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Triple 9

2016

John Hillcoat

Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kate Winslet, Aaron Paul ...

5.6

6,294

Thriller. Action A group of corrupt police officers are blackmailed into pulling off a seemingly impossible heist. They plot the murder of a rookie police officer in order to orchestrate a "999", code for 'officer down', to pull off the heist across town.

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"A relentless dirty cop thriller (...) Triple 9 is like a drill that just keeps boring down deeper into your skull for two hours"	POS
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"The film has grit and atmosphere to burn but also a certain narrative sketchiness, as though unable to reconcile its sharp sociological portraiture with the pleasures of a more robustly plotted crime yarn"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tom Huddleston Time Out	"[A] superb, star-packed thriller (...) Fans of ‘The Wire’, James Ellroy, freeway shootouts, black balaclavas, burning trucks, betrayal and the words ‘everybody get on the floor!’, step right up (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Freer Empire	"There is a lot to like: a great opening, searing action and strong cast (Winslet is a stand out). Yet it has a familiar feel, runs out of steam and ultimately doesn’t match up to the sum of its parts (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	NEU
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"A howlingly inane movie that somehow managed to collect an impressively A-list cast on its way toward becoming a cop movie that’s not just dumb, it’s disastrous"	NEG
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Develops an hypnotic rhythm and lethal confidence, committed to its steely vibe so completely that even the flaws start to feel like compelling quirks (...) a proud B-movie that never tries to elevate this gritty material to lofty heights"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"A crime caper like no other (...) Triple 9 is no Reservoir Dogs, but it is a twisty, terrific ride (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Oliver Lyttelton IndieWire	"For hardcore fans of the cop-movie genre starved for material, maybe that’ll be enough. The rest of us will likely leave the movie feeling like an opportunity was missed somewhere"	NEU
United States	Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"The most impressive thing about Triple 9 is that it somehow manages to be both predictable and incoherent at the same time. Well, that and the fact that it manages to make half a dozen good actors look really lost"	NEG
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"If you’re in the right frame of mind for a lurid, blood-soaked B-movie with an A-list cast, 'Triple 9' is just the ticket (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out f 4)"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"One of those productions in which much of the creative energy has been funneled into gaudily inventive displays of violence."	NEU

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