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Crisis is a 2021 crime thriller film written, produced and directed by Nicholas Jarecki. The film’s ensemble cast includes Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly, Greg Kinnear, Michelle Rodriguez, Luke Evans, Lily-Rose Depp, Kid Cudi (Scott Mescudi), and Martin Donovan.

Crisis was released in the United States on February 26, 2021, by Quiver Distribution, and was released in Canada on March 16, 2021, by Elevation Pictures and on March 16, 2021, in Australia by Universal Pictures. Warner Bros. has announced they will release in the United Kingdom.

Plot

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Teenage drug runner Cedric Beauville is captured and arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on the Canada–United States border in possession of large quantities of illegal fentanyl pills.

Everett University research scientist Dr. Tyrone Brower is contracted by Northlight Pharmaceuticals to carry out a study in support of their newest product, Klaralon. The drug is being touted as the first non-addictive painkiller and is due to be released shortly as a replacement for Oxycodone. The study uncovers concerning results; Klaralon initially presents as non-addictive when taken daily for the first 7 days (parameters specified by Northlight), however after 7 days it becomes almost three times more addictive than Oxycodone. Realising the public health implications, Brower recommends to Northlight they delay Klaralon s release for further testing, which they object to. Board member Dr. Bill Simons tries to tempt Brower into changing his mind by offering a large research grant, but Brower refuses. With Northlight being one of the university s main donors, Brower finds himself under pressure from department head Greg Talbot to approve the study, but again is reluctant. Northlight begins leaking information to discredit his reputation, and Everett University revokes his tenure. Desperate, Brower becomes a whistleblower and contacts the FDA, being put in contact with investigator Ben Walker.

Detroit based DEA agent Jake Kelly has managed to infiltrate two large scale drug cartels running fentanyl. One is run by the Armenian Mafia who operate pill mills across the US. The other is based in Montreal, Quebec controlled by drug kingpin Claude ‘Mother’ Veroche, who operates out of a nondescript restaurant called La Marina. Kelly intends to convince the two cartels to enter into business, so both leaders can be arrested at once when they meet. Kelly has personal motivation for bringing them down, due to his younger sister suffering from crippling heroin addiction. Kelly s relationship with Mother becomes strained when news of Cedric s capture comes to light, with Mother becoming concerned there is an informant in his organisation. Due to operational funding concerns, Kelly s superior agent Garrett gives him a reduced timescale to organise the meet between the two cartels. Mother has Cedric killed in custody for his silence, and executes his second in command Guy Broussard after discovering he has been speaking with the authorities.

Architect and recovering Oxycodone addict Claire Reimann becomes concerned when her 16-year-old son David does not return home from hockey practice. He is later found dead as a result of a fentanyl overdose, shocking Claire who is convinced he never took drugs. Although the Detroit Police Department treats it as an accidental death, she hires a private investigator who determines David was forced to take the fentanyl and was murdered. Through her son s social media she tracks down one of his friends, who confesses several teenagers from the hockey team (from both Detroit and Montreal) work for Mother as drug runners, although David had only done it once. Reimann crosses the Ambassador Bridge and travels to Montreal where she hires another private investigator, who provides her with information on Mother and an untraceable ghost gun. She threatens another drug runner, Derrick Millebran, who believes that Mother is killing them to tie up loose ends after Cedric s arrest. Kelly becomes aware of Reimann s activities through investigation of Cedric s associates, and intercepts her outside La Marina. He does not arrest her, but instead unloads her gun and urges her to leave for her own good.

The meeting between the two cartels goes ahead, covertly monitored by a joint DEA-RCMP taskforce. However, an RCMP surveillance officer accidentally gives away his position, resulting in a shootout that kills Kelly s partner, Special Agent Stanley Foster. Mother also escapes, believed to have fled to Algeria. Given the seizure of the drugs at the meet, both US and Canadian agencies decide to disband the continued search for Mother and the Armenians. Outraged, Kelly goes against orders and travels to La Marina, where he threatens an employee who tells him Mother is still in Canada but is planning to escape via seaplane that evening from the Port of Montreal. Reimann is also given this information from her private investigator. Kelly arrives at the port, but has been beaten there by Reimann, who opens fire and kills Mother as he makes his way to the aircraft. His bodyguard shoots her in the arm, but is swiftly shot by Kelly. He then replaces the men s weapons with Reimann s ghost gun and his own unregistered back up gun, to make it appear they shot each other in a disagreement over money that was being carried by Mother at the time. He treats her gunshot wound, and tells her he does not intend to arrest her.

A last ditch effort by Northlight CEO Dr. Meg Holmes also fails to convince Brower to come on side, and the company is subjected to an FDA hearing. To Brower s shock, the agency does not revoke Northlight s permissions for Klaralon s release, noting that the potential benefits to the public outweigh the dangers highlighted by his study. Walker is also reassigned as a retaliatory measure. Despite the legal risk, Brower breaks his non-disclosure agreement and goes to the press, finally getting the information public. His integrity and honesty pays off, and he is later hired by the University of Michigan due to his actions, and is seen giving an introductory lecture to a crowded auditorium.

