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  • Lawless (2012)
    Review preview for Lawless

    Compelling stuff.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Three brothers go all out to protect their small bootlegging business from corrupt lawmen during Prohibition.
  • The Proposition (2005)
    Review preview for The Proposition

    Cave's screenplay is full of rich incidents, impossible moral choices and, most of all, complex characters, brought to grimy life by the excellent ensemble cast.

    Anton Bitel · 4.5 out of 5
    In the 1880s, an Australian outlaw is offered a pardon if he tracks down and kills his psychotic elder brother.
  • The Road (2009)
    Review preview for The Road

    Pure, stripped-down bleakness, both in the desaturated drabness of its appearance and in the last-days essentialism of its themes.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    An unnamed father and son travel through a post-apocalyptic America in this adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize winning novel.
  • To Have And To Hold (1996)
    Review preview for To Have And To Hold

    The film is ultimately let down by its uneven story.

    Steve Harwood · 3 out of 5
    A man haunted by the memory of a woman from his past, falls for her lookalike.
  • Triple 9 (2016)
    Review preview for Triple 9

    The film is confused about what it is trying to be - is it a high octane thriller, a gritty police drama or a tragedy? It certainly isn't all three.

    Donald Munro · 2 out of 5
    A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.

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