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In the early 90s, a discharged police officer, played by Olaf Lubaszenko, is given a chance to reclaim his former life in exchange for capturing a group responsible for an attack on the bank. With a young policewoman assigned to the case, the detective must act quickly -- media attention on the robbery is unwelcomed by new authorities.
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Giuseppe Sedia Kino Mania Jan 21
3/5
As a cinematic ode to the Nineties in Poland, this well-packed thriller must be certainly appealing also to the streaming generations that did not live those days. It would hold its own even in a movie theatre. Go to Full Review
John Serba Decider 11/20/2024
The unorthodox, low-key approach to the material might not work for everyone, but Justice offers enough dramatic potency and observational acumen to satisfy those who get to its final scenes. Go to Full Review
Andrea Beach Common Sense Media 10/25/2024
Fans of police procedurals will find a lot of meat and potatoes to chew on with this gritty, compelling Polish crime drama. Go to Full Review
Juan Pablo Russo EscribiendoCine 10/19/2024
6/10
Gazda creates an atmosphere of sustained tension, with a direction that avoids excess and a rhythm that pulls you into Gadacz's inner conflict. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Pramit Chatterjee Digital Mafia Talkies 10/16/2024
3/5
Justice is a painfully basic crime thriller. Go to Full Review
Daniel Hart Ready Steady Cut 10/16/2024
4.5/5
This is a serious, well-weaved Polish crime thriller with a clear vision. Go to Full Review
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drhabiba k Jul 8 Really good movie. Enjoyed it. Very good acting See more Gabriel S Jun 10 Justice, AKA Napad, from Michal Gazda, is a slow-driven thriller and drama story about the battle of wills between a senior detective from the Communist Era and a young man who would do anything to get his life together. It is a solid story about the effects of trauma on younglings, trauma on the elderlies, and the aftermath of Communism in Eastern Europe, all in beautiful white Poland. The story follows Tadeusz Gadacz, a former Polish Secret Services agent that gets a final chance to redeem himself by solving the hit and run robbery of a Polish bank that is at the eye of the Government to try to move Poland forward economically. To crack the case, Tadeusz must buddy cop with Aleksandra Janicka, a rookie trying to do what is right. Napad follows classic buddie cop dynamics: one is senior, the other is newbie, one would do anything, the other wants to do what is right. Overall, Napad is entertaining mainly for its seriousness, the tone really giving characters that breadth of reality in the freezing cold, brutalism Polish landscape. But some traits are off. For starters, the movie fails to develop enough the main characters. We get our fair share of dialogue exposition, but all of them clearly have solid backstories that we get to only imagine, thus weakening the power of this movie's ending. Another pet peeve is the lack of better buddy cop interaction. Tadeusz likes to work alone, but Aleksandra seems to never try to take matters into her own terms, so we never really see her growing. The movie is really interested on showing the battle of wills between Tadeusz and the antagonist, which is solid, but some of the secondary characters feel almost dismissible because of this focus. Nonetheless, Napad delivers an above-average crime drama, one that should hook serious watchers for a good treat. It might fail a bit on character development, but the sum of all elements culminates in a film that is somewhat a nice hidden gem. See more Adam W Feb 2 Very realistic. Very good acting. Not extremally fascinating but interesting script without idiotic events like in typical Hollywood movie. See more Carlos T Jan 4 Filme: Assalto Brutal Assistido: 04-01-25 Elenco: @lubaszenkoo @jedzejhycnar @magda_boczarska @rogucki_rogucki @kazik_mazur Modelo: #policial #suspense Duração: 1h 53m Ano: 2024 Minha opinião: Um filme polonês, ao estilo europeu, traz este filme policial. Que depois de um assalto a um banco, houve a morte de 4 pessoas. E para solucionar o caso é chamado Tadeus(Olaf) um ex-agente comunista, mas eficiente. Onde tem um faro impecável para descobrir a mentira. E logo descobre que Kacper (Jedrzej) um vigia que no dia do assalto havia trocado de lugar com um companheiro. E interroga outro companheiro Piotr e Sirocki. E assim desconfia que os 3 estão envolvidos. Com isso Tadeus começa a armar arapuca para pega-los. E a pressão exercida faz com que Piort queira confessar, Kacper o elimina e também Sirocki. Então Kacper tem um total de 6 assassinatos, mas é totalmente fanático pela irmã. Que no final quando se descobre a verdade e morto no final. E assim termina. O filme não esconde quem são os assaltantes, mas trabalha com atuações dos atores muito bem. Ressalva para Olaf e Jedzej. Roteiro e enredo bom para um filme classe C. Vale apena assistir? Senão tiver outra alternativa. Nota: Classe C 8, Classe A 5 See more Nicolette M 10/20/2024 Thoroughly enjoyed. They can definitely pursue a second movie or a series with the two detectives as partners. An authentic vibe between them that comes across well. The scriptwriters must just get the cases as interesting as this one. Cinematography and depicting Poland was also great. See more Alain E @AlainE 10/20/2024 A serviceable police procedural from post communism Poland. As required, no character has a working family life. The hero is a police officer who has been forced into retirement due to his association with the Party. Apparently he is the only one with experience to work on a recent bloody bank robbery. Estranged from his family he is now peddling kitschy lawn ornaments. He is paired with a younger divorced female officer. On the plus side, we don’t have an improbable on the job hookup. Kind like an overweight Philip Marlowe, minus the cigarettes and the booze, he is able to figure out what happened. The end is a little weak. A seasoned policeman would have checked for weapons a criminal responsible for multiple murders, before allowing him to exit a building alone. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis In the early 90s, a discharged police officer, played by Olaf Lubaszenko, is given a chance to reclaim his former life in exchange for capturing a group responsible for an attack on the bank. With a young policewoman assigned to the case, the detective must act quickly -- media attention on the robbery is unwelcomed by new authorities.
Director
Michał Gazda, Michal Gazda
Producer
Magdalena Szwedkowicz
Screenwriter
Bartosz Staszczyszyn, Dana Łukasińska
Distributor
Netflix
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
Polish
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 16, 2024
Runtime
1h 53m
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