Cast

  • Gary Oldman as Dr. Tyrone Brower, a research scientist at Everett University
  • Armie Hammer as Jake Kelly, an undercover DEA Special Agent
  • Evangeline Lilly as Claire Reimann, an architect and recovering addict
  • Greg Kinnear as Dean Talbot, Brower s superior at Everett University
  • Michelle Rodriguez as Supervisor Garrett, Kelly s DEA superior
  • Luke Evans as Dr. Bill Simons, a senior board member of Northlight Pharmaceuticals
  • Lily-Rose Depp as Emmie Kelly, Jake s younger sister and a drug addict
  • Guy Nadon as Mother, an illegal fentanyl distributor operating in Quebec
  • Veronica Ferres as Dr. Meg Holmes, the CEO of Northlight Pharmaceuticals
  • Scott Mescudi as Ben Walker, an investigator with the Food and Drug Administration
  • Mia Kirshner as Susan, Claire Reimann s sister
  • Michael Aronov as Minas, an Armenian Mafia member controlling fentanyl distribution across the United States
  • Éric Bruneau as Guy Broussard, Mother s second in command and enforcer
  • Duke Nicholson as Derrick Millebran, a hockey player from Montreal working as a drug runner
  • Martin Donovan as Lawrence Morgan, the founder of Northlight Pharmaceuticals
  • Indira Varma as Madira Brower, Dr. Tyrone Bowers pregnant wife
  • Nicholas Jarecki as Stanley Foster, a DEA Special Agent and partner of Kelly
  • Ellora Torchia as Reeva, a scientist working as part of Brower s research team
  • Adam Tsekhman as Armen, member of the Armenian Mafia and partner of Minas
  • Hiro Kanagawa as Dr. Ishiyama, a friend and colleague of Bower

Production

In February 2019, it was announced that Armie Hammer, Gary Oldman, Evangeline Lilly, and Veronica Ferres had joined the cast, with Nicholas Jarecki directing from a screenplay he wrote. Greg Kinnear, Michelle Rodriguez and Lily-Rose Depp were added to the cast in February. In March 2019, Adam Tsekhman joined the cast of the film. In April 2019, Sam Worthington, Indira Varma, Kid Cudi, Luke Evans, Mia Kirshner, Michael Aronov and Martin Donovan joined the cast of the film. In December 2019, it was announced that Duke Nicholson had joined the cast of the film.

Principal photography began in February 2019 in Montreal and Detroit.

Release

In December 2020, it was announced Quiver Distribution had acquired United States distribution rights, with some other distributors which acquired the film being Elevation Pictures for Canada, Universal Pictures for most of the world, Warner Bros. Pictures for the United Kingdom, Metropolitan Filmexport for France and Sony Pictures for airlines. Quiver then set it for a February 26, 2021 nationwide theatrical release in the United States, followed by a home entertainment release on March 5, 2021. The film was theatrically released internationally on March 26, 2021. It was released in Canada on March 16, 2021, by Elevation Pictures.

Reception

Box office

Crisis was the highest-grossing independent film at the US box office in its opening weekend, earning $202,489 across a total of 216 screens. It had the second-highest per-screen average of all films playing that weekend with an average of $883 per screen. It was also the highest-grossing film playing in limited release.

Crisis was the #1 debut film during its opening weekend in Australia, placing #4 of all films in release.

Home entertainment

Crisis was released on home streaming platforms in the US on March 6, 2021. It quickly climbed the iTunes charts where it reached No. 1 in the drama, thriller, and independent categories as well as #2 in overall rentals within its first 24 hours.

It reached No. 1 of all films rented on the iTunes charts on March 9, 2021, and held the #1 position for 8 days, one of only 4 films to do so in 2021. It also ranked No. 2 on Amazon in its first week of release and placed in the top ten on Spectrum VOD for 2 weeks running.

Critical response

The film divided critics and audiences and has generated controversy surrounding its reviews.

Critics rated the film less positively at first, although with time its score has risen; It holds a 67% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 162 reviews. Its Metacritic score is only 41 of 100, indicating a largely unfavorable response.

Advance reviews for the film were very positive. Variety s Marc Malkin wrote that the film is intense and timely with exceptional performances, fine storytelling, and master craftsmanship. KTLA s Scott Mantz wrote that the film is riveting, gripping, and provocative. A terrific thriller with superb performances across the board, while WOR s Joe Neumaier described the film as a multilayered dramatic thriller that tackles every vicious part of the opioid emergency. Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, and Evangeline Lilly deliver urgent, powerful turns in this finely crafted film that is impressively up-to-the-minute.

After the release of these quotes, one of the film s lead actors, Armie Hammer, was publicly embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal.

Upon general release, much sentiment for the film outside of some major outlets like Variety and Deadline was markedly negative. Peter DeBruge of Variety gave the film a positive review, noting that Crisis was compelling, relevant filmmaking… no shortage of engaging and/or wrenching material… while Pete Hammond of Deadline wrote that Crisis comes along at the right time… Oldman and Lily are excellent, and Hammer is very fine as well.

Many other critics were negative, noting the film s similarity to Steven Soderbergh s Traffic, with John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter describing the film as Well-meaning but underwhelming.

Jeffrey Wells of Hollywood Elsewhere suggested that critics were attacking the film as easy pickings because of Hammer s personal controversy. In the column, Wells wrote: In a fair and just world Crisis would have cruised through to, say, an 82% score. Is Crisis as good as Steven Soderbergh s Traffic? No, but it s smart and well-assembled It s Armie Hammer. I know it s Armie Hammer. The bastards are figuring okay, the industry is giving him the temporary boot so I can trash this all I want and nobody will say anything.

Crisis is a 2021 crime thriller film written, produced and directed by Nicholas Jarecki. The film’s ensemble cast includes Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly, Greg Kinnear, Michelle Rodriguez, Luke Evans, Lily-Rose Depp, Kid Cudi (Scott Mescudi), and Martin Donovan.

Crisis was released in the United States on February 26, 2021, by Quiver Distribution, and was released in Canada on March 16, 2021, by Elevation Pictures and on March 16, 2021, in Australia by Universal Pictures. Warner Bros. has announced they will release in the United Kingdom.

