Desperation Road
Taste attributes: actioncrimedramathrillerdetectivefastunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatelinearenclosedemotionally undemandingcomplex relationshipfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardy
"The road to redemption is twisted."
Boxlist takeA fast crime thriller that is contained, layered and dark. Best if you like pace over patience.
Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score
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What lines up
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
- Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow
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Synopsis
After 11 years in a Mississippi state prison, Russell Gaines struggles to leave his past sins behind him as he returns home to his stoic father, Mitchell. One fateful night he meets Maben, a young mother with nothing but a stolen gun and a murdered police deputy to her name. Desperate and on the run, Russell and Maben must trust one another to escape their own circumstances, before the truths of their intertwined violent past threatens to destroy them.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Action
- Year
- 2023
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Grindstone Entertainment Group
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
