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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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Phil Blattenberger, Laws of Man
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