Plot

This section s plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (September 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Teenage drug runner Cedric Beauville is captured and arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on the Canada–United States border in possession of large quantities of illegal fentanyl pills.

Everett University research scientist Dr. Tyrone Brower is contracted by Northlight Pharmaceuticals to carry out a study in support of their newest product, Klaralon. The drug is being touted as the first non-addictive painkiller and is due to be released shortly as a replacement for Oxycodone. The study uncovers concerning results; Klaralon initially presents as non-addictive when taken daily for the first 7 days (parameters specified by Northlight), however after 7 days it becomes almost three times more addictive than Oxycodone. Realising the public health implications, Brower recommends to Northlight they delay Klaralon s release for further testing, which they object to. Board member Dr. Bill Simons tries to tempt Brower into changing his mind by offering a large research grant, but Brower refuses. With Northlight being one of the university s main donors, Brower finds himself under pressure from department head Greg Talbot to approve the study, but again is reluctant. Northlight begins leaking information to discredit his reputation, and Everett University revokes his tenure. Desperate, Brower becomes a whistleblower and contacts the FDA, being put in contact with investigator Ben Walker.

Detroit based DEA agent Jake Kelly has managed to infiltrate two large scale drug cartels running fentanyl. One is run by the Armenian Mafia who operate pill mills across the US. The other is based in Montreal, Quebec controlled by drug kingpin Claude ‘Mother’ Veroche, who operates out of a nondescript restaurant called La Marina. Kelly intends to convince the two cartels to enter into business, so both leaders can be arrested at once when they meet. Kelly has personal motivation for bringing them down, due to his younger sister suffering from crippling heroin addiction. Kelly s relationship with Mother becomes strained when news of Cedric s capture comes to light, with Mother becoming concerned there is an informant in his organisation. Due to operational funding concerns, Kelly s superior agent Garrett gives him a reduced timescale to organise the meet between the two cartels. Mother has Cedric killed in custody for his silence, and executes his second in command Guy Broussard after discovering he has been speaking with the authorities.

Architect and recovering Oxycodone addict Claire Reimann becomes concerned when her 16-year-old son David does not return home from hockey practice. He is later found dead as a result of a fentanyl overdose, shocking Claire who is convinced he never took drugs. Although the Detroit Police Department treats it as an accidental death, she hires a private investigator who determines David was forced to take the fentanyl and was murdered. Through her son s social media she tracks down one of his friends, who confesses several teenagers from the hockey team (from both Detroit and Montreal) work for Mother as drug runners, although David had only done it once. Reimann crosses the Ambassador Bridge and travels to Montreal where she hires another private investigator, who provides her with information on Mother and an untraceable ghost gun. She threatens another drug runner, Derrick Millebran, who believes that Mother is killing them to tie up loose ends after Cedric s arrest. Kelly becomes aware of Reimann s activities through investigation of Cedric s associates, and intercepts her outside La Marina. He does not arrest her, but instead unloads her gun and urges her to leave for her own good.

The meeting between the two cartels goes ahead, covertly monitored by a joint DEA-RCMP taskforce. However, an RCMP surveillance officer accidentally gives away his position, resulting in a shootout that kills Kelly s partner, Special Agent Stanley Foster. Mother also escapes, believed to have fled to Algeria. Given the seizure of the drugs at the meet, both US and Canadian agencies decide to disband the continued search for Mother and the Armenians. Outraged, Kelly goes against orders and travels to La Marina, where he threatens an employee who tells him Mother is still in Canada but is planning to escape via seaplane that evening from the Port of Montreal. Reimann is also given this information from her private investigator. Kelly arrives at the port, but has been beaten there by Reimann, who opens fire and kills Mother as he makes his way to the aircraft. His bodyguard shoots her in the arm, but is swiftly shot by Kelly. He then replaces the men s weapons with Reimann s ghost gun and his own unregistered back up gun, to make it appear they shot each other in a disagreement over money that was being carried by Mother at the time. He treats her gunshot wound, and tells her he does not intend to arrest her.

A last ditch effort by Northlight CEO Dr. Meg Holmes also fails to convince Brower to come on side, and the company is subjected to an FDA hearing. To Brower s shock, the agency does not revoke Northlight s permissions for Klaralon s release, noting that the potential benefits to the public outweigh the dangers highlighted by his study. Walker is also reassigned as a retaliatory measure. Despite the legal risk, Brower breaks his non-disclosure agreement and goes to the press, finally getting the information public. His integrity and honesty pays off, and he is later hired by the University of Michigan due to his actions, and is seen giving an introductory lecture to a crowded auditorium.

Cast

  • Gary Oldman as Dr. Tyrone Brower, a research scientist at Everett University
  • Armie Hammer as Jake Kelly, an undercover DEA Special Agent
  • Evangeline Lilly as Claire Reimann, an architect and recovering addict
  • Greg Kinnear as Dean Talbot, Brower s superior at Everett University
  • Michelle Rodriguez as Supervisor Garrett, Kelly s DEA superior
  • Luke Evans as Dr. Bill Simons, a senior board member of Northlight Pharmaceuticals
  • Lily-Rose Depp as Emmie Kelly, Jake s younger sister and a drug addict
  • Guy Nadon as Mother, an illegal fentanyl distributor operating in Quebec
  • Veronica Ferres as Dr. Meg Holmes, the CEO of Northlight Pharmaceuticals
  • Scott Mescudi as Ben Walker, an investigator with the Food and Drug Administration
  • Mia Kirshner as Susan, Claire Reimann s sister
  • Michael Aronov as Minas, an Armenian Mafia member controlling fentanyl distribution across the United States
  • Éric Bruneau as Guy Broussard, Mother s second in command and enforcer
  • Duke Nicholson as Derrick Millebran, a hockey player from Montreal working as a drug runner
  • Martin Donovan as Lawrence Morgan, the founder of Northlight Pharmaceuticals
  • Indira Varma as Madira Brower, Dr. Tyrone Bowers pregnant wife
  • Nicholas Jarecki as Stanley Foster, a DEA Special Agent and partner of Kelly
  • Ellora Torchia as Reeva, a scientist working as part of Brower s research team
  • Adam Tsekhman as Armen, member of the Armenian Mafia and partner of Minas
  • Hiro Kanagawa as Dr. Ishiyama, a friend and colleague of Bower

