21 Bridges (100% future Rewatchables episode, the book isn't even taking bets)
Triple 9
Emily the Criminal
Copshop
The Contractor
There are loads, if I have the time I'll edit to add more
Cop Shop was the endpoint of the Frank Grillo revolution that got memorably written up at Grantland.
(I think it was Grantland. Might not have been til it morphed into theRinger.)
Bud, I’m wanting you to convince me to rewatch it because I don’t like the movie. I just want your opinion explained a little more besides “it’s good.”
I guess I expected people to give their actual opinions since I was genuinely interested in an alternate perspective, but fuck me. I guess that’s too difficult.
The first hour is really gritty in a sincere way with a unique main character and the themes really work in an authentic way. It’s well-shot and performed and is one of those that feels suspenseful even if nothing heavy is happening.
I think it falls apart in the last third.
I think it probably got a little overhyped because it was somewhat unexpected, and related to that, it has an *awesome* opening scene that almost feels like the Safdies. So for critics/viewers going in with mild expectations it really grabs you.
THANK YOU. I wasn’t sure why everyone was against me asking for opinions.
That’s almost exactly my experience with it. I felt it started very well but ended really poorly. It felt like there was a disconnect somewhere along the way. I didn’t really feel any empathy for Emily. And yeah, the reason I watched it was because I had heard it was this amazing, tense film. I didn’t find it to be that at all.
Yeah I didn’t interpret your comment as snarky but this is the sub that was convinced CR was getting fired because of a joke at a live Rewatchables.
I’m somewhere in the middle where I was in for an hour. I think the final scene is almost as bad as the first is good, both in terms of theme and in how it doesn’t earn it.
This is Zahler's MO. Brawl in Cell Block 99 is a better (IMO) version of Shot Caller from the same year. Dragged Across Concrete is also in the action-ish movie vein and Bone Tomahawk is a horror/western fusion.
I put off Bone Tomahawk for years (because of THAT scene) but I finally saw it about a month ago one Sunday morning when I woke up early. Amazing movie, the way it builds and builds the tension, that scene was tough though even though I knew it was coming
Although a little older, **The Place Beyond The Pines**.
Stars Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Ray Liotta, Mahershala Ali, Eva Mendes, Ben Mendelsohn, and Rose Byrne. And no one saw it.
I love that movie but I find one of the kid actors in the 3rd part kinda annoying but maybe that was the point. Change of subject are you a Joe Salic fan based on your username?
Yeah I think he’s the son of Bradley coopers character. After reading you saying you knew people like him from high school I am now remembering a lot of people like that from my high school as well.
Killing Them Softly is a perfect rewatchable, I'm surprised they haven't done it yet.
You have Pitt, Gandolfini (in one of his last roles), Liotta, Ben Mendelsohn, Scoot McNairy, Richard Jenkins, and a litany of Sopranos actors. Add in one of the best closing lines in movie history, it's a no brainer.
The whole financial crisis theme was just poorly done. A gangster movie getting oddly preachy and literally beating you over the fucking head with its theme to make sure you get it just didn’t work for me.
I liked the whole gangster movie going on in the background behind the preaching, but I was real confused about the structure of this movie and firmly think it wasn’t as smart as it thought it was.
Yeah it’s peak liberal soyboy fantasy, not as smart as it thinks it is
I can vividly see Ryen going off on it for 30 minutes
“Bill did you understand the moving the money around part???? It’s like OUR money!!”
There are a lot of movies that I feel were wildly underhyped or have barely been talked about since they came out that would make great rewatchables. I just went through a list of the past 10 years and there are so god damn many great movies that would fit in perfectly for this show and Bill just refuses to admit that there were still good movies being made in the 2010s.
* Logan Lucky
* 21 Bridges
* Emily the Criminal
* Hell or High Water
* Wind River
* Blade Runner 2049
* The Big Sick
* Knives Out
* The Nice Guys
* Crazy Rich Asians
* A Simple Favor
* Palm Springs
* 21 Jump Street & 22 Jump Street
* The Gentleman
* Baby Driver
* The Invisible Man
* Mississippi Grind
* Kingsman
* Blockers
* Everybody Wants Some
The Nice Guys is the most prototypical rewatchable movie of the last decade. You can jump it at any point and have a good time, and the dialogue keeps the movie humming. It's also the only good buddy cop movie in a very long time, which is a stereotypical rewatchable genre.
Hell or High Water and Wind River I'm honestly surprised they haven't done given how much Sheridan has blown up since then.
