Combines the vérité grit of The French Connection with the physical slapstick of Buster Keaton. Really. It’s a deliberately bewildering cocktail of brutal tragedy and gallows farce that runs throughout this very arresting feature.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 2, 2023

It’s an exquisitely tense and perfectly played tale of a hardbitten copper, Samad, and his dogged pursuit of the slippery drug lord Naser.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 30, 2023

If Michael Mann made a movie in Iran it might look like this: a ferocious drama-thriller in which a haunted, morally ambiguous cop faces off with a despairing drug lord.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 29, 2023

While the plot details do not sound particularly out of the ordinary, it is the way that it all comes together that makes this one of the most exhilarating crime films of the year.

| Aug 21, 2020

In a nearly universally excellent film, Navid Mohammadzadeh is a standout, communicating how Nasser is simultaneously a champion of the people and one of their greatest traitors.

| Feb 16, 2020

A riveting, ripped-from-reality thriller that delivers a searing look at a serious problem.

| Nov 7, 2019

Just 6.5 is more than a thrilling watch. It is a sobering reflection on the inability of the law to stem the tide of drug addiction through round-ups, arrests and executions.

| Apr 29, 2019