Michael Shannon is one of the most under rated actors of our time. The rest of the cast is superlative. The plot, action, and suspense is well paced without being predictable. The story drives home the love between the father and son characters and what the dad will do to at all costs to protect his son.
A glimpse of the whaling industry with parallels to the present. Class struggles between two men, the decimation of aquatic species not seen before, all wrapped in tragic circumstances. An inspiration for a writer whose work was appreciated after his death.
A series of extraordinary events leads the main character into a whirlwind of government and cartel violence and deception causing her to question the professional life she has chosen, and ultimately threatens her own life.
A troubled ex-cop turned private investigator . A drug dealers wife murdered. Sadistic psychopathic killers. And a homeless boy. All combine in a taught modern police procedural.