Deadline

Deadline

Directed by Colin Nutley

Produced by Sweetwater Production, SF Studios

2001128 min4.8 / 10

A tense procedural thriller centered on a journalist uncovering a conspiracy behind a stadium bombing, where personal investigation becomes increasingly dangerous as the Olympic Games approach.

The Victoriastadium is totally destroyed in a bomb attack and Christina Furhage, head-responsible for the Olympic Games in Stockholm, dies with it. Why did someone destroy the stadium and why is Christina murdered? The police desperately seek for clues that will lead them to the perpetrator but without any luck. As the Olympic Games draws near the situation becomes more desperate. Annika Bengtzon, a reporter for Kvällsposten, se a connection that no one else sees and without understanding it she starts a carousel that in the end will threaten her own life.

Questions people ask

  • Is Deadline scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Does Deadline end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Deadline easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Deadline violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

  • Is Deadline sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

5/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity8

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Deadline

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Deadline

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Deadline, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Deadline, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Deadline, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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