Destroyer
2018 · Movie · R · 121 min · ★ 5.9 · 68% critics
A burned-out detective is pulled back into a case that echoes a disastrous undercover job from years earlier. As clues resurface, the search forces a reckoning with long-held guilt, fractured relationships, and the cost of chasing closure in a harsh criminal world.
Also known as Destruction
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-12-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 (795 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re up for a bleak, character-driven crime thriller about obsession and reckoning with the past, with a deliberate pace; Not for you if you want a fast, straightforward story like Wheelman.
Pros: intense lead performance; gritty, tense moments; strong atmosphere | Cons: slow, deliberate pace; confusing time jumps; familiar crime setup
Themes
- undercover cop
- gang
- interrogation
- policewoman
- teenage daughter
- lapd
- downward spiral
Cast & crew
Nicole Kidman
as Erin Bell
Toby Kebbell
as Silas
Tatiana Maslany
as Petra
Sebastian Stan
as Chris
Scoot McNairy
as Ethan
Bradley Whitford
as DiFranco
Toby Huss
as Gil Lawson
James Jordan
as Toby
Jade Pettyjohn
as Shelby
Beau Knapp
as Jay
Directed by Karyn Kusama