Production

In February 2019, it was announced that Armie Hammer, Gary Oldman, Evangeline Lilly, and Veronica Ferres had joined the cast, with Nicholas Jarecki directing from a screenplay he wrote. Greg Kinnear, Michelle Rodriguez and Lily-Rose Depp were added to the cast in February. In March 2019, Adam Tsekhman joined the cast of the film. In April 2019, Sam Worthington, Indira Varma, Kid Cudi, Luke Evans, Mia Kirshner, Michael Aronov and Martin Donovan joined the cast of the film. In December 2019, it was announced that Duke Nicholson had joined the cast of the film.

Principal photography began in February 2019 in Montreal and Detroit.

Release

In December 2020, it was announced Quiver Distribution had acquired United States distribution rights, with some other distributors which acquired the film being Elevation Pictures for Canada, Universal Pictures for most of the world, Warner Bros. Pictures for the United Kingdom, Metropolitan Filmexport for France and Sony Pictures for airlines. Quiver then set it for a February 26, 2021 nationwide theatrical release in the United States, followed by a home entertainment release on March 5, 2021. The film was theatrically released internationally on March 26, 2021. It was released in Canada on March 16, 2021, by Elevation Pictures.

Reception

Box office

Crisis was the highest-grossing independent film at the US box office in its opening weekend, earning $202,489 across a total of 216 screens. It had the second-highest per-screen average of all films playing that weekend with an average of $883 per screen. It was also the highest-grossing film playing in limited release.

Crisis was the #1 debut film during its opening weekend in Australia, placing #4 of all films in release.

Home entertainment

Crisis was released on home streaming platforms in the US on March 6, 2021. It quickly climbed the iTunes charts where it reached No. 1 in the drama, thriller, and independent categories as well as #2 in overall rentals within its first 24 hours.

It reached No. 1 of all films rented on the iTunes charts on March 9, 2021, and held the #1 position for 8 days, one of only 4 films to do so in 2021. It also ranked No. 2 on Amazon in its first week of release and placed in the top ten on Spectrum VOD for 2 weeks running.

Critical response

The film divided critics and audiences and has generated controversy surrounding its reviews.

Critics rated the film less positively at first, although with time its score has risen; It holds a 67% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 162 reviews. Its Metacritic score is only 41 of 100, indicating a largely unfavorable response.

Advance reviews for the film were very positive. Variety s Marc Malkin wrote that the film is intense and timely with exceptional performances, fine storytelling, and master craftsmanship. KTLA s Scott Mantz wrote that the film is riveting, gripping, and provocative. A terrific thriller with superb performances across the board, while WOR s Joe Neumaier described the film as a multilayered dramatic thriller that tackles every vicious part of the opioid emergency. Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, and Evangeline Lilly deliver urgent, powerful turns in this finely crafted film that is impressively up-to-the-minute.

After the release of these quotes, one of the film s lead actors, Armie Hammer, was publicly embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal.

Upon general release, much sentiment for the film outside of some major outlets like Variety and Deadline was markedly negative. Peter DeBruge of Variety gave the film a positive review, noting that Crisis was compelling, relevant filmmaking… no shortage of engaging and/or wrenching material… while Pete Hammond of Deadline wrote that Crisis comes along at the right time… Oldman and Lily are excellent, and Hammer is very fine as well.

Many other critics were negative, noting the film s similarity to Steven Soderbergh s Traffic, with John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter describing the film as Well-meaning but underwhelming.

Jeffrey Wells of Hollywood Elsewhere suggested that critics were attacking the film as easy pickings because of Hammer s personal controversy. In the column, Wells wrote: In a fair and just world Crisis would have cruised through to, say, an 82% score. Is Crisis as good as Steven Soderbergh s Traffic? No, but it s smart and well-assembled It s Armie Hammer. I know it s Armie Hammer. The bastards are figuring okay, the industry is giving him the temporary boot so I can trash this all I want and nobody will say anything.

