Triple 9 is one tense, exciting urban crime drama that's way above the usual films in this genre which usually gets released in the US during the dead of winter. A big difference primarily of it's outstanding cast with an Oscar and 11 nominations among them.
Big credit is given to writer Matt Cook and Australian director John Hillcoat (Lawless and the Road) by rounding up the finest actors of the past years and connecting the Russian mob and Atlanta, Georgia and making it believable.
After a group of bank robbers who are also police officers and former soldiers (among them Anthony Mackie of Captain America and The Hurt Locker) with orders by the head of the mob (Kate Winslet playing against type with a flawless accent to match) to do an impossible task after a sloppy yet successful bank heist, they decided to do a Triple 9 which is code for officer down, so that the entire Atlanta Police Department would be easily distracted once they do it. It won't be that easy.
Triple 9 isn't an easy film to watch due to its convoluted plot and some scenes that were better left in the cutting room floor. Fortunately, aside from the cast which also includes Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Eijofor, Woody Harrelson, The Walking Dead's Norman Reedus and the new Wonder Woman Gal Gadot, Triple 9 has some great action scenes and an unpredictable ending which will keep you guessing.
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