# Man Down (2016)

> A traumatized Marine's desperate search for his missing family becomes a bleak, reality-bending reckoning with the aftershocks of war.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/180526

## Facts

- Runtime: 90 min
- Genres: Thriller, Drama, War
- Director: Dito Montiel
- Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Jai Courtney, Gary Oldman, Kate Mara, Tory Kittles, Clifton Collins Jr., Charlie Shotwell, Jose Pablo Cantillo
- TMDB rating: 6.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2461520/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: bleak, paranoid, harrowing, serious drama night, war film marathon

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