Dragged Across Concrete (2018)
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Two desperate police detectives and two childhood friends become entangled in a violent robbery orchestrated by a professional thief.
The story
In the fictional city of Bulwark, two police detectives, Brett Ridgeman and Anthony Lurasetti, are suspended without pay following a video of them committing police brutality. Desperate for money—Ridgeman to move his family and Lurasetti to secure his future—they are recruited by a businessman to surveil and rob a heroin distributor, Lorentz Vogelmann. Simultaneously, a local man named Henry Johns and his friend Biscuit are hired by Vogelmann as getaway drivers for a high-stakes bank robbery. The two pairs of men, driven by different motives but facing a common threat, find their paths colliding in a tense, high-stakes underworld of crime and desperation.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In the city of Bulwark, detectives Brett Ridgeman and Anthony Lurasetti are suspended for police brutality. They agree to rob a heroin distributor, Lorentz Vogelmann, to solve their financial problems. Meanwhile, Henry Johns and his friend Biscuit are hired by Vogelmann as getaway drivers for a bank heist. During the heist, the thieves execute a bank employee and take hostages. Ridgeman and Lurasetti, who are tracking the thieves, eventually confront them. After a violent confrontation at a remote garage, several characters are killed, including Biscuit and Lurasetti. Ridgeman and Henry eventually face off; after a tense standoff, they agree to split the loot. However, Ridgeman later threatens Henry to delete a recording of the crime. Following a final confrontation where they shoot at each other, Henry mortally wounds Ridgeman. Eleven months later, Henry lives in luxury, having kept a portion of the gold for Ridgeman's family.
- First release year
- 2018
- Runtime (minutes)
- 159
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- S. Craig Zahler
- Writers
- S. Craig Zahler · writer
- Cast and characters
- Mel Gibson · Brett Ridgeman; Vince Vaughn · Anthony Lurasetti; Tory Kittles · Henry Johns; Michael Jai White · Biscuit; Jennifer Carpenter · Kelly Summer; Laurie Holden; Fred Melamed; Thomas Kretschmann; Don Johnson
- Genres
- neo-noir; action; thriller
- Themes
- morality; police brutality; desperation
- Tone and mood
- dark; bleak; tense
- Setting
- The fictional city of Bulwark.
- Premise and plot tags
- crime; heist; neo-noir
- Content notes
- violence
- Reception
- The film received a mixed reception, with praise for Mel Gibson's performance and the dark atmosphere, while its long runtime and graphic violence were criticized.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 60 · scale: 100 · review count: 28
- Awards and nominations
- Golden Raspberry Awards · Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property · 40th · nominated
- Production trivia
- The production featured a real car collision on set.; The soundtrack was composed by S. Craig Zahler and Jeff Herriott.
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