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Only God Forgives

2013 · 89 min

A hypnotic, brutal descent into neon-lit vengeance, demanding patience and rewarding with unsettling imagery and mood.

Tagline
Time to meet the Devil.
Overview
Julian, who runs a Thai boxing club as a front organization for his family's drug smuggling operation, is forced by his mother Crystal to find and kill the individual responsible for his brother's recent death.

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How it feels

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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
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • violence
  • family
  • power
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror6
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller, crime
Directed by
Nicolas Winding Refn
Written by
Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring
Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm, Rhatha Phongam, Gordon Brown, Tom Burke, Byron Gibson, Sahajak Boonthanakit
Music
Cliff Martinez
Cinematography
Larry Smith
Runtime
89 min
Country
Denmark, France, Sweden, United States of America
Languages
English, Thai

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