Fear City fingerprintHigh energy, no humor.
Tense and thrilling
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Crime, everyday modern life, and mystery
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense and thrilling
Fast from start to finish.
Fear City is tense, thrilling, and fast-paced.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Crime, everyday modern life, and mystery
Its world is built around crime, everyday modern life, and mystery.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Fear City is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Pluto TV, and Plex. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 59/100 (IMDb 5.8 and Rotten Tomatoes 69%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence, nudity, sexual content, and strong language.
1 h 35 min
Fear City runs 1 h 35 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Fear City higher (69) than audiences (46). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+2GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Fear City in 16 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 18 storytelling tropes for Fear City, including Asshole Victim, Casualty in the Ring, Death of the Hypotenuse.
5.8
