Words Andrew Dex

A criminal. A detective. A businesswoman caught in the crossfire. Not a setup to a bad joke, they’re the key players in an intense new crime-thriller from American Animals director Bart Layton.

Following his smart real-life heist story, Layton unleashes a blockbuster cast in a high-octane crime story led by Chris Hemsworth as Mike Davis, a cunning criminal, and Mark Ruffalo as Lou Lubesnik, the dogged detective determined to bring him down. In four short years, Davis has caused carnage along Los Angeles’ 101 Pacific Coast Highway with a string of audacious heists.

Just as Davis sets his sights on his biggest score and Lou closes in, Halle Berry enters the fray as a disgruntled insurance broker whose firm happens to be Davis’s next target. For him, she’s the perfect path to the ultimate prize. For her, it’s a chance to get back at the company that’s long undervalued her. For all three, it’s a collision there’s no turning back from.

They’re not the only ones at play. The headline trio are joined by Monica Barbaro, Corey Hawkins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nick Nolte, and Layton usual suspect Barry Keoghan – all poised to steal a scene at any opportunity.

It’s a staggering ensemble worth watching on its own, but throw in dazzling chase sequences, delicious tension, and a razor-sharp cat-and-mouse dynamic, and this is a score that’s impossible to ignore.

Manhunt

Catch Me If You Can

Steven Spielberg’s unforgettable rollercoaster ride through the spectacular world of fraud and FBI pursuit. Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio deliver a superb dynamic in the true-to-life story of Frank Abagnal Jr.

No Country For Old Men

Adapted from the brilliant prose of Cormac McCarthy, the Coen brothers’ masterpiece is an unpredictable and brutal desert thriller that captures many career-changing performances, but at its core is the haunting duel between Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem.

The Fugitive

It turns out Tommy Lee Jones just loves hunting criminals. In this classic, he’s U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard, relentlessly pursuing Harrison Ford’s wrongly accused Richard Kimble – all leading to that iconic dam sequence.