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Aug 18, 2017 · Chances are that you’ve likely seen “Shot Caller” before. Ric Roman Waugh ’s tough-minded prison thriller contains enough familiar elements cherry-picked from the last two decades of pop culture that it might as well come with its own personalized checklist.
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Recently released from prison, a gang member finds himself forced by his leaders to orchestrate a major crime with a rival gang.
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- Ric Roman Waugh
- R
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Aug 18, 2017 · Shot Caller: Directed by Ric Roman Waugh. With Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Omari Hardwick, Lake Bell, Jon Bernthal. A newly released prisoner is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.
- (100K)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Ric Roman Waugh
- 2017-08-18
Aug 18, 2017 · Film Review: ‘Shot Caller’. More than just another generic prison drama, Ric Roman Waugh's serious-minded crime thriller navigates the hierarchy of power behind bars. By Peter Debruge.
- The Resurfacing of White Supremacy
- The Human Animal
- No Respite For Coster-Waldau and The Crew
- The Paradox of Duality
Look around you. Turn on the news. Read the average social media thread on a given article from a popular publication. Look at the United States Of America’s president. On top of appealing to a misguided, desperate working class that has been ignored by large corporations, the asshole-in-chief’s rise to power was directly correlated to the overwhel...
Jacob does what he has to. Alas, petty crimes evolve into life-altering acts of atrocities. Once you’re in the gang, you can’t leave. Throughout Shot Caller, a fictitious book is referenced, titled The Human Animal. Its author, Kieran Sequoia, was actually an assistant production coordinator on the film’s crew. If the title of the book sounds famil...
Finally, Coster-Waldau has found a role worthy of his range. Playing an incestuous knight on Game Of Thrones has given him fame, but, ironically, it’s limited work as an actor. Coster-Waldauclearly doesn’t want to be the “Jaime Lannister” of the film industry: all looks with no hand to execute his artistry. As such, he’s surrounded himself with tal...
Gonzales uses lighting particularly well to highlight not only Coster-Waldau’saforementioned change in physique, but to subliminally invite the audience to experience his isolation with him by using lighting to cast shadows in his literal and figurative jail cell, separating the lightness from the darkness, signifying his conflicted, inner moral du...
Aug 17, 2017 · “Shot Caller” interweaves before-and-after timelines, toggling between Jacob’s initiation and his life after release, a decade later, as a tattooed, muscular ex-con plotting an arms deal.
Jun 19, 2017 · Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, the star of 'Game of Thrones,' plays a privileged businessman turned hardened convict in gritty prison drama 'Shot Caller.
