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‘Wild Wild East’ Review: Atmospheric WWII Western-Thriller Can’t Find Enough Story Beneath Its Snowy Surface

A genre mash-up with more atmosphere than plot or character, " Wild Wild East " seems content to play in the sandbox of its little world rather than do something particularly interesting with it. When Martin Wolff (Itay Tiran) rides into town alone on horseback in January 1943, he does so at a deliberate trot as the locals scurry about like startled stag beetles.

‘Wild Wild East’ Review: Atmospheric WWII Western-Thriller Can’t Find Enough Story Beneath Its Snowy Surface

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A genre mash-up with more atmosphere than plot or character, " Wild Wild East " seems content to play in the sandbox of its little world rather than do something particularly interesting with it.

When Martin Wolff (Itay Tiran) rides into town alone on horseback in January 1943, he does so at a deliberate trot as the locals scurry about like startled stag beetles.

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A genre mash-up with more atmosphere than plot or character, " Wild Wild East " seems content to play in the sandbox of its little world rather than do something particularly interesting with it. When Martin Wolff (Itay Tiran) rides into town alone on horseback in January 1943, he does so at a deliberate trot as the locals scurry about like startled stag beetles. Atmospheric WWII Western-Thriller Can't Find Enough Story Beneath Its Snowy Surface at The Playlist.

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