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Aug 18, 2017 · A prison thriller starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as a white supremacist gang leader. The film is praised for its realistic depiction of prison life, but criticized for its predictable plot and lack of character development.
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Shot Caller's weakness for action movie clichés is capably offset by strong work from Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in the central role. Read Critics Reviews
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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.
One of the most powerful, and interesting prison stories since American History X, Shot Caller is eye-opening and brutal. The story shines a huge spotlight on the 'how to make a criminal'...
- 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...
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.'
Shot Caller is a 2017 crime thriller that centers around a family man and his transformation into a hardened prison gangster after being convicted in a DUI car accident. This is a fantastic movie that takes a serious hard look at how some criminals can be made and not born the way they are.