Shot Caller (2017)

Successful family man accidentally kills his best friend when driving drunk and has to quickly adapt to prison life. When his sentence stretches longer than expected, he has to make a choice to let his family go in order to survive... and make sure his wife and son do too.

The story moves seamlessly between "now" and "then (aka how he got to this point)" -- in some movies that type of back-and-forth can feel like a gimmick, but here it felt vital. We make assumptions about who this guy is and find out, little by little, who he actually is. No matter the method, he's always providing for his family.

Unexpectedly good.

B+