Year 2021
ReleaseDate 2021-02-26
RuntimeMins 118
RuntimeStr 1h 58min
Plot Set against the backdrop of the opioid epidemic, stories of an undercover cop, a professor, and a grieving mother collide.
Awards Awards, 1 nomination
Directors Nicholas Jarecki
Writers Nicholas Jarecki
Stars Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly
Produced by Mohammed Al Turki,Rhonda Baker,David Bernon,Kean Cronin,Cassian Elwes,Tony Hsieh,Justin Jacobson,Nicholas Jarecki,Robert Kapp,Robin Kerremans,Gary Oldman,Samuel J. Reich,Karl Richards,William Rosenfeld,Matthew B. Schmidt,Noah Segal,James W. Skotchdopole,Sam Slater,Michael Suppes,Douglas Urbanski,Jonathan Vanger,Tom Vanger,Dimitri Verbeeck,Lisa Wilson
Music by Raphael Reed
Cinematography by Nicolas Bolduc
Film Editing by Duff Smith
Casting By Jessica Kelly,Andrea Kenyon,Randi Wells
Production Design by Jean-Andre Carriere
Art Direction by Louis-René Landry
Set Decoration by Martine Kazemirchuk
Costume Design by Simonetta Mariano
Makeup Department Marie-Josée Beaudet,Charles Carter,Gillian Chandler,Hil Cook,Michelle Côté,Colleen Quinton,Jean Scarabin,Marie-Lise Taupier,Sabrina Trudel,Nathalie Trépanier
Production Management Chantal Desgagné,Alain Gagnon,Steffen Geypens,Tommy Guenette,Maxime M. Primeau,Daniel Ross,Pierre Thériault,Mark Vanherck
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Ariane Collman,Lili-Anne Crevier,Frédérique Descarries-Fontan,Martin Doepner,Carl Kouri,Natalia Ortelli,Aurore Paulin,Sinan Saber,Tanya van Blokland,Ariane Collman
Art Department Vincent Aird,Richard Berger,Nathalie Brassard,Jocelyn Charbonneau,Nadège Crye,Isabelle Côté,Caroline Davignon,Stéphane Dufour,Luc-Eric Duhamel,Anne-Marie Giroux,Sylvain Joyal,Dany Lachapelle,Marco Lavallée,Colin Lavigne,Stephane Lemardelé,Hans Lettany,Martin Lussier,Roger Martin,Cohen Masson,Sylvain Masson,Elora Meyers,David Mongeau,Vincent Morin,Xavier Nolet,Claudine Ouimet,Philippe Perrier,Simon Pineau,Annie Regol,Paul François Sampson,Guillaume St-Laurent,Asuka Sugiyama,Luc Taillon,Sébastien Thivierge,Pascal Tremblay,David Dionne,Pierre Antoine Rousse
Sound Department Alex Alcántara,Norman Bernard,Víctor Bernardo,Julie Bourdon,Fabian Brummel,Mark Camacho,Sandra de Moyter,Alek Goosse,Antony M. Gray,Gabriel Gutiérrez,Elliot Hartley,Srdjan Kurpjel,Chantal Pagé,Simon Poudrette,Ariel Poupart,Iñaki Sánchez-Elvira,Marie-Pierre Tétreault,Gillis Van Der Wee,Maxime Vermette,Elias Vervecken,Katia Vilaseca,Juan Álvarez Fernández,Chantal Allard,Guillaume De Bergeyck,Marius Heuser,Vijay Rathinam,Jean-Philippe Savard,Gordon Sproule
Special Effects by Dana Campbell,Jean-François Dalpé,Michel Gagnon,Mathieu Hardenne,Marie-Andrée Lafleur,Guillaume Murray,Sebastien Roussel,Ismael Tremblay-Desgagnes
Visual Effects by Gabrielle Allard,Mathieu Archambault,Hugo Astesano,Thomas Bacanu,Tania Beaulieu,Francis Bernard,Florence Bichon,Samuel Boisvert,Vincent Boucher-Cormier,Mathieu Boulanger,Nadège Bozzetti,Frederic Breault,Isabelle Clermont,Jerome Cote,Elke D haese,Rémi Dandois,Johan de Coninck,Eric Desaulniers,Théophile Dhuicque,David Dionne,Maxime Ducharme,Zacharie Dufault,Thomas Duval,Nicolas Erba,Sofie Favere,Jonathan Gillon,Jonathan Grégoire,Noémie Jacques,Kris Janssens,Nicolas Lacroix,Marie-Eve Lapierre,Loic Laurelut,Emilien Lazaron,Pascal Lemay,Tomasz Liksza,Damien Mazurais,Keegan McDougal,Alexandre Meneux,John Montegut,Cynthia Mourou,Yecid Munoz,Etienne Pellerin,Virginie Quentin,Samuel Rainville-Bell,Adeline Roosz,Antoine Rouleau,Gabriel Roy,Sylvain Thibodeau,Olivier Thériault,Benoit Touchette,Yannick Tétreault,Emily Vamvakas,Marie Barallon,David Danesi,Philippe Desfretier,Florian Dubois,Marion Gasqui,Kris Janssens,Jeanne Loyer
Stunts Jonathan Bergeron,Spencer Birman,Alain Bérard,Mike Chute,Miguel Dugal,Felix Famelart,Jean Frenette,André Laperrière,Gilbert Larose Jr.,Yan Lecomte,Stéphane Lefebvre,Karine Lemieux,Thomas Liccioni,Erick Meslier,Anthony Pellerin,Jonathan Rooney,Sébastien Rouleau,Maxime Savaria,Mitch Spour,Lee Villeneuve,Wayne Wells,Martin Williams,Rodney Alexandre
