
Sleeping Dogs
What happens when you're hunted...and there's no place to run!
Directed by Roger Donaldson
Produced by New Zealand Film Commission, Aardvark Films
A tense political thriller about a reluctant man caught between warring factions in a dystopian civil conflict, hunted and framed with nowhere to turn.
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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Questions people ask
Is Sleeping Dogs scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.
Does Sleeping Dogs end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is Sleeping Dogs sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Is Sleeping Dogs violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.
Is Sleeping Dogs easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
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.
Written about
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Conventional, and it does not land.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
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Like Sleeping Dogs
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Sleeping Dogs
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Sleeping Dogs, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Sleeping Dogs, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Sleeping Dogs, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.























































