Blackmail fingerprintHigh energy, light on feelings.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Emotionally reserved
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
History, mystery, and crime
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Blackmail is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
History, mystery, and crime
Its world is built around history, mystery, and crime.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Blackmail is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Artiflix in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on JustWatch TV, Kanopy, and FlixHouse. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 75/100 (IMDb 6.9, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, and Metacritic 71). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States. Content advisories: violence.
1 h 26 min
Blackmail runs 1 h 26 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Blackmail higher (80) than audiences (71). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in United Kingdom.
+125GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Blackmail in 139 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 21 storytelling tropes for Blackmail, including Attempted Rape, Blackmail, Bookends.
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