
Hotsunlight
Taste attributes: dramawaractionthrillerfasttried & testedunsavouryheavyrealisticlineargrittybig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeWeighty and realistic: an expansive war film, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
7.1 /10
TMDB · 25 votes
Where to watch
We don't know of anywhere to watch Hotsunlight in the US right now.
StrongsampleWhy this match?ShowHide
What lines up
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original
- Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
This is a sample for Hard Hitter. Take the taste test to see your own match for Hotsunlight.
Synopsis
Lugansk region, May 2014. The Novozhilov family, by chance, finds itself in the thick of events in Lugansk. Vlad Novozhilov is a former participant in the war in Afghanistan. He knows firsthand what war is. Having seen enough of the horrors of war in his time, in principle he does not even want to touch a weapon. In a situation, he sees only one way out - to leave the country. But you can't run away from the war, the border is already closed. To save his family, he will have to make difficult moral choices.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Cast
Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2021
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Paritet
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











