A security consultant and a ruthless assassin become equally obsessed in a darkly comic game of cat-and-mouse.
Suspenseful and campy, with dry wit. A late-night trip at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix, Paramount+, AMC+ and Prime Video.
Moderate sex and nudity, which is more than most TV-14 titles carry. Beyond that, some strong language and strong violence.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the TV-14 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.
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A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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