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Easy Money

2010 · 124 min

A gritty, tense crime thriller that follows multiple desperate characters through a web of drugs and violence, demanding close attention.

Directed by
Daniel Espinosa
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Crime
Overview
When JW becomes a drug runner in order to maintain his double life, his fate becomes tied to two other men: Jorge, a fugitive on the run from both the Serbian mafia and the police, and mafia enforcer Mrado, who is on the hunt for Jorge.

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Directed by
Daniel Espinosa
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Crime
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • ambition
  • betrayal
  • survival
  • greed
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror3
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Easy Money Collection

  1. Easy MoneyMovie · 2010 This title
  2. Easy Money: Hard to KillMovie · 2012
  3. Easy Money III: Life DeluxeMovie · 2013

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Genres
drama, thriller, crime
Directed by
Daniel Espinosa
Written by
Daniel Espinosa, Fredrik Wikström, Hassan Loo Sattarvandi, Maria Karlsson
Starring
Joel Kinnaman, Matias Varela, Dragomir Mrsic, Lisa Henni, Mahmut Suvakci, Dejan Čukić, Fares Fares, Joel Spira
Music
Jon Ekstrand
Cinematography
Aril Wretblad
Runtime
124 min
Country
Denmark, Sweden, Germany
Languages
English, Swedish

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