Sleeping Dogs – Movie Review
Director: Adam Cooper
Writer: Adam Cooper, Bill Collage (Screenplay)
Writer: E.O. Chirovici (Book)
Cast
- Russell Crowe (The Pope’s Exorcist)
- Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Marton Csokas (The Equalizer)
- Tommy Flanagan (Sons of Anarchy)
- Thomas M Wright (The Stranger)
- Harry Greenwood (The Nightingale)
Plot: An ex-homicide detective with memory loss is forced to solve a brutal murder, only to uncover chilling secrets from his forgotten past.
Runtime: 1 Hour 50 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Sleeping Dogs starts as Roy Freeman (Crowe) tries to get through simple days but is suffering from Alzheimer’s. Everyday routine is difficult, but a campaigner approaches him to look back at one of his cases. The man convicted is facing death row and now, Roy decides to try and solve the case again.
Roy tracks down his former partner Jimmy Remis (Flanagan) and suddenly the case doesn’t seem as clear as it once did. Each suspect offers a new story and Roy is left needing to learn the truth before it is too late.
Verdict on Sleeping Dogs
Sleeping Dogs is a dark crime thriller following a detective with memory loss investigating one of his previous cases. The convicted man believes he didn’t commit the crime and the detective finds himself drawn into a world with plenty of different versions of the story.
This movie takes us into a dark and twisted crime. It shows that not every crime can be clean cut and re-investigating can uncover larger truths. As we dive into the past crime, we see a twisted world of cover-ups that keep things going down a series of different twists and turns. However, it can move slower than it could, leading to things sometimes dragging along, without moving the story along quicker enough. For those who enjoy a good crime thriller, you should enjoy this one. However, if you only check out a few, this would have been one to skip.
Where to Watch
Sleeping Dogs streaming on Prime Video 21 June
Final Thoughts – Sleeping Dogs is a dark twisted crime story.
