Sentences with phrase «nature of the murder mystery»

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Murder mystery, journalism exposé, courtroom drama, metaphysical inquiry into the secret - sharer nature of certain American Bros, proof that James Franco and Jonah Hill can serious - act opposite one another — it seems to be going for any one of these at any given moment, and in the end winds up being not a whole lot more than ostentatiously unpleasant and ugly.

Classically inspired neo-noir follows Roland Drake, a 1940s private investigator trying to untangle a mystery that's only landing him in deeper trouble, in an adventure that ticks all the classic boxes — seductive femme fatales, corrupt cops, murder, a weary PI, troublesome thugs and dames, a priceless gem, and a journey into a world peeled back to reveal a twisted family and the immoral underbelly of human nature.

It's a murder mystery and a literary thriller, a multilayered nonlinear narrative and a psychological portrait of the dark side of human nature.