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Crisis (2021)
Nicholas Jarecki's long-awaited follow-up to his clever 2012 debut Arbitrage is this crime thriller about the triangle of drug abusers, traffickers and the pharmaceutical business, set on and around the border between Canada and the United States. Jarecki shows his skill as a writer with his interlacing storylines and well-drawn characters, even if a couple of them are borderline archetypes (Armie Hammer, Lily-Rose Depp). The most riveting part of the story is the one concerning university research scientist Dr. Brower, played with brilliance by Gary Oldman, who is unwilling to let himself be silenced by the large pharmaceutical company Northlight. Oldman's nuanced performance underlines the fine line between virtue and dishonesty in a complicated business world. There's enough truth and insight in Jarecki's story to make Crisis resonate and feel important, even in its somewhat less inspired segments.
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