Camera and Electrical Department Eric Aubin,Felix Bellehumeur-Lemay,Eric Bensoussan,Denis Bois,Martin Boiteau,Philippe Bossé,Moni Caballero,Joost Clerinx,Francis Comeau,Benoit Daoust,Pierre Daudelin,David Dinel,Salomé Dufaux-Mathieu,Simon Fraser,Eames Gagnon,Claude Gervais,Joël Giroux,Jason Goodell,Marie-Ève Gosselin,Vincent Gouin,Dan Goyens,Marc Hénaut,Mario Janelle,Martin Landry,Sébastien Lauzon,Constant Lavallée,Eric Lefèbvre,Mitchell Mathys,Peter Mathys,Dustan Lewis McBain,Michael Ohayon,Gary Pachany,Nicolas René,Anne-Marie Roberge,Daniel Robidoux,Emile Gonin Robidoux,Michael Robidoux,Maxime S. Girard,Réal Saulnier,Dylan Sides,Geoffroy St-Hilaire,Stephane St-Pierre,Keven Synnott,Jan Thijs,Paul Tremblay,David Villeneuve,Jean-Nicolas Barron,Patrick Cote,Roger Tonry
Casting Department Kathleen Côté,Shawn Hennessey Nadeau
Year 2021
Costume and Wardrobe Department Jonathan Beaudoin,Sabrine Canuel,Jacinthe Demers,Karine Desmarais,Nadine Duclos,Martine Gagnon,Christophe Giraud,Sara Eva Gonzalez,Isabelle Havasy,Anne-Marie Kearns-Drapeau,Katina Kordonouris,Kathleen La Ronde,Laurence Lacoste,Thomas Langlois-Lacoste,Katrina Marie Lukaitis,Gaël Marie,Emilie Martineau,Erick Martinez,Fauve Paradis,Eric Poirier,Isabelle Savard,Daniel Séguin,Dominique Theriault,Felix Tranchemontagne,Béatrice Tremblay,Madeleine Tremblay,Roxane Vincent,Solène Guillaume
Editorial Department Xavier Arijs,Peter Bernaers,Jean-François Forget,Borja Ribes Blanquer,Laura Scheerlinck,Bill Holley,Ryan Kaplan,Benjamin Mitnick,Stefan Sonnenfeld
ReleaseDate 2021-02-26
Location Management Julien Brouillette-Thiffault,Pierre Brunet,Mark Chikhani,Anne-Marie Giard,Patrick Goulet,Manon Paiement,Brigitte Renaud,Sonia Viau
RuntimeMins 118
Music Department Frédéric Bégin,Étienne Gaudreau,Marius Heuser,Mathieu Lafontaine,Jean-Christophe Lizotte,Myriam Pelletier,Michael Perlmutter,Maxime Vermette
RuntimeStr 1h 58min
Script and Continuity Department Lorette Leblanc
Plot Set against the backdrop of the opioid epidemic, stories of an undercover cop, a professor, and a grieving mother collide.
Transportation Department Marc Arsenault,Jocelyn Bourcier,Samuel Chan,Pierre Olivier Chénard,Maxime Cote,Jesse Coull,Denis Decarie,Sandro Di Gioacchino,David Dufresne,Yves Décarie,Emile Germek,Philippe Gilbert,Bernard Guay,Vincent Houle,Victor Lafond,Julien Latendresse,Yves Le Roux,Tasso Mathiopoulos,Richard Noreau,Simon Paquin,Eric Paré,Martin Patrice,Michel Perreault,Michel Robert,Sébastien Tanguay,Spiro Tsovras,Jean-Francois Hall
Additional Crew Yannick Ammann,Daniel Bachner,Pascale Beaudry,Melanie Bergeron,Adrian Bergman,Monika Bicarova,Frank Bognar,Fabio Borgions,Eric Bourdeau,Christian Bourque,Lori Boyle,Amélie Brochu,Rosana Bruni,Chanie Bélanger,Ariane Caumartin,Laurence Chaillez,Rudolph Chevalier-Chassé,Nickey Chow,Guillaume Cimon,Kate Clark,Nicholas Clément,Rémy Costard,Marc André Couture,Jannie Cyr,Tom De Cleyn,Puelo Deir,Alain Demaine,Alexandra Difeliceantonio,Renee Edgehill,Andrée-Anne Faucher,Bianca Iermieri,Stephan Ivanov,Ali Khaleghi,Nadia Khedaim,Kevin Koeniger,Florence Krisko,Ruth LaBarge,Daniel Lacroix,Felix Lafortune,Tania Laliberté,Nathalie Laporte,Emer Leahy,Jonathan Lecot,Michel Leduc,Steven Matrundola,Genna McAuliffe,Marianne Messier Petit,Marc-André Morissette,George Mougias,Thomas Noël,Stephen Opferman,Carole Pitre,Aurelie Poirier,Étienne Poulin,Stephanie Proulx,Brent Radford,Brian Roberge,Pierre Rochon-Massicotte,Jonathan Sa,Joe Sisto,Dean Sparks,Maude St-Jean,Larry Taman,Guillaume Van der Meer,Emmanuel Van Melkebeke,Clarissa Vermaak,Denis Verrette,Jean-Francois Hall,Andrew Jack,Hans Lettany,Matthew Rosenberg
Thanks Amy Chabot,Brady Corbet,Lana Del Rey,Drake Doremus,Bret Easton Ellis,Marc Forster,Sacha Gervasi,Chuck Grant,Ross Katz,Doug Liman,Christopher Lockhart,Courtney Love,Brit Marling,Glen Mastroberte,Elon Musk,Robert Pattinson,The Rolling Stones,Eli Roth,Monica Salazar,Teddy Schwarzman,Jessica Slater,Kevin Turen,Taika Waititi,Matthew Weiner,Sam Worthington,Brian Young
Awards Awards, 1 nomination
Genres Drama, Thriller
Directors Nicholas Jarecki
