Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan perform just excellently in this one (the rest of the cast is rock solid too). Asphalt City delivers good old storytelling, with characters we learn to care about. A dark and gritty tale about some paramedics lost in the maze of a mad gone city, with only a bit of sugar-coating in the end. Production and camera work are fine, acting too. For sure, this is not your usual Netflixed-marvelesque generic popcorn cinema to numb and stun your brain cells, but an well written classic drama with some strong and sometimes even intense scenes. No doubt, not a feel-good movie, but if you know how to enjoy movies like (just a few that came up in my mind quickly) Barfly or The Wrestler (both Mickey Rourke), Monster (Charlize Theron), Destroyer (Nicole Kidman), and the like, you will get two fine but dark hours.
Review of Asphalt City