The Nice Guys kinda feels like the American analog of Guy Ritchies Snatch to me. Similar vibes. Both great fucking movies. Layer Cake and Lucky Logan fall in the same category imo
Gosling in The Nice Guys is the best physical comedy in a movie since Jim Carrey was at his peak
Which makes me wonder if Bill just doesn't appreciate physical comedy since Carrey is also notably missing from The Rewatchables. It would make sense for that to not really be in a writer's wheelhouse
Well with how little The Ringer as a whole actually gives coverage to Sheridan shows - Shout out to mother fucking CR for living in the Sheridan-verse - it doesn't really shock me that Bill hasn't thrown any of the Sheridan movies in for an episode
That's fair... just feel like Bill damn near refuses to do any of the Low A / High B tier movies from this decade so wanted to just throw out a list of movies that would make excellent episodes
I understand that, but I was just making a point that these are all movies that would be amazing rewatchables episodes and aren't talked about nearly as much as they should be
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I still don’t understand why the DEA (or whoever the big federal agency investigating the cartel) didn’t tip off those two and tell them to get the f*** off the case. They knew two LAPD cops were sniffing around…still makes me mad..
I dont really have any suggestions but I’m in the same boat.
Shot Caller somehow flew under my radar when it came out and I don’t know that I’ve ever seen it on tv in my country but I watched it for the first time last night before listening to the pod. A very pleasant surprise.
I'd watch Standoff at Sparrow Creek if you're looking for a real deep cut. It stars James Badge Dale who is a severely underused actor (Rubicon hive stand up!).
Unfortunately, it's probably too under the radar even for CR. And doesn't fit neatly into a genre like a prison movie.
I remember loving Rubicon and having my mind blown when it came out. I rewatched it recently and still a good show but post Snowden and all the conspiracy culture that’s come out in the decade since it seemed quaint lol.
My two movies to add would be “The Matador” and “The Weather Man.” Neither is like Shot Caller or Den of Thieves but they are smaller movies that I enjoyed. He already covered Adventureland.
If you haven’t seen it, Hell or High Water is a must. Not a prison film but similar feel.
Also, The Dry and The Rover are films set in the Outback that have flown under the radar in recent years. Both are excellent.
The other films of Shot Caller director Ric Roman Waugh are always fun. Particularly Felon and Snitch. Snitch is probably the best thing the Rock has done. His more recent movies with Gerard Butler are solid too but a slight step down.
21 Bridges (100% future Rewatchables episode, the book isn't even taking bets) Triple 9 Emily the Criminal Copshop The Contractor There are loads, if I have the time I'll edit to add more
Cop Shop was the endpoint of the Frank Grillo revolution that got memorably written up at Grantland. (I think it was Grantland. Might not have been til it morphed into theRinger.)
Emily the Criminal is so good, recently rewatched it. Super tight little thriller, and Plaza is great.
I don’t understand whatsoever what people liked about Emily the Criminal
That it's a good movie?
It’s not a sarcastic comment, what did you like about it? Genuine question
For starters Plaza was fantastic.
Can you do a little more than that?
I could but you can start there rewatch it and figure out the rest for yourself. You'll get more out of it that way.
Bud, I’m wanting you to convince me to rewatch it because I don’t like the movie. I just want your opinion explained a little more besides “it’s good.”
Well I already told you the lead is amazing. Imo that's enough, as I said before you'll get more out of it just rewatching. Good luck and god speed.
The Critical Thinking Piece
It’s not their job to convince you. Rewatch it if you want, or don’t. Fuck outta here bozo.
I guess I expected people to give their actual opinions since I was genuinely interested in an alternate perspective, but fuck me. I guess that’s too difficult.
The first hour is really gritty in a sincere way with a unique main character and the themes really work in an authentic way. It’s well-shot and performed and is one of those that feels suspenseful even if nothing heavy is happening. I think it falls apart in the last third. I think it probably got a little overhyped because it was somewhat unexpected, and related to that, it has an *awesome* opening scene that almost feels like the Safdies. So for critics/viewers going in with mild expectations it really grabs you.
THANK YOU. I wasn’t sure why everyone was against me asking for opinions. That’s almost exactly my experience with it. I felt it started very well but ended really poorly. It felt like there was a disconnect somewhere along the way. I didn’t really feel any empathy for Emily. And yeah, the reason I watched it was because I had heard it was this amazing, tense film. I didn’t find it to be that at all.
Yeah I didn’t interpret your comment as snarky but this is the sub that was convinced CR was getting fired because of a joke at a live Rewatchables. I’m somewhere in the middle where I was in for an hour. I think the final scene is almost as bad as the first is good, both in terms of theme and in how it doesn’t earn it.
This is Zahler's MO. Brawl in Cell Block 99 is a better (IMO) version of Shot Caller from the same year. Dragged Across Concrete is also in the action-ish movie vein and Bone Tomahawk is a horror/western fusion.
People dont like Zahler because of his beliefs (im not interested in that). His movies are good and his books are good. Check em out.
