Shot Caller

  • 15 (POLAND)
  • 2017


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63 % Fresh
$ 3 Million
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Positive Reviews 24
Negative reviews 6
Average Rating 3.4/5
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4.5
Capped off with a paranoiac little masterpiece of a score, courtesy of Antonio Pinto, and Shot Caller is a curdled and rancid look at the American dre .. Austin Chronicle
3.0
Its less Riot in Cell Block 11 than it is incarceration devastation. Austin Chronicle
3.0
If you imagine Andy Dufresne embarking on a hyper violent gangland crime spree, youve got the premise of this thriller about the corrosive power of pr .. Time Out
3.1
Theres a casual brutality at play that never feels grotesque in Waughs hands, just sadly unavoidable. Rogerebert
1.5
This is the sort of cookie cutter prison drama that exists simply to take up space. The Young Folks
4.0
BROOKLYNs Emory Cohen also contributes an uncommonly subtle performance as a young prospect that hero worships Money and seems headed down the same pa .. JoBlo
1.9
Ive summarized and summarized, boiling this down to a digestible/understandable thru line, I hope.Writer director Waugh does us no such favors. Rogers Movie Nation
2.5
Theres a tough, unapologetic movie about the inherent corruption of the prison system in Shot Caller, but Waugh has diluted it with elements of an unn .. Mark Reviews Movies
2.0
The film is aiming for tough edges, but its essentially very vanilla. The Times
4.5
Waugh seems to have been quite thorough with his research, knowing enough about both sides of the law to bring a level of authenticity to the storytel .. Film Journal
4.0
But Shot Caller turns out to be a really taut, tense, prison set thriller, a little like Jacques Audiards A Prophet and longform television such as Br .. The Guardian
4.0
Recalling Michael Mann at his finest, this classy cops and robbers thriller gets its thieves spot on, but its indifference to those hunting them curta .. Flim List
4.0
Shot Caller is essential viewing, and one that will leave an unsettling but necessary, lasting impact on the viewer, providing them with plenty of phi .. Film Inquiry
3.8
Achieving a hardy balance to a complex character and heightened importance to an otherwise terminally depressing study in total immorality, the star i .. Observer
1.5
Shot Caller is the third feature from Ric Roman Waugh (Snitch, Felon) to illustrate the notion that prisons make criminals instead of reforming them. The New York Times
3.0
If you like your thrillers grim and violent, then Shot Caller certainly delivers the goods. Express
3.1
The silly twists and contortions at the end diminish the movie as a whole and, although the climax is viscerally satisfying, its disappointing nonethe .. ReelViews
4.0
Coster Waldau ... conveys a strong masculine presence in both sections of the film, and it is fascinating to watch his transformation from privileged .. Hollywood Reporter
4.5
Shot Caller is a great example of the kind of movie you shouldnt ignore simply because its not getting a big, theatrical release.Usually I harp on thi .. Birth Movies Death
3.5
The prison tinged action drama Shot Caller arrives at a tension filled national moment when a protagonist with WHITE PRIDE tattooed on his back might .. Los Angeles Times
4.0
Frankly, most audiences are probably expecting a more kinetic thriller, but Shot Caller is all about potential energy, and that lends it an unexpected .. Variety
2.0
Its that sense of absurdity that proves to be detrimental, for while Shot Caller certainly has all the makings of a compelling thriller, the attempt t .. Hey U Guys
3.0
This is not a film thats going to re wire anybodys worldview or dazzle us with its visual pyrotechnics, but its by any measure a respectable workhorse .. Film Ink
4.0
Nikolaj Coster Waldau has been called upon to do many distasteful things during his Game of Thrones tenure, from incest to attempted child murder to h .. Ner Dist
2.0
If youre looking for a more nuanced portrait of life in Americas justice system, seek out The Work instead. Lw Lies
2.5
And while the central message is seriously shaky (you need to be a killer to survive in this nasty world!), theres a driving energy to the film that n .. Contact Music
4.1
Finding the right balance between comedy, satire, drama and romance is no easy task, to be fair, but the film never really becomes funny, biting, movi .. Nyc Movie Guru
3.5
There isnt a ton of violence but when it does you probably wont be expecting it. Punch Drunk Critics
5.0
In the new film Shot Caller, which had its world premiere at the LA Film Festival and now is debuting on DirecTVs premium service before getting a the .. Dead Line
3.5
Yes, like its protagonist, Shot Caller is modest with admirable ambitions. Under The Radar Mag
3.5
Shot Caller is an intense character and criminality drama from Ric Roman Waugh. Adelaide Review
3.5
The rise of the incarceration industry has seen a spike in films about burly men alternately bonding with/beating each other up behind bars, and Ric R .. Houston Press



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