Dragged Across Concrete

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Dragged Across Concrete

R

2019

2h 39m

Crime

Drama

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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Police partners descend into the criminal underworld after they are suspended for assaulting a suspect on video.

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Critics Consensus

As grim and grinding as its title, Dragged Across Concrete opts for slow-burning drama instead of high-speed thrills -- and has just the right cast to make it work.

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Philip De Semlyen

Time Out

08/04/2020

3/5

The dialogue has a nicely off-kilter feel.

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Amy Nicholson

FilmWeek (LAist)

09/24/2019

Dirty, angry, and it feels like it wants to pick a fight with you.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

08/28/2019

4/5

Dragged Across Concrete feels like you're dangling on the end of a meat hook. It's painful and tense and at the same time, a little ridiculous... Even then, it's full of surprises, and riches for those who like it darker.

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

07/14/2024

2/5

The film is meant to be an endurance test, from its usage of violence and slurs, to its surprising slow burn, something you don’t often see with films of this calibre. But it doesn’t have enough focus to be riveting.

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Brendan Cassidy

InSession Film

07/09/2024

Dragged Across Concrete does what I hope more films had the bravery to do – challenge our beliefs, and make us challenge ourselves in the process.

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Ross McIndoe

The Skinny

07/04/2024

3/5

Dragged Across Concrete is an excellent action flick with leads who, when they aren’t bitching about cell phones or correcting Black people’s grammar, are an absolute blast to be around.

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AJ D.

@oriented 3d

Underrated movie. Great story, great action.

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Steven F.

@SteveGotScored Mar 3

A very thrilling action movie!

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Shannon V

@Shannon54321 Jan 31

Happy that Jennifer Carpenter was in this. Sad about the length of time to build the disjointed story. The main reason I didn’t like it was that in all the time there was in the length of this movie, it didn’t make me truly understand or feel for the characters. There was a lack of important details about their lives. There were some hints but not enough to understand them and feel anything about them, even though there was plenty of time to build those into the plot.

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Guillermo A

@Guillermo.Almeida Jan 25

The best Neo-Noir movie, in all the best...

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Richard B

@Komard Jan 4

Dragged Across Concrete has a solid crime-thriller premise and strong performances, particularly from Mel Gibson, who remains compelling even in morally abrasive roles. The story itself is engaging, tense, and thematically grounded in desperation, loyalty, and consequence. However, the film is held back by its pacing. The opening act in particular is unnecessarily drawn out, delaying momentum and testing patience before the plot fully engages. What should feel taut instead unfolds slowly, with long stretches that dilute tension rather than build it. Once the narrative settles in, the payoff is effective, but the journey to get there is longer than it needs to be. With tighter editing and more urgency early on, this could have been a much stronger film. As it stands, it’s a good movie that could have been better—worth watching, but not without pacing-related frustration.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Dec 3

Success in 02 hours, 38 minutes, and 30 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ages 17 and older!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The worldwide gross is $660,132.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Synopsis

Police partners descend into the criminal underworld after they are suspended for assaulting a suspect on video.

Director: S. Craig Zahler
Producer: Keith Kjarval, Dallas Sonnier, Tyler Jackson, Jack Heller, Sefton Fincham
Screenwriter: S. Craig Zahler
Distributor: Summit Entertainment, Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Unified Pictures, Look to the Sky Films, Cinestate
Rating: R (Language|Grisly Images|Some Sexuality/Nudity|Strong Violence)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 22, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 22, 2019
Runtime: 2h 39m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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