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Sleeping Dogs

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1977 · 107 min Action Thriller Drama
5.6 / 10 · TMDB

Recluse Smith is drawn into a revolutionary struggle between guerrillas and right-wingers in New Zealand. Implicated in a murder and framed as a revolutionary conspirator, Smith tries to maintain an attitude of non-violence while caught between warring factions.

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Year 1977
Country New Zealand
Genre Action, Thriller, Drama
Director Roger Donaldson
Runtime 107 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.6/10 (45 votes)

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The film constructs its tension from the fragility of personal conviction, exploring the moral isolation of a man clinging to non-violence in a world that speaks only the language of force. It relies on a gritty, almost documentary-like realism to frame its political struggle.

What lingers after viewing is a sense of claustrophobic dread and a meditation on the price of neutrality in a polarized world. A thriller that unsettles more than it excites. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Roger Donaldson

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Watch alone late at night, with minimal light. Suits the mood of paranoia and entrapment.

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