Overview

• Set in 1998, the film blends a crime-heist plot with dark humor to evoke a specific slice of New York in the late 1990s.
• Austin Butler plays Hank Thompson, a onetime baseball prospect turned bartender who is pulled into a dangerous criminal world.
• The ensemble includes Zoë Kravitz, Regina King, Matt Smith, Bad Bunny, Liev Schreiber and Vincent D’Onofrio.
• Darren Aronofsky adapts Charlie Huston’s 2004 novel with period signposts such as the Twin Towers, Kim’s Video, Shea Stadium and Alphabet City bars.
• A Columbia Pictures release rated R with a 107-minute runtime, the film earns three out of four stars, with the review calling Butler’s performance a standout.