Face/Off
1997USA★ 7.14 pt match
Like 2.0, this one is rooted in rage. They share the same lens on corrupt institutions. The feel is the same: chaotic, dark comedy, relentless, and escalating.
2.0
2018IndiaLanguage: taDirected by Shankar★ 5.8
Available in English: subtitled
An ornithologist who commits suicide returns as fifth force to wreack vengeance on mankind for harming birds with mobile phone radiation. The only thing that is standing in his way is 2.0, the upgraded version of Chitti, the robot.
Themes and style
Tone
dark comedysurrealchaoticwhimsical
Pacing
escalatingrelentlessepisodic
Story
survivalpursuitrebellionsiege
Emotion
ragesacrificeinjusticeredemption
Themes
old ways vs. new worldcorrupt institutionslife under oppression
Feel
crowd pleaserfun scaryrewatchablecerebral
Violence
moderateWhere to watch
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