Movie

Real

2017 · 137 min

A stylish, disorienting neo-noir dive into a criminal mind, where identity fractures into a tense and violent puzzle.

Tagline: Only the real one takes all.
Overview: A criminal aspiring to build a casino finds himself in endless threat when a doppelgänger appears, who starts imitating every single thing he does.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and cynical. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Identity, power, crime, addiction
Content: Strong violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
power
crime
addiction
madness
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong