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Man Down

2016 · 90 min

A disorienting, heartbreaking plunge into a veteran's fractured mind, where reality and delusion blur into a tragic search for home.

Directed by
Dito Montiel
Genres
Thriller, Drama, War
Tagline
He's coming home to the war he never left.
Overview
When a U.S. Marine returns home from Afghanistan, he finds that the place he once called home is no better than the battlefields he fought on overseas. Accompanied by his best friend, he searches desperately for the whereabouts of his estranged son and wife. In their search, the two intercept a man carrying vital information about his family.

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Directed by
Dito Montiel
Genres
Thriller, Drama, War
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • trauma
  • madness
  • grief
  • betrayal
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
  • military
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror4
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Genres
thriller, drama, war
Directed by
Dito Montiel
Written by
Adam G. Simon, Dito Montiel
Starring
Shia LaBeouf, Jai Courtney, Gary Oldman, Kate Mara, Tory Kittles, Clifton Collins Jr., Charlie Shotwell, Jose Pablo Cantillo
Music
Clint Mansell
Cinematography
Shelly Johnson
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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