Companies Les Productions LOD, Bideford Productions, Burn Later Productions
Writers Nicholas Jarecki
Countries Canada, Belgium
Stars Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly
Languages English
Produced by Mohammed Al Turki,Rhonda Baker,David Bernon,Kean Cronin,Cassian Elwes,Tony Hsieh,Justin Jacobson,Nicholas Jarecki,Robert Kapp,Robin Kerremans,Gary Oldman,Samuel J. Reich,Karl Richards,William Rosenfeld,Matthew B. Schmidt,Noah Segal,James W. Skotchdopole,Sam Slater,Michael Suppes,Douglas Urbanski,Jonathan Vanger,Tom Vanger,Dimitri Verbeeck,Lisa Wilson
ContentRating R
Music by Raphael Reed
ImDbRating 6.1
Cinematography by Nicolas Bolduc
ImDbRatingVotes 10054
Film Editing by Duff Smith
MetacriticRating 41
Casting By Jessica Kelly,Andrea Kenyon,Randi Wells
Production Design by Jean-Andre Carriere
Art Direction by Louis-René Landry
Set Decoration by Martine Kazemirchuk
Costume Design by Simonetta Mariano
Makeup Department Marie-Josée Beaudet,Charles Carter,Gillian Chandler,Hil Cook,Michelle Côté,Colleen Quinton,Jean Scarabin,Marie-Lise Taupier,Sabrina Trudel,Nathalie Trépanier
Production Management Chantal Desgagné,Alain Gagnon,Steffen Geypens,Tommy Guenette,Maxime M. Primeau,Daniel Ross,Pierre Thériault,Mark Vanherck
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Ariane Collman,Lili-Anne Crevier,Frédérique Descarries-Fontan,Martin Doepner,Carl Kouri,Natalia Ortelli,Aurore Paulin,Sinan Saber,Tanya van Blokland,Ariane Collman
Keywords opioid crisis,opioid epidemic,opioid addiction,opioid withdrawal,drug addiction
Art Department Vincent Aird,Richard Berger,Nathalie Brassard,Jocelyn Charbonneau,Nadège Crye,Isabelle Côté,Caroline Davignon,Stéphane Dufour,Luc-Eric Duhamel,Anne-Marie Giroux,Sylvain Joyal,Dany Lachapelle,Marco Lavallée,Colin Lavigne,Stephane Lemardelé,Hans Lettany,Martin Lussier,Roger Martin,Cohen Masson,Sylvain Masson,Elora Meyers,David Mongeau,Vincent Morin,Xavier Nolet,Claudine Ouimet,Philippe Perrier,Simon Pineau,Annie Regol,Paul François Sampson,Guillaume St-Laurent,Asuka Sugiyama,Luc Taillon,Sébastien Thivierge,Pascal Tremblay,David Dionne,Pierre Antoine Rousse
Sound Department Alex Alcántara,Norman Bernard,Víctor Bernardo,Julie Bourdon,Fabian Brummel,Mark Camacho,Sandra de Moyter,Alek Goosse,Antony M. Gray,Gabriel Gutiérrez,Elliot Hartley,Srdjan Kurpjel,Chantal Pagé,Simon Poudrette,Ariel Poupart,Iñaki Sánchez-Elvira,Marie-Pierre Tétreault,Gillis Van Der Wee,Maxime Vermette,Elias Vervecken,Katia Vilaseca,Juan Álvarez Fernández,Chantal Allard,Guillaume De Bergeyck,Marius Heuser,Vijay Rathinam,Jean-Philippe Savard,Gordon Sproule
Special Effects by Dana Campbell,Jean-François Dalpé,Michel Gagnon,Mathieu Hardenne,Marie-Andrée Lafleur,Guillaume Murray,Sebastien Roussel,Ismael Tremblay-Desgagnes
Visual Effects by Gabrielle Allard,Mathieu Archambault,Hugo Astesano,Thomas Bacanu,Tania Beaulieu,Francis Bernard,Florence Bichon,Samuel Boisvert,Vincent Boucher-Cormier,Mathieu Boulanger,Nadège Bozzetti,Frederic Breault,Isabelle Clermont,Jerome Cote,Elke D haese,Rémi Dandois,Johan de Coninck,Eric Desaulniers,Théophile Dhuicque,David Dionne,Maxime Ducharme,Zacharie Dufault,Thomas Duval,Nicolas Erba,Sofie Favere,Jonathan Gillon,Jonathan Grégoire,Noémie Jacques,Kris Janssens,Nicolas Lacroix,Marie-Eve Lapierre,Loic Laurelut,Emilien Lazaron,Pascal Lemay,Tomasz Liksza,Damien Mazurais,Keegan McDougal,Alexandre Meneux,John Montegut,Cynthia Mourou,Yecid Munoz,Etienne Pellerin,Virginie Quentin,Samuel Rainville-Bell,Adeline Roosz,Antoine Rouleau,Gabriel Roy,Sylvain Thibodeau,Olivier Thériault,Benoit Touchette,Yannick Tétreault,Emily Vamvakas,Marie Barallon,David Danesi,Philippe Desfretier,Florian Dubois,Marion Gasqui,Kris Janssens,Jeanne Loyer
Stunts Jonathan Bergeron,Spencer Birman,Alain Bérard,Mike Chute,Miguel Dugal,Felix Famelart,Jean Frenette,André Laperrière,Gilbert Larose Jr.,Yan Lecomte,Stéphane Lefebvre,Karine Lemieux,Thomas Liccioni,Erick Meslier,Anthony Pellerin,Jonathan Rooney,Sébastien Rouleau,Maxime Savaria,Mitch Spour,Lee Villeneuve,Wayne Wells,Martin Williams,Rodney Alexandre
