Sleeping Dogs
Roy Freeman, who is undergoing a cutting-edge Alzheimer’s treatment, is forced to grapple with the impact of an investigation from his former life after a death row inmate that Freeman arrested 10 years prior starts to proclaim his innocence. Intrigued and fighting to regain his memory, Freeman enlists his former partner to help him revive the case and discover the truth. Together, they set off to unravel a tangled web of secrets, forcing Freeman to make some horrific discoveries.
- Released:
- Runtime: 110 minutes
- Genre: Drama, Thrillers
- Stars: Karen Gillan, Thomas M. Wright, Harry Greenwood, Russell Crowe, Marton Csokas, Tommy Flanagan, Elizabeth Blackmore, Lynn Gilmartin, Jane Harber, Ming-Zhu Hii, Lucy-Rose Leonard, Pacharo Mzembe, Simon Maiden, Paula Arundell, Jasper Bagg, Cameron Leonard
- Director: Adam Cooper
Comments
- SnoopyStyle - 23 June 2024
middling crime drama
Former police detective Roy Freeman (Russell Crowe) suffers memory issues. Death row inmate Isaac Samuel is soon to be executed for the murder of Joseph Wieder. It's Roy and his ex-partner Jimmy Remis' old case from a decade ago. They got the confession, but Isaac now claims that he didn't do it. Roy is struggling to remember and decides to investigate again. Author Richard Finn suddenly turns up dead. Laura Baines (Karen Gillan) knew both Wieder and Finn.
There are interesting elements here and Russell Crowe is well suited to play this role. It's a middling crime drama that used to be shown in the theaters. His investigation is rather confused and unconvincing. At the end of the day, there is a reason for that. I am still not completely convinced. I don't get a particular person's motivations (spoiler). Whatever! I'm dropping it. - giorgioglobe - 14 May 2024
Interesting, but with a predictable ending.
It's rather an interesting script, but after about half the movie any good moviegoer can imagine the outcome of the story, probably not with all the details, but the core becomes quite clear. I was never a great fan of Crowe and in this movie he could have surely been replaced by a dozen actors. The flick is rather like any decent crime story movie made for TV. It trickles along, with more and more infos coming together, till the obvious ending. One really doesn't need to spend money to watch this in a cinema, and can patiently wait for it to show up on cable sooner or later as you won't miss too much. 5/10 points. - blindskate-25941 - 26 April 2024
I wish I had alzheimers
What a joke of a movie. Whoever gave this movie a 6/10 is likely on the same memory loss drugs as everyone else is in the movie. Every single character barring Russel Crowe gives laughable performances. Combined with that, the dialogue seems to have been written by a 5 year old. To shame a specific individual offender, Karen Gillan gives a hilariously bad attempt at an academic elite, but forgets to show any real emotion, and fails to convince the viewers of any competence. Other reviews mention it as a film noir, referencing back to older cop dramas, yet this movie lacks any of the stakes and complex characters as such movies would contain. DO NOT WATCH.