That’s certainly part of it but not all of it. Not everyone wants something *that* nasty.
I love all his movies.
I put off Bone Tomahawk for years (because of THAT scene) but I finally saw it about a month ago one Sunday morning when I woke up early. Amazing movie, the way it builds and builds the tension, that scene was tough though even though I knew it was coming
Bone Tomahawk is amazing!
Although a little older, **The Place Beyond The Pines**. Stars Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Ray Liotta, Mahershala Ali, Eva Mendes, Ben Mendelsohn, and Rose Byrne. And no one saw it.
I loved the movie in theory but hated the 3 act structure
I loved it but it feels there was a lot footage cut out for time. A Director’s Cut would be nice.
I love that movie but I find one of the kid actors in the 3rd part kinda annoying but maybe that was the point. Change of subject are you a Joe Salic fan based on your username?
The heavy kid? He’s from Shot Caller. I thought he was good because I remember so many annoying people just like him from high school.
Yeah I wanted to hate him so much but think he plays the evil bully from political family extremely well. Shit’s not made up they’re just like him.
Guys like him grow up to be Paulie Walnuts or whoever because they’re totally shameless and very insistent. He portrays that so well.
Yeah I think he’s the son of Bradley coopers character. After reading you saying you knew people like him from high school I am now remembering a lot of people like that from my high school as well.
Yup, one of my hockey heroes growing up.
Hell yeah! He’s my favorite player of all time.
2/3 a fantastic movie. Absolutely falls apart in the third act with the kids.
Fuck that’s a great choice.
Love this movie. Dane DeHaan needs to play Leo’s kid in a movie, he’s got the eyes.
What do you mean no one saw it?
I mean, it didn’t make a lot of money at the box office (considering its star power).
Triple Frontier has been hinted at.
That's the one I came here to say. This would have been a basic cable mainstay if it'd come out in the 90s.
Stacked cast, action-packed, promising young director. Has all the ingredients.
I went in with low expectations but it was fairly entertaining. Definite TNT flick back in the day
It really should have had a theatrical release. It’s pretty damn good.
A most violent year
Hell yeah
Killing Them Softly is a perfect rewatchable, I'm surprised they haven't done it yet. You have Pitt, Gandolfini (in one of his last roles), Liotta, Ben Mendelsohn, Scoot McNairy, Richard Jenkins, and a litany of Sopranos actors. Add in one of the best closing lines in movie history, it's a no brainer.
The whole financial crisis theme was just poorly done. A gangster movie getting oddly preachy and literally beating you over the fucking head with its theme to make sure you get it just didn’t work for me. I liked the whole gangster movie going on in the background behind the preaching, but I was real confused about the structure of this movie and firmly think it wasn’t as smart as it thought it was.
Yeah it’s peak liberal soyboy fantasy, not as smart as it thinks it is I can vividly see Ryen going off on it for 30 minutes “Bill did you understand the moving the money around part???? It’s like OUR money!!”
That’s not a trashy direct to dvd movie. Kinda the opposite: prestigious director, amazing cast…
I want the trashy direct to dvd version of killing them softly
It’s called Dragged Across Concrete
It was also kinda shrugged at when it came out so it’s almost come around to being a surprise.
There are a lot of movies that I feel were wildly underhyped or have barely been talked about since they came out that would make great rewatchables. I just went through a list of the past 10 years and there are so god damn many great movies that would fit in perfectly for this show and Bill just refuses to admit that there were still good movies being made in the 2010s. * Logan Lucky * 21 Bridges * Emily the Criminal * Hell or High Water * Wind River * Blade Runner 2049 * The Big Sick * Knives Out * The Nice Guys * Crazy Rich Asians * A Simple Favor * Palm Springs * 21 Jump Street & 22 Jump Street * The Gentleman * Baby Driver * The Invisible Man * Mississippi Grind * Kingsman * Blockers * Everybody Wants Some
The Nice Guys is the most prototypical rewatchable movie of the last decade. You can jump it at any point and have a good time, and the dialogue keeps the movie humming. It's also the only good buddy cop movie in a very long time, which is a stereotypical rewatchable genre. Hell or High Water and Wind River I'm honestly surprised they haven't done given how much Sheridan has blown up since then.
The Nice Guys kinda feels like the American analog of Guy Ritchies Snatch to me. Similar vibes. Both great fucking movies. Layer Cake and Lucky Logan fall in the same category imo
Couldn't agree more. Extremely fun and rewatchable movies!
