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Triple 9

The Code on the Street is Never Black & White

2016 · 1h 55m · R Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Directed by John Hillcoat

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Overview

A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

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All reviews
53%
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Rotten

There's a blue-chip cast running the gamut from A (Casey Affleck) to W (Kate Winslet) and terrific action sequences in Triple 9 - but in the end, this relentlessly nihilistic crime-caper thriller adds up to less than the sum of its impressive parts.

Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Fresh

The movie involves a pair of heists, a prisoner abroad, corrupt cops, mobsters, gangsters, and more, and the parts are considerably better than the messy, unfocused whole. But oh, the parts can be a pleasure.

Alison Willmore, BuzzFeed News
Fresh

Hillcoat's approach is to craft a pulse-pounding experience that employs a mixture of conventional footage and hand-held work. There's an immediacy to the most gripping scenes.

James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Rotten

The uneven thing [here] is John Hillcoat's direction: a tense, sustained journey through an apartment while lined up behind a bulletproof shield alternating with indulgent zooms and cuts depicting local color.

Matthew Lickona, San Diego Reader
Fresh

Hillcoat directs with a sense of immediacy and grimy realism, bringing the audience into the shootouts and bloodshed on the streets. Atlanta becomes another war zone for the men who have seen war, battling an enemy of a different race and culture.

Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times

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