Racing Extinction (2015) (2015) poster
2015 · documentary

Racing Extinction (2015)

Directed by Louie Psihoyos1h 30m2015
ElsewhereTMDB7.8199
  • sombre
  • brisk
  • intense
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Sombre, kinetic, measured documentary, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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An unlikely team of activists and innovators hatches a bold mission to save endangered species.

Our read · Racing Extinction (2015) (2015) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded documentary entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a documentary exposing wildlife crime and the fight to save species.

ends upliftingit stays with yousteady all the waygrips by minute 5attention 3/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upanimal harm

Skip it tonightYou cannot handle disturbing real footage of animal cruelty and trafficking.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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