Absolutely amazing!! Best movie I've seen in a long time. Mystery suspense with tons of cliff hangers and leaves you with your mouth widen open at the end! Russell Crowe....he never fails!

Cool old school romp. Not a perfect 5, but a fun Friday night watch.

Russell Crowe seems to keep on making one bad movie after another, just to convince himself that the unusual talent (that he once possesed) will one day be revived. Unfortunately, with "Sleeping Dogs" he adds yet another cinematic failure to his already sad recent portfolio. This film is almost a masterclass in how to take a vaguely interesting premise and smother it with every cliché, flat dialogue exchange, and lazy plot twist in existence. No pacing, only cardboard characters and a very boring way to tell a story. Avoid watching this!

Absolutely LOVED it!!!!!!

WER EINMAL LÜGT.... Tote reden nicht, aber ihre scheiße bleibt dennoch zurück. So ergeht es dem ehemaligen Detective Roy Freeman, der nach einem schweren Unfall an Alzheimer und Gedächtnis Verlust leidet. Ein Mann, denn er vor 10 Jahren ins Gefängnis brachte soll nun hingerichtet werden. Der beteuert aber unschuldig zu sein, nun muss Roy einen Fall aufrollen von dem er alles vergessen hat. Sleeping Dogs - Manche Lügen sterben nie geht ca. 112 Minuten und ist ab 16 Jahren freigegeben. Wir haben hier einen Krimi-Thriller mit Russel Crowe in der Hauptrolle, der anhand eines miesen Gefühls seinen alten Fall aufrollt und dabei, natürlich, auf eine miese kleine Verschwörung trifft. Russel Crowe hat eine Art an sich, der könnte mir an der Tür Staubsauger verkaufen und ich würde ihn nehmen. Es ist diese väterliche und vertrauenswürdige Art die ihn sympathisch macht und auch den gesamten Streifen trägt. Der Fall selbst ist nicht schlecht, allerdings holt man unglaublich weit aus um alles zu erklären. Die Geschichte fühlt sich fast wie ein Spiel von David Cage an, wo gefühlt die hälfte bereits alles weiss, nur eben unser Protagonist nicht wegen Plot. Dabei ist nicht immer alles logisch dafür aber alles sehr Plot freundlich gestaltet. Karen Gillan als "Femme fatale" wirkt im Bereich ihrer Möglichkeiten, auch wenn sie aufgrund ihres Charakters nie mehr als eine kühle Aura verströmt. Raffinesse und Eleganz kommen etwas zu kurz. Das Finale bietet einen Twist denn man bereits von weiten kommen sieht und daher bietet die Lösung des Falls nicht mehr als zustimmendes Kopfnicken. Am Ende bleibt ein Krimi der nie langweilig ist, aber nie genug begeistert um mit den Figuren oder der Handlung mit zu fiebern. Russel Crowe trägt alles, ist er nicht im Sichtfeld scheint dem Streifen ständig das Charisma zu fehlen. Von mir bekommt der Film 6/10 Punkten. Die Dramaturgie des Alzheimers mag da sein, da Freeman allerdings niemanden in seinem Leben hat, ist der einzige Grund warum er darunter leiden muss, das der Streifen sonst nach 10 Minuten vorbei wäre, da er die Lösung ja bereits kennt.

I found this to be a interesting concept but overall just ok as a film .

Really good, if watching at home have to pay attention. Can't say more otherwise I would ruin it. It draws you in and keeps you glue

Much better than I was expecting.

Great to see Russell Crowe back in good form doing good films. Great watch!

Too many nonsensical and unexplained situations for a very obvious end that the viewer has already guessed mid-film. Crowe does a good job, though.

Russell Crowe did a good job as the lead, but the story writer appeared to be trying to write an Agatha Christie script without any of the side issues making any sense at all. Why most of the other characters did what they did, including killing each other, had nothing tangible to do with the crime being investigated by Crowe.

I really loved this movie.Russell Crowe was at his best in this film.It was suspenseful and the actors were so good.The story was excellent and I love a good crime film filled with surprises.Absolute must see it doesn’t disappoint in my books.

Well done and it's fun to see Russell Crowe reunited with Tommy Flanagan who played Cicero in Gladiator! Unique story line around Roy's condition and treatment makes it interesting Writing and plot twists are excellent.

Russell Crow was good, but the supporting cast was terrible and the plot just was all over the place. Might be worth watching once, barely.

For a mystery it’s not very compelling even with the great cast trying their best with the mediocre material

Many details slowly coalesced during the film. There were a few dead spots, but overall well assembled, with surprise ending---and even the ending left you without 100% assurance as to which way it would go. Few films surprise me anymore as they usually follow a predictable script, but this one was cleverly done.

Russell Crowe, who has gained some weight since Gladiator, is excellent in this cleverly written murder mystery. The supporting cast were all good too; Tommy Flanagan (Sons of Anarchy), Karen Gillan (great legs btw) and Martin Csokas (I first saw him in Mark Felt, the story behind Watergate's Deep Throat) among them. Worth a late night stream.

Decent, some typical tropes, but was somewhat surprised how certain things turned out given storylines we're introduced to, some good acting & realistic plots/emotions. Overall, an enjoyable watch.

It's been a minute since I've seen a Russell Crowe film and I had a hankering for one after watching Gladiator II (Paul Mezcal is no Russell Crowe, though Denzel was awesome). So I went looking for a Russell movie and decided between this and Pope's Exorcist. Reviews for both were equally bad so I flipped a coin and got Sleeping Dogs. Really glad I did. Was totally surprised by it. The woman who played the femme fatale character was a little odd, but Russell was totally believable and awesome. Brooding and different than I've seen him ever before. He seemed really vulnerable and displayed a kind of sensitivity I can't remember seeing in a long time. Had some predictable beats, but it was moody and the twists and turns were fun. Critics were too harsh on this one, I think -- but it's also possible that the edible I ate clouds my perception.

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!! WHAT AN ENDING!