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Phoenix (1998)

Phoenix poster
Directed by
Danny Cannon
Genre
drama film, neo-noir
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
R
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 77 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police officer with a gambling problem owes money to criminals. He struggles to escape his debt while trying to hold onto his moral code.

tensebleakgrittysuspensefulmelancholicdarkatmosphericnoir-ish

What happens

Phoenix is a 1998 American neo-noir crime film directed by British director Danny Cannon and starring Ray Liotta. Liotta plays a cop whose gambling debt leaves him indebted to the underworld and desperate to find a way out without compromising his principles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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