This movie was another highly anticipated one for me.
This movie starrs Tom Pelphrey (Netflix “Ozark”), Ryan Phillippe (“Summit Fever”), Shantel VanSanten (Amazon Prime “The Boys”), Emelina Adams (“Bullet Train”), Moises Arias (“Smarathan”), just to name a few.
This movie was directed by Matthew Gentile .
This movie was released on October 28th 2022.
This movie debuted at the NewPort Beach Film Festival and on the San Diego International Film Festival.
This movie was rated R for language, drug use, some sexual content, nudity and violence.
This movie is a Crime/Drama/Thriller.
Onto the premise: Charismatic con man Jason Derek Brown becomes wanted by the FBI after hatching his most elaborate scheme yet.
I saw this last night… by that I mean around two am earlier today haha and it was absolutely one of the best filmic surprises of the year for me! I really do get the praise for this movie at all those film festivals.
Not only is it probably one of the most casually-grim character study films you’ll ever watch (in a way that even supersedes movies like “Joker” and “Pearl” because it’s based on a true story, and it’s all deeply, indelibly grounded in reality), but it’s also an amazingly-confident experiment in sprawling non-linear storytelling.
Deeply, deeply-inspirational movie.
The cast was spot on! Ryan Phillippe’s percolating frustrations was perfectly pitched as an FBI agent and Tom Pelphrey was a fearlessly likable con-man.
You’re rooting for them both at times, knowing they can’t both win, but their performances made you feel for them both and want more of it.
The entire supporting cast did a stellar job with their roles to improve the relationship between the audience and the lead characters, without not overpower the main story.
I had never heard of the story of Jason Derek Brown before.
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