Quintessential Directors: Barry Jenkins
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
Thunder Chase
Thunder, a veteran who used to be a private bodyguard abroad, learned that his son Leo was lured by foreign gangs to use it as a bargaining chip in a hunting game for living people. Thunder and two friends brought equipment into the jungle of a foreign country and fought several times. Save the son, but the brother becomes a hostage. At the scene of the strangulation, Thunder was willing to change her life. At this time, a woman he had saved appeared. It turned out that she was the boss of the hunting and killing organization. Was she acquainted or not saved? Or, in the face of the red-eye bad guy, can she turn the tide?
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Thunder, a veteran who used to be a private bodyguard abroad, learned that his son Leo was lured by foreign gangs to use it as a bargaining chip in a hunting game for living people. Thunder and two friends brought equipment into the jungle of a foreign country and fought several times. Save the son, but the brother becomes a hostage. At the scene of the strangulation, Thunder was willing to change her life. At this time, a woman he had saved appeared. It turned out that she was the boss of the hunting and killing organization. Was she acquainted or not saved? Or, in the face of the red-eye bad guy, can she turn the tide?
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Genre:Action, Crime, Thriller
Written By:Fang Lan
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Runtime:86 minutes
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