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Triple 9 (15)
Directed by John Hillcoat
3/5

In this brutal thriller, Australian John Hillcoat’s driving direction carries you fast and furiously over illogical elements and several standard characterisations in Matt Cook’s violence-ridden screenplay.

The setting is Atlanta — which, if anything like the grim city pictured here, is well worth avoiding — where a bunch of crooked cops and former special services soldiers has to try and pull off a near-impossible heist for a ruthless Russian mobster.

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