Vishal Bharadwaj‘s Khufiya 2023, based on the book Escape to Nowhere by Amar Bhushan, is an espionage thriller that is filled with nuances and constructed of hidden thoughts and secret desires. As the story of the film begins with a mission gone wrong in Bangladesh in 2004, it promises to be a gripping and suspenseful journey into the world of spies and intrigue. But with a runtime of two and a half hours, the events in the film propel with such momentum that the impetus the story demands never gets its due and leaves the entire viewing experience dissatisfied. The film does not lack proper development and resolution; rather, the lackluster flow of scenes hinders the flow and inhibits us from fully engaging with the story. The narrative focuses on the inevitable human tragedy at the heart of a power structure whose intentions are to safeguard the interests of its...
- 10/13/2023
- by Dipankar Sarkar
- Talking Films
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A Crimson Man
Logline: Set in a war-torn land of man vs. machine, Wei, a young runaway boy in search of his father, must ally with an unstable war-robot named Red or be hunted down by his overseers.
Elevator Pitch:
“Terminator 2” meets “Born on the Fourth of July.”
Production Team:
Writer/Director: Mike Pappa (website)
Producer: Jordan Lietz
Cinematographer: Farhad Ahmed Dehlvi
Editor: Shayar Bhansali
Animatronics Lead: Brian Haimes (website)
VFX Consultant/Aritst: Nitant Karnik
Cast:
Daniel Clarkson as Red
About the Film:
For “A Crimson Man,” I was inspired by the works of Philip K. Dick, reading stories of veterans dealing with Ptsd,...
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
A Crimson Man
Logline: Set in a war-torn land of man vs. machine, Wei, a young runaway boy in search of his father, must ally with an unstable war-robot named Red or be hunted down by his overseers.
Elevator Pitch:
“Terminator 2” meets “Born on the Fourth of July.”
Production Team:
Writer/Director: Mike Pappa (website)
Producer: Jordan Lietz
Cinematographer: Farhad Ahmed Dehlvi
Editor: Shayar Bhansali
Animatronics Lead: Brian Haimes (website)
VFX Consultant/Aritst: Nitant Karnik
Cast:
Daniel Clarkson as Red
About the Film:
For “A Crimson Man,” I was inspired by the works of Philip K. Dick, reading stories of veterans dealing with Ptsd,...
- 8/25/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
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