A professional enforcer cleans up a criminal mess, but the pulpy underworld is bleak and unforgiving.
A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Kanopy (free), Hoopla (free), The Roku Channel (free), Plex (free) and Tubi (free).
Nothing past what an R promises: some innuendo or implied sex and brutal violence.
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Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
No. Brace yourself.
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Joker (2019)Bleak · graphic gore · brutal violence · emotionally devastatingA measured descent into madness unfolds as a comedian's dark satire fuels Gotham's gritty, bleak chaos.
Sin City (2005)Gritty · graphic gore · brutal violence · emotionally heavyCrooked cops and desperate vigilantes navigate a gritty, pulpy world where redemption is as elusive as justice.
Double Indemnity (1944)Pulpy · light gore · emotionally heavy · measuredA smooth-talking salesman and a femme fatale plot a perfect murder, but suspicion tightens its grip.Killing Them Softly is on our Thriller on The Roku Channel, Crime on The Roku Channel and Crime on Hoopla lists.
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