scrn logline
A Cold War thriller that fails to heat up, with a plot that winds up going nowhere despite its ambition.
beat sheet
- 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'
call sheet
Phil Blattenberger, Laws of Man