Shot Caller (2017)
Shot Caller
”A man must join a prison gang to survive and protect his family.”
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, from 'Game of Thrones', delivers an excellent performance in this drama, which discusses topics such as family, organized crime and how prison can change someone's life. "Master of Crime" may seem like just a movie about criminality, but it's not. The themes are addressed densely, escaping the pattern that this type of production usually has. The time construction, going back and forth from the past to the present, captures the viewer and surprises in the script.
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Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Walau stars as a man who must fight for his life and this life of his family after he is incarcerated and forced to join a prison gang to survive.
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