This is one of my top 5 Mickey Rourke movies. Alan Parker did a great job with both the script and Directing. The Crime Noir Private Detective feel throughout with both the foreshadowing and character development is top notch.

If you like Foreign Historical Crime series, check this one out, A really well crafted script with amazing set’s and costumes.

As I was re-watching Nic Pizzolatto’s AMAZING First season of True Detective, I was reminded that South Louisiana is the place where crime writers (such as James Lee Burke) like to mine their gritty narratives. If you want to watch two amazing true Crime Docs to verify this, start with this one and then try this one: https://www.primewire.ag/tv/142147-watch-killing-fields

I am typically a sucker for a good WW2 Historical drama, but even with Pacino this was a tough watch. The woman that played Axis Annie could not act her way out of a Junior High musical and the pace was on par with watching paint dry. Ouch.

Rust Cohle once again shows us the way: Everybody needs a foot locker with an AK, grenades and a fifth of Jameson’s in it.

Really well done documentary on one of the four CIA Directors who served in the OSS and was also a Jedburgh. 4/5

Well done French Crime Series.
For another one along the same line try Black Spot (Zone Blanche)
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Really well crafted series based on True events. Mark Addy and Stephen Graham do a really good job.

Chris Lang (creator of Unforgotten) did a bang up job on Season 1 and Season 2 looks to be of the same quality.

A solid turd of a series. One dimensional and tropish.

One of the grittiest prison movies from the late 70’s. Not for the feint of heart.

Nauseating.
Here’s the movie based on this woman’s fabricated story.

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All in all I can’t say the series was fantastic. Stylistically it was really well done, but the writing and characters were just all over the place with not much to invest in. Let’s see if Season 2 improves.

Not a bad start. Gritty and raw drama series with an interwoven storyline with some decent actors.

Authentic Cold War series; they nailed the drab iron curtain feel. The writing and characters are a bit complex and combined with the jumping timeline this is definitely one you need to pay attention or you will get lost fast.

Intense, off beat movie with one of my favorite actors, John Hawkes.

I don’t know about masterpiece. It was very good. Started a bit slow but then got up to speed. Topkapi was the heist flick that started it all and was/is what I consider a classic and a must see for those into the genre; old now, but still a great watch. Another really good heist flick is The Italian Job. (Edit: the 2003 one. There’s also an earlier one with Michael Caine, that must be good (he’s great) but I haven’t seen that one yet.)

I really wanted to like this series but ultimately it fell flat with me. The script was way too ambitious, especially the “resistance” storyline. This was based on a book about U-boats, why turn it into a WW2 soap opera? I’ll stick with the 1981 movie which is still the pinnacle of WW2 UBoat movies IMO.

Good doc. I mostly wanted to hear from Levon Helm and he talks quite a bit in it so that was nice. Personally they would have not become what they were without him and Robbie knows it. Seeing Peter Gabriel, heck I didn’t even recognize him. Man were are all getting old for sure. 4/5

Although tremendous artistic license was taken with the historical record, this was a well done WW2 drama.

This is definitely one of my favorite Dark westerns, right up there with Bone Tomahawk. The script was loosely based on the life of cannibal Alfred Packer. Really solid writing and superb acting by all involved, including one of my favorite period actors, Jefferey Jones.

The writing and overall quality of the series went sideways about half way through. I doubt it’s going to recover but let’s see.

Really well done historical film about the history and tragedy of Malta in the early 20th Century. Strange role for Harvey Keitel, did not fit him at all.

Really well done atmospheric Cold War slow and methodical murder mystery with a lot of political rabbit trails.You have to pay attention with this one, don’t say I did not warn you.

One of my favorite Icelandic actors Olafur Darri Olafsson (Trapped) makes an all too brief appearance as the psychotic meth cook cultist, Dewall.

“World Needs Bad Men, we keep the other bad men from the door.” -Rust Cohle

Sharp little cold war Brit series. I remember when it first came out so it’s worth watching.

I watch this a couple times a year. Based on The Quinessential L.A. Noir Novel, Hands down it is the Best James Ellroy adaptation ever made.

Based very loosely on the story of the Cali Cartel, this is Nowhere near the quality of writing or acting as Narcos but if you like Mexican/South American Drug Kingpin telenovella melodramas, you might like this one.

A dark, sordid tale of corruption and murder that is coming along nicely. The acting is really top notch. Stephen Graham adds a touch of class and professionalism to any role he plays and although I typically don’t care for Colin Farrell, he is one menacing, evil MF in this one!