Schneider vs. Bax (2015) poster
2015 · thriller · dark-comedy · hitman

Schneider vs. Bax

Directed by Alex van Warmerdam1h 36m2015
  • sombre
  • brisk
  • intense
  • inventive
  • cold

On his birthday, a hitman reluctantly takes on the easy task of killing a writer, only to find the job a lot more difficult than expected.

Our read · Schneider vs. Bax (2015) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive thriller · dark-comedy · hitman entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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Tom DewispelaereMaria KraakmanAlex van WarmerdamPierre BokmaAnnet Malherbe
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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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