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‘Laws of Man’ Review: A Lukewarm Cold War Thriller

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A Cold War thriller that fails to heat up, with a plot that winds up going nowhere despite its ambition.

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Director Phil Blattenberger's efforts to craft a noirish retro vibe fall flat, with the film coming across as 'talky, awkward and unconvincing'
Critic Dennis Harvey says the film's 'action and atmosphere are too poorly supplied' for it to work as the intended 'stab at a noirish retro thriller'

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