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Shot Caller
A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.
Release : | 2017 |
Rating : | 7.3 |
Studio : | Bold Films, Participant, Relativity Media, |
Crew : | Art Department Coordinator, Art Direction, |
Cast : | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Omari Hardwick Jon Bernthal Lake Bell Emory Cohen |
Genre : | Drama Thriller Crime |
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Such a frustrating disappointment
Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful
I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
Shot Caller (weird name, I admit) is actually quite a good prison movie. The personal story is dramatic; you can't help but feel pity for Jacob Harlon and his family who used to live a peaceful and comfortable life up until recently. At the same time it makes you feel helpless to witness how a second's lack of attention can turn one man's life upside down and makes you realize how all our possesive boastings are in vain.Maybe a bit more effort should've been put into explaining and developing the psyche of the main character; things are moving really fast and we're having trouble in grasping how an ordinary white collar man became a gang leader in such a short time. Yes, poor fellow finds himself trapped in this situation, but at the same time he seems to have adapted to it too easily. Did he always have that in him?
Shot Caller has been somewhat praised by fans alike for its realism picture, and acting from the leads, especially Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. The film starts off quite interesting at first and remains such due to its non-linear storytelling (as we see the transformation from Jacob to Money is great acting) then somewhat lingers in the end where we wonder what the point is.Relatively becomes boring and confusing in the final part of the film, though the first half as to how the film is set up is quite good. Shot Caller is decent but most perhaps a film for a selective audience. It did not blow me away or left me wanted more like some reviews have stated.
Not a creative story But a good one isn't this even better? I mean after all these years and different ideas taking the chance to be in pictures good directors and writers are having 2-3 years gap between their movies/screenplays to find an unique set of story to get to the viewer's bones.and at this time A director like this rises with previous prison movies which is a great obsession cause there are a lot going on in the prisons even in the most civilized countries, Ric Roman Waugh proves that even with a low budget and efficient use of resources you can make a masterpiece of the genre,in writing specifically screenplays its not only about plot its mostly about story telling I mean if good plots like inception would be cheap in story telling the whole plot could be ruined too.Shot Caller lacks the extraordinary plot but covering it masterfully with story telling which shows Ric Waugh is stepping in the right way.Oh and of course we get to Nikolaj Coster Waldau,which before this movie were mostly cheap movies kinda guy except for his Game of Thrones TV career and again another surprise he handled this role real nice,too nice that we might say we cant ever imagine someone else playing Money.He proved to be good even as a main role character hope we see him more often.
My first review ever on here had to be for this movie. From start to finish I was just completely intrigued and felt the emotions this movie played out on screen. Excellent casting and acting from everyone and extremely realistic.