Screening Room: ‘Triple 9’

In the latest star-packed teeth-gritter from John Hillcoat (Lawless,The Road), a gang of crooks and bad cops plot a heist that involves murdering a copy. Things go badly.

Triple 9opens today. My review is atPopMatters:

Gruesomely violent and often idiotic, Triple 9demonstrates the latest stage of decline for once promising director John Hillcoat. His previous films display a potent gothic sensibility: The Proposition andThe Road, both explore the dark limits of human behavior, but even in sh...