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King of Dope

2026 · 117 min

A slick, high-energy rise-and-fall crime story that keeps you tense with its mix of glamour, danger, and moral ambiguity.

Directed by
Pat Howl
Genres
Thriller, Crime
Overview
Dawid is an ordinary boy who builds a legal drug empire and becomes an overnight millionaire. Sudden fame, beautiful women, fast cars, endless partying, confrontations with gangsters, and dealings at the highest levels of power—this is his new world, where the line between legal and illegal is as thin as the line in a mirror. When an ethical cop arrives, everything is at stake. Will Dawid be able to stop him before it's too late? Will love save him from ultimate collapse?

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Directed by
Pat Howl
Genres
Thriller, Crime
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 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
  • corruption
  • power
  • greed
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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