The Counsellor (Scott) — re-pass
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
- cold
Heavy, steady, measured thriller / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.
Our read · The Counsellor (Scott) — re-pass (2013) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded thriller · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
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