G
2011 · 14m · España
Directed by Diego Puertas
Genres: crime, drama, thriller
G., an elite mercenary ordered to clean house inside his own organisation, must simultaneously face a power struggle within his own home.
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The scouts
A mercenary thriller that wants to be morally complex but settles for the tired duality of work-vs-home—the premise promises subversion until it doesn't, making it exactly the kind of prestige crime drama that thinks mirroring two power struggles is enough to feel dangerous.
Puertas constructs a formal parallel between institutional and domestic hierarchies that recalls the European crime cinema lineage, though the execution feels more schematic than inevitable—the craft is present but the film doesn't quite find the tonal precision that would elevate its architectural ambitions.
The film's real engine is how Puertas sustains tension through spatial constraint and the blocking choices that never let G. feel safe in either arena—that single decision to stage both worlds with matching claustrophobia is what makes the 14 minutes breathe instead of just accumulate plot.