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Shot Caller (2017)

Shot Caller poster
Directed by
Ric Roman Waugh
Genre
drama film, action film, prison film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 01m
Rated
R
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2,251 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy family man gets sent to prison after a drunk driving accident. To survive the brutal system, he transforms into a violent gang member.

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What happens

Shot Caller is a 2017 American crime thriller film written and directed by Ric Roman Waugh. The film chronicles the transformation of a well-to-do family man, played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, into a hardened prison gangster, which he undergoes to survive California's penal system after he is incarcerated for his role in a deadly DUI car accident. The film also stars Omari Hardwick, Lake Bell, Jon Bernthal, Emory Cohen, Jeffrey Donovan, Evan Jones, Benjamin Bratt, and Holt McCallany. It premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 16, 2017. The film was released on July 20, 2017, through DirecTV Cinema and theatrically on August 18, 2017, by Saban Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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