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The 12th Suspect

2019 · 102 min

A claustrophobic, talk-heavy pressure cooker that keeps you leaning in as suspicion shifts around a single room.

Overview: Set in a teahouse in Myeong-dong, Seoul right after the end of the Korean War, The 12th Suspect follows the suffocating psychological showdown that takes place between a detective and the 11 suspects who find themselves caught up in a murder case.
How it feels: Tense, dark, melancholic and cynical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, guilt, deception, justice
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 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: isolation
guilt
deception
justice
power
Places: single country house
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none