As I understand it and whether he succeeded or not, Giorgio Serafini's conception of THE TRACKER was to kind of emulate '70s thrillers such as Bronson's THE MECHANIC with a close to mute lead character, minimal and naturalistic light, which is almost the opposite of this in both accounts.
I'm not sure there's much color grading here actually, I thought it lacked some if you look at some of the first shots in the trailer (hopefully won't be the case on the released film) that scream "shot on digital video". It's more as if, as you can tell on some of the BTS pics, the DP was asked to do the same type lighting he did in a couple scenes of DON'T KILL IT during the entire film...
You're right about the DRIVE vibe, Tom, didn't think of it, completely lacking of the Ryan Gosling/Carey Mulligan subtle relationship and chemistry though, and that's an issue. The badass mother dealing with her son's kidnapping looks overlooked and skipped over so not sure it'll have the same impact and not everyone can be Nicholas Winding Refn.
Now, I also wonder when will Tarantino stop being "a model" for ensemble gangster type films? Because that's been an issue for a long time... And casting Danny Trejo and non-actor Chuck Liddell (or any other UFC/MMA/wrestler) is never helping.
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