bart's crew is in a car accident, Danny escapes and meets a blind, kindhearted piano tuner who takes him in and uses music to free the fighter's long-buried heart.
Our read: Unleashed (2005) (2005) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action · drama · crime entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme action / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- kinetic
- extreme
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