Camera and Electrical Department Eric Aubin,Felix Bellehumeur-Lemay,Eric Bensoussan,Denis Bois,Martin Boiteau,Philippe Bossé,Moni Caballero,Joost Clerinx,Francis Comeau,Benoit Daoust,Pierre Daudelin,David Dinel,Salomé Dufaux-Mathieu,Simon Fraser,Eames Gagnon,Claude Gervais,Joël Giroux,Jason Goodell,Marie-Ève Gosselin,Vincent Gouin,Dan Goyens,Marc Hénaut,Mario Janelle,Martin Landry,Sébastien Lauzon,Constant Lavallée,Eric Lefèbvre,Mitchell Mathys,Peter Mathys,Dustan Lewis McBain,Michael Ohayon,Gary Pachany,Nicolas René,Anne-Marie Roberge,Daniel Robidoux,Emile Gonin Robidoux,Michael Robidoux,Maxime S. Girard,Réal Saulnier,Dylan Sides,Geoffroy St-Hilaire,Stephane St-Pierre,Keven Synnott,Jan Thijs,Paul Tremblay,David Villeneuve,Jean-Nicolas Barron,Patrick Cote,Roger Tonry
Casting Department Kathleen Côté,Shawn Hennessey Nadeau
Costume and Wardrobe Department Jonathan Beaudoin,Sabrine Canuel,Jacinthe Demers,Karine Desmarais,Nadine Duclos,Martine Gagnon,Christophe Giraud,Sara Eva Gonzalez,Isabelle Havasy,Anne-Marie Kearns-Drapeau,Katina Kordonouris,Kathleen La Ronde,Laurence Lacoste,Thomas Langlois-Lacoste,Katrina Marie Lukaitis,Gaël Marie,Emilie Martineau,Erick Martinez,Fauve Paradis,Eric Poirier,Isabelle Savard,Daniel Séguin,Dominique Theriault,Felix Tranchemontagne,Béatrice Tremblay,Madeleine Tremblay,Roxane Vincent,Solène Guillaume
Editorial Department Xavier Arijs,Peter Bernaers,Jean-François Forget,Borja Ribes Blanquer,Laura Scheerlinck,Bill Holley,Ryan Kaplan,Benjamin Mitnick,Stefan Sonnenfeld
Location Management Julien Brouillette-Thiffault,Pierre Brunet,Mark Chikhani,Anne-Marie Giard,Patrick Goulet,Manon Paiement,Brigitte Renaud,Sonia Viau
Music Department Frédéric Bégin,Étienne Gaudreau,Marius Heuser,Mathieu Lafontaine,Jean-Christophe Lizotte,Myriam Pelletier,Michael Perlmutter,Maxime Vermette
Script and Continuity Department Lorette Leblanc
Transportation Department Marc Arsenault,Jocelyn Bourcier,Samuel Chan,Pierre Olivier Chénard,Maxime Cote,Jesse Coull,Denis Decarie,Sandro Di Gioacchino,David Dufresne,Yves Décarie,Emile Germek,Philippe Gilbert,Bernard Guay,Vincent Houle,Victor Lafond,Julien Latendresse,Yves Le Roux,Tasso Mathiopoulos,Richard Noreau,Simon Paquin,Eric Paré,Martin Patrice,Michel Perreault,Michel Robert,Sébastien Tanguay,Spiro Tsovras,Jean-Francois Hall
Additional Crew Yannick Ammann,Daniel Bachner,Pascale Beaudry,Melanie Bergeron,Adrian Bergman,Monika Bicarova,Frank Bognar,Fabio Borgions,Eric Bourdeau,Christian Bourque,Lori Boyle,Amélie Brochu,Rosana Bruni,Chanie Bélanger,Ariane Caumartin,Laurence Chaillez,Rudolph Chevalier-Chassé,Nickey Chow,Guillaume Cimon,Kate Clark,Nicholas Clément,Rémy Costard,Marc André Couture,Jannie Cyr,Tom De Cleyn,Puelo Deir,Alain Demaine,Alexandra Difeliceantonio,Renee Edgehill,Andrée-Anne Faucher,Bianca Iermieri,Stephan Ivanov,Ali Khaleghi,Nadia Khedaim,Kevin Koeniger,Florence Krisko,Ruth LaBarge,Daniel Lacroix,Felix Lafortune,Tania Laliberté,Nathalie Laporte,Emer Leahy,Jonathan Lecot,Michel Leduc,Steven Matrundola,Genna McAuliffe,Marianne Messier Petit,Marc-André Morissette,George Mougias,Thomas Noël,Stephen Opferman,Carole Pitre,Aurelie Poirier,Étienne Poulin,Stephanie Proulx,Brent Radford,Brian Roberge,Pierre Rochon-Massicotte,Jonathan Sa,Joe Sisto,Dean Sparks,Maude St-Jean,Larry Taman,Guillaume Van der Meer,Emmanuel Van Melkebeke,Clarissa Vermaak,Denis Verrette,Jean-Francois Hall,Andrew Jack,Hans Lettany,Matthew Rosenberg
Thanks Amy Chabot,Brady Corbet,Lana Del Rey,Drake Doremus,Bret Easton Ellis,Marc Forster,Sacha Gervasi,Chuck Grant,Ross Katz,Doug Liman,Christopher Lockhart,Courtney Love,Brit Marling,Glen Mastroberte,Elon Musk,Robert Pattinson,The Rolling Stones,Eli Roth,Monica Salazar,Teddy Schwarzman,Jessica Slater,Kevin Turen,Taika Waititi,Matthew Weiner,Sam Worthington,Brian Young
Genres Drama, Thriller
Companies Les Productions LOD, Bideford Productions, Burn Later Productions
Countries Canada, Belgium
Languages English
ContentRating R
ImDbRating 6.1
ImDbRatingVotes 10054
MetacriticRating 41
Keywords opioid crisis,opioid epidemic,opioid addiction,opioid withdrawal,drug addiction