Not long after, Karlsson went to the locker room and Vegas’ athletic trainer whispered in coach John Tortorella’s ear, and the coach looked displeased.
Refn has made characters moving and speaking in a benzodiazepine fugue state — lines hissed out stiltedly into dead air, spoken like throwing stones down a well — his signature in recent films.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
19 May 2026
His line drive hissed past a leaping Steffen for a 3-2 Miami lead.
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