Author: Chopsaw
Catch .44 (2011)
Tarantino-ish stew of great characters and violent randomness
Triumph of the Spirit (1989)
Willem DaFoe in this disturbing, yet triumphant holocaust story inspired by true events.
Spun (2002)
Believer, The (2001)
A young Ryan Gosling is a skinhead struggling with his own blood as well.
Evil That Men Do, The (2015)
Tarantino-ish character study shot in a single location with very limited characters. Very dark subject matter as two men go to work all day disposing of bodies for the drug cartel. Some excellent performances and never guessable. Egggggggzelent.
Lemonheads (2020)
I am always fascinated by how a movie maker or an actor takes on addiction to make it “real” to the viewer. This is a damn good one.
Gutterbug (2019)
Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
Snow on Tha Bluff (2011)
Clay Pigeons (1998)
Steel Toes (2007)
Silencing, The (2020)
Last King of Scotland (2006)
He Never Died (2015)
Henry!
Cut Bank (2014)
Girl with Dragon Tattoo, The (2011)
The best thing that could happen to this excellent, dark, flick is if they would remake the next two in the trilogy as well.
Scotland, PA (2001)
The master, Christopher Walken, delivers dark, gritty stuff as always. Excellent off-beat tale that could have easily been a Coen Bros flick in another universe.
Forgiven, The (2017)
Forest Whitaker plays Desmond Tutu in this disturbing and emotional true story of the attempt to heal a deeply racially divided South Africa.
You Were Never Really Here (2017)
I love that Joaquin Phoenix takes so many of these dark, disturbed roles when he could be a mainstream megastar. This is another haunting one…