2008 · drama · action · thriller
The Crew
Directed by Adrian Vitoria1h 57m2008
Hoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan sends his brother Ratter and a crew to pull a daring final heist. But when Ratter kills a drug kingpin during the job, Brennan must turn to rival crook Franner to avert an all-out gangland war.
Our read: The Crew (2008) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded drama · action · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured drama / action, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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