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    Post dates are when I watched, parenthetical dates are the year of US release (aka Oscar eligibility).

11/02/2024

Eye for an Eye (2019)

Notorious drug lord Antonio has been granted compassionate release from prison due to his health. Rather than heading home to his sons, he opts for a nursing home where he'll be under the care of the compassionate nurse Mario. But Mario has a personal beef with his new patient: his brother died of an overdose while dealing for him.

This was truly tense at times. While I sympathized with Mario, it was impossible to truly be on his side. He compromised his workplace and his family over blame that was at least as much his brother's as it was Antonio's. It's possible that I'm just too practical to really get swept up in this type of story -- but I'd still call this effective.

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