Russell Crowe brings his typical bravura to Sleeping Dogs but can’t save this overly familiar and tattily written detective yarn.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 8, 2025

There is a mystery to be solved, and a parallel mystery in Roy’s mind as to how much of the murder he remembers. Little by little, the two strands converge, not without further mayhem.

| Oct 8, 2024

Let Sleeping Dogs lie.

| Aug 9, 2024

The murder mystery Sleeping Dogs is Russell Crowe's best film for a while.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 7, 2024

Crowe’s performance is a standout, adding depth and grounding to an otherwise erratic film. His portrayal of Freeman injects moments of authenticity into the narrative, making Sleeping Dogs engaging despite its flaws.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2024

It’s an engrossing plunge into the film noir tradition and it’s a pleasure to watch Crowe embody the very fallible Freeman.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 1, 2024

An absorbing slow-burn thriller with a very strong plot and a terrific finale,...a sterling, noir-tinged mystery with Russell Crowe at his brooding best

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 1, 2024

The story feels disheveled and distractible, as if the film itself has just got out of bed. The same can be said of Crowe

| Aug 1, 2024

... only ever truly on-point when it sticks with the towering Russell Crowe and his bruising plethora of mental and moral dilemmas.

| Original Score: 15/20 | Aug 1, 2024

This is certainly not a crime thriller in the dourly realistic “cold case” vein; it is outrageously over-the-top at all times, with crazy and almost dreamlike convolutions of plot, and yet its silliness is enjoyably dramatised.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 18, 2024

It will keep your attention until an ending that will not be enough for you. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 12, 2024

This detective story manages to maintain intrigue and suspense, in part thanks to Russell Crowe's convincing performance. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 5/10 | Apr 16, 2024

Crowe's solvency in the lead role is the most notable attribute of a film that probably won't remain in many people's memories. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 11, 2024

Forgettable even if you don't have dementia.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 4, 2024

Sleeping Dogs, despite it's solid lead performance, is an unfortunately bland affair that bumbles its way through the first two acts, eventually hitting a predictable and over-stuffed climax that throws in many twists that make little sense.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Apr 2, 2024

... looks and sounds great and some the performances are doing what they can to uplift the film, the story is bogged down by a script and direction that take what could have been a fun story and turn it into something much blander than it deserves to be.

| Apr 2, 2024

“Sleeping Dogs” is a modern noir, depicting a world of justice delivered without mercy, even if many years have passed. It’s a serious and intelligent crime drama that will keep you guessing to the end.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 2, 2024

Frequently clunky and confusing and a little misguided, this mystery nevertheless has two things going for it: a decent story and a solid performance by Crowe.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 29, 2024

...has a surprisingly smart and layered story with enough of its own identity to get through its handful of flaws. Not everything clicks firmly into place. But it’s hard to push back too much when a filmmaker has you as invested as I was.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 29, 2024

A noirish contemporary murder mystery.

| Original Score: B- | Mar 25, 2024