Movie

The Dead End

2015 · 133 min

A brooding, morally tangled noir that unfolds slowly, keeping you uneasy and watchful as buried guilt surfaces.

Overview: A "Chinese noir full of sublimated homoeroticism" . The story of three brothers raising a little girl they found as a baby. These sworn brothers are not related by blood, but by a long-standing acquaintance and a serious crime they committed seven years ago. The movie features a homosexual love scene that was handled in a relatively straightforward manner.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and cynical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Guilt, betrayal, loyalty, isolation
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: guilt
betrayal
loyalty
isolation
crime
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild