Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

Appeals to viewers who enjoy fatalistic crime stories with eccentric dialogue, bruised camaraderie, and a grimly theatrical sense of impending doom.

Tone

darkly comic, bleak, tense

Payoff

catharsis, heartbreak

Pacing

steady

Intensity

intense

Structure

linear

Themes

mortality, loyalty, redemption, organized crime, doomed friendship

Setting

contemporary 1990s, stylized urban underworld and working-class neighborhoods