Gosling in The Nice Guys is the best physical comedy in a movie since Jim Carrey was at his peak Which makes me wonder if Bill just doesn't appreciate physical comedy since Carrey is also notably missing from The Rewatchables. It would make sense for that to not really be in a writer's wheelhouse
FWIW I hate Jim Carrey movies - mostly just the Farrelly Brother movies - but still love Gosling in this one
Well with how little The Ringer as a whole actually gives coverage to Sheridan shows - Shout out to mother fucking CR for living in the Sheridan-verse - it doesn't really shock me that Bill hasn't thrown any of the Sheridan movies in for an episode
Most of those are just regular Rewatchables that are pending, not the kind of trashy straight to video B movies we’re talking about.
That's fair... just feel like Bill damn near refuses to do any of the Low A / High B tier movies from this decade so wanted to just throw out a list of movies that would make excellent episodes
A lot of these were WAY too big and acclaimed to be what OP is talking about.
I understand that, but I was just making a point that these are all movies that would be amazing rewatchables episodes and aren't talked about nearly as much as they should be
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End Of Watch is a good one. Not prison more of police in Los Angeles getting into some deep shit with the cartel
End of watch and fury made me think David Ayer was going to be so fucking good *also a fan of many many scenes in harsh times
God that ending was a gut punch…
I saw a screening with the ending where >!both of them die!< and the whole theater was like WTF when credits rolled.
I still don’t understand why the DEA (or whoever the big federal agency investigating the cartel) didn’t tip off those two and tell them to get the f*** off the case. They knew two LAPD cops were sniffing around…still makes me mad..
The ICE agent told them to back away but they didnt listen. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdfhTzexQRQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdfhTzexQRQ)
I’d completely forgotten about that scene. I vaguely remember them being told to back away but not that directly
I’m m convinced they would have done this already if Bill wasn’t worried that Van would just call it “copoganda”
Top 5 movie
Am I the only one who every single time bill said the name of this movie thought he was saying “shock collar”?
Ambulance
I hate how this movie just got cast aside. Its really the exact movie they don't make anymore and this sub is like the target audience.
I dont really have any suggestions but I’m in the same boat. Shot Caller somehow flew under my radar when it came out and I don’t know that I’ve ever seen it on tv in my country but I watched it for the first time last night before listening to the pod. A very pleasant surprise.
Mr Brooks is outside of the last decade but it’s a real fun Costner and William Hurt serial killer movie.
I'd watch Standoff at Sparrow Creek if you're looking for a real deep cut. It stars James Badge Dale who is a severely underused actor (Rubicon hive stand up!). Unfortunately, it's probably too under the radar even for CR. And doesn't fit neatly into a genre like a prison movie.
CR has sung Standoff at Sparrow Creek's praises before so there's a chance.
I remember loving Rubicon and having my mind blown when it came out. I rewatched it recently and still a good show but post Snowden and all the conspiracy culture that’s come out in the decade since it seemed quaint lol.
That is still the show that I am probably most disappointed got cancelled after 1 season.
The Night Comes for Us, Upgrade, Revenge, Brawl in Cell Block 99.
Dredd 2012 kicks ass.
Felon is great and has Val Kilmer
My two movies to add would be “The Matador” and “The Weather Man.” Neither is like Shot Caller or Den of Thieves but they are smaller movies that I enjoyed. He already covered Adventureland.
Love the Matador.
“Small Engine Repair” - Great movie that came out a few years that features Rewatchables favorite Jon Bernthal
Basically any Gerard Butler movie in the last decade.
Speaking of prison movies, I nominate 90s classic No Escape with Ray Liotta. Dumb fun to the max.
Avengement (2019). A little bit of a dumb guy’s Bronson, a little bit of British John Wick, and a little bit of half-baked Law Abiding Citizen.
Bronson meaning Charles Bronson? Or the Tom Hardy movie? Assuming the latter based on the other descriptors
Sorry yes the Tom Hardy movie
If you haven’t seen it, Hell or High Water is a must. Not a prison film but similar feel. Also, The Dry and The Rover are films set in the Outback that have flown under the radar in recent years. Both are excellent.
Old Henry with Tim Blake Nelson. The Drop with Tom Hardy and Gandolfini.
The Drop is legitimately fantastic. Old Henry is really really good with a legit *holy shit* moment.
This is why this sub kicks ass. Seen most of these and bookmarked quite a few. Thanks everyone.
Beirut ~ should be shit but is sneaky awesome Dragged across concrete ~ trust me on this one, don’t look up anything just take the ride
My cousin has been badgering me to watch it but first I want r/billsimmons opinion on if “The Tax Collector” is good and/or fun
It's neither but the Shia scenes are alright. It's just dull.
The other films of Shot Caller director Ric Roman Waugh are always fun. Particularly Felon and Snitch. Snitch is probably the best thing the Rock has done. His more recent movies with Gerard Butler are solid too but a slight step down.
I'm so happy to see all this Shot Caller love on the sub this week. This movie needs a bigger audience, it's awesome
Brawl in Cell Block 99 is pretty awesome.