Investigative Thriller
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Movie Review: The Big Sleep (1978)
Here we are again with the second adaptation of a Raymond Chandler novel featuring Robert Mitchum as the gumshoe detective, Philip Marlowe. This neo-noir movie, based on Chandler’s novel of the same name, was directed by Michael Winner, who also wrote the film’s screenplay. Sarah Miles, Candy Clark, Joan Collins, Oliver Reed, and the great… Read more
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Movie Review: Jagratha (1989)
Mammootty reprises his role as the calm and collected Tamil Brahmin sleuth, Sethuraman Iyer. “Jagratha” is the second movie in the Malayalam CBI movie series and a sequel to “Oru CBI Diary Kurippu”. Like its predecessor, “Jagratha” is a slow-burn whodunit thriller that sharply focuses on the crime investigation without irrelevant subplots. Iyer returns in… Read more
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Movie Review: Anjaam Pathiraa(2020)
My quest to carefully unearth quality movies hit a roadblock when I watched the Malayalam crime investigation thriller, ‘Anjaam Pathiraa’, directed and written by Midhun Manuel Thomas. Do not get me wrong. By no means am I implying that this is the worst movie I have seen. I genuinely think Midhun’s intention was to make… Read more
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Movie Review: Confession of Murder (2012)
‘Confessions of Murder’ is an absorbing Korean action thriller written and directed by Jung Byung-gil. The movie is set in the 1990s and features a unique and interesting plot, good performances, and some well-choreographed and shot action scenes. Detective Choi Hyeong-goo (Jung Jae-young) is hot on the trail of a notorious serial killer who has… Read more
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Movie Review: The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
Only a few days ago, I reviewed Memories of Murders, the classic Korean investigative crime thriller based on a real incident. In this post, we will look at The Secret in Their Eyes (TSITE), an Argentine movie based on Eduardo Sacheri’s novel La pregunta de sus ojos. Brilliantly directed by Juan José Campanella, this film… Read more
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Movie Review: Memories of Murders (2003)
Seventeen years before directing the Oscar winner, Parasite, Director Bong Joon-ho made “Memories of Murder,” a riveting neo-noir crime thriller that won awards in Korea, Toronto, and France. The plot is based on a series of murders that rocked Korea in the late ’80s. While the movie can be considered a neo-noir crime investigative thriller,… Read more
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