Keeper
2020 · 12m · USA
Directed by Anna Remus
Genres: action, drama, thriller
Missy has 24 hours to rescue her younger sister, who has been taken by a dangerous ex-boyfriend. An action-driven sibling drama about love, abuse, and the choices we make for family.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
Female-led action thriller about rescuing a sister from an abuser *should* be a crowd-pleaser, but Remus seems more interested in the emotional machinery of protection than the genre payoff—which is exactly why it works when it could've been forgettable.
Remus situates the hand-to-hand combat within a lineage of intimate action cinema (closer to Lynne Ramsay's formal restraint than Marvel spectacle), where every punch is character work and the 24-hour structure serves dramatic inevitability rather than plot convenience.
The film's real coup is using the sibling bond as the actual fight choreography—every physical exchange is about protection, not dominance, which means Remus could shoot tighter, cut sharper, and trust the relationship to carry weight that bigger budgets waste on scale.
Reviews
Packed with action, Anna Remus's drama about rescuing a sister, Keeper offers a story with moving moments that serve as exposition and respite in an arena of unfair odds.
Keeper's pacing is commendable, creating a mood of constant action while smoothly inserting exposition.