To Live and Die in L.A.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters.
Our read · To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded neo-noir · counterfeit · cop entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes 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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