Crisis is a political crime thriller, written and directed by Nicholas Jarecki (
Arbitrage). Its three interconnected segments deal with the legal and illegal drug business. One of the narrative strands is particularly hard-hitting and compelling, pointing to the profiteering and homicidal activities of the giant pharmaceutical companies.
The movie was the highest-grossing independent film at the US box office on its opening weekend and became the highest-grossing film playing in limited release.
Crisis opens with the arrest of a young drug runner illegally crossing the US-Canada border south of Montreal. The episode links to Armenian drug dealers against whom Detroit-based Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) undercover agent Jake Kelly (Armie Hammer) is running a narcotics sting operation. His target is drug lord Claude “Mother” Veroche (Guy Nadon), a major fentanyl distributor and cross-border operator.
Crisis Director Nicholas Jarecki Opens Up About His Opioid Thriller
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The opioid crisis continues to be a lethal epidemic around the world, with the drug war taking countless unnecessary lives year after year. Nicholas Jarecki, the director of Arbitrage, tackles the subject head-on with his new film,
Crisis, which is now available on DVD and Digital HD. The movie takes a look at many of the different and complicated sides of the opioid crisis, meshing together multiple narratives that deal with addicts, police, scientists, drug companies, crime organizations, and the FDA.
Crisis follows three main stories: A police officer who is deep undercover with a criminal organization as he tries to stop the influx of opioids in America (all while dealing with addiction in his own family), a scientist who discovers the horrifying dangers of a new drug, and a recovering addict who loses her only son as a result of the ongoing war.
Sandra Hall | The Sydney Morning Herald
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