Movie

The Intended

2002 · 110 min

A sweaty, oppressive slow descent into colonial greed and betrayal, where politeness curdles into menace and the jungle presses in.

Overview: A period drama/thriller about a surveyor and his fiancée who arrive in a remote Malaysian trading post and encounter a closed-fisted ivory trader and her ill-meaning family.
How it feels: Dark, tense, cynical and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Greed, corruption, betrayal, isolation
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: greed
corruption
betrayal
isolation
colonialism
Places: wilderness
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild