Rather than take us into the usual
political intrigue thriller, Ramsay puts emotional weight on those who carry the burden of fulfilling the violence needs and retribution such crimes demand.
Not exact matches
With its warring factions, citizen uprisings, guerrilla insurgencies,
political intrigue, bloody warfare, family tensions, and homoerotic subtext, Coriolanus is one of the year's best
political thrillers.
In contrast to the tonally exploitative, post-9 / 11 catastrophe smut of the Avengers tentpoles, the former plays as a clever espionage
thriller built on
political intrigue, disguised as a comic book movie.
While The Interpreter doesn't have as dynamic characters and it's slower paced, they are both
thrillers about assassination plots, the Secret Service, and
political intrigue.
It's more of a
political thriller than a straight - up action movie, but it still does a good job with an
intriguing story and well - done action scenes.
Working, however, in an even softer register than that already lightweight film, «The Young Victoria» plays down court
intrigue in favor of dewy - eyed first love; if «Elizabeth's» populist coup was restyling royal history as
political thriller, this lands squarely in rom - com territory, with Rupert Friend's Prince Albert the dreamy yet ever - deferred suitor.
Final thoughts: We are
intrigued, but the reviews have us a little worried that Oliver Stone has lost his touch to deliver satisfying
political thrillers.
From writer / director Stephen Gaghan, winner of the Best Screenplay Academy Award ® for Traffic, comes Syriana, a
political thriller that unfolds against the
intrigue of the global oil industry.
By alternating these redundant, 24-esque
political thriller scenes with the actually
intriguing story of how Changez evaluates his relationship to his home, the film flits about schizophrenically in tone.
George Clooney stars, directs, and writes the
political thriller The Ides of March, which Angela Stern says is
intriguing and utterly enjoyable.
• The Widow File, a
political thriller of industrial espionage and military
intrigue by SG Redling,