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2017 · action · thriller · crime · adventure

Manhunt

Directed by John Woo1h 46m2017
ElsewhereIMDb5.24kRT69%Metacritic68
  • kinetic
  • intense
Movie DNA

Neutral, breathless, measured action / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Accused of a murder he didn't commit, a prosecutor sets out on a mission to clear his name.

Our read · Manhunt (2017) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded action · thriller · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want John Woo style international action and pursuit thriller.

ends triumphantyou’ll be fine aftera rollercoastergrips by minute 4attention 3/5earns its lengthsubtitles: partial
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violence

Skip it tonightYou mind mixed languages or want tightly plotted action.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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