From director RZA comes the explosive CUT THROAT CITY, the story of four boyhood friends in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward who return after Hurricane Katrina to find their homes decimated, with no jobs, and no help from FEMA. Out of options, they reluctantly turn to a local gangster, who offers them one shot at turning their situations around - by pulling off a dangerous heist in the heart of the city. When the job goes bad, the friends find themselves on the run, hunted by tw... (Full plot summary below)
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From director RZA comes the explosive CUT THROAT CITY, the story of four boyhood friends in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward who return after Hurricane Katrina to find their homes decimated, with no jobs, and no help from FEMA. Out of options, they reluctantly turn to a local gangster, who offers them one shot at turning their situations around - by pulling off a dangerous heist in the heart of the city. When the job goes bad, the friends find themselves on the run, hunted by two relentless detectives and a neighborhood warlord who thinks they stole the heist money.
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| RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzThe result is a sprawling urban drama with eruptions of violence. |
| Slant MagazineChuck BowenCut Throat City is still an ambitious and volatile film, an atmospheric survey of the thankless world of the rich and the damned. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperCut Throat City ends on a note that’s too clever by half, but that doesn’t undercut all the vibrant, rough-edged, impressive storytelling that led to that moment. |
| The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe reversals the characters suffer across the movie’s running time are epic, and the movie’s finale unfolds to genuinely startling effect. |
| Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayThe action sequences are almost an afterthought. “Cut Throat City” is a more thoughtful and personal film, concerned with how systemic racism — and zoning ordinances — can kill more people than a gun. |
| Austin ChronicleMatthew MonagleAs COVID-19 widens the gap between the rich and the poor in communities across the country, Cut Throat City’s institutional assault feels sadly timely. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweCut Throat City will doubtless grab the attention of RZA’s diverse fanbase, but looks unlikely to make a significant mark among contemporary crime dramas. |
| Washington PostMichael O'SullivanThis makes for an entertaining, if familiar ride. |
| VarietyOwen GleibermanCut Throat City has vivid moments, but RZA’s direction is better than P.G Cuschieri’s script. The film is a muddled social-protest thriller that tries to bridge the corrupt machinations upstairs with the desperation of the streets, and can’t find a way to connect them convincingly. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreIt’s static, an action picture that becomes a still-life right before our eyes. |
