Dir. Jon S. Baird · Starring James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Imogen Poots, Brian McCardie, Emun Elliott · Music Clint Mansell
“It's a filthy job getting to the top, but someone's got to do it.”
CrimeDramaComedy
A bigoted junkie cop suffering from borderline personality disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way in a bid to secure promotion.
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A descent into a depraved, hallucinatory mind, this film is a chaotic, darkly comedic ride through moral decay. It's a gritty, cynical experience, relentlessly pushing boundaries with its stylized portrayal of addiction and self-destruction, leaving a lingering sense of unease and dark amusement.
depravedchaoticdarkly comedicdisturbingcynicalhallucinatoryfreneticgritty British crimehallucinatory realismblack comedystylized depravitymoral decayaddictionself-destructionmanipulationmental health
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based on novel or bookdetectivecocaineinvestigationmanipulationdark comedyedinburgh, scotlandhallucinationsexismcopmurderdirty copdrugsdrunkennessbipolar disordercorrupt copmisanthropeexhilarated