The Bookie & the Bruiser

A slow-burning, tense crime drama with dark undertones and a gritty period atmosphere.

Directed by

S. Craig Zahler

Genres

Crime, Thriller, Drama

Starring

Vince Vaughn, Theo James, Fred Melamed

Overview

In 1959 New York, a pensive Jewish fellow named Rivner befriends an oversized Italian-American tough named Boscolo from the Lower East Side. Both men served overseas during WWII and returned changed, no longer fitting inside the lives they'd left behind. Uninterested in taking orders from bosses or playing by the rules of polite society, the two friends partner up as a bookmaker and an enforcer and create an illicit gambling operation that proves to be very profitable, though risky, and their situation gets rather sticky when they find themselves stuck between a powerful Irish gang and the Mafia.

How it feels

Dark, tense, melancholic and cynical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Crime, survival, friendship, betrayal

Content

Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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