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God Is a Bullet

2023 · 155 min

A grim, punishing descent into cult brutality and vengeance, grinding and ugly, with little relief and a heavy sense of dread throughout.

Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
Genres: Thriller, Action, Crime
Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman

Tagline: Say your prayers.
Overview: Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin.

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Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
Genres: Thriller, Action, Crime
Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
violence
crime
grief
corruption
Places: road trip
wilderness
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Humour	1
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Darkness	9
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: thriller, action, crime, horror
Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
Written by: Nick Cassavetes
Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, January Jones, Jamie Foxx, Paul Johansson, David Thornton, Ethan Suplee
Music: Aaron Zigman
Cinematography: Kenji Katori
Runtime: 155 min
Country: Mexico, United States of America
Languages: English

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