Review: Dragged Across Concrete

Henry Johns (Tory Kittles) is fresh out of prison and looking for a way to make a little money. Old friend Biscuit (Michael Jai White) just might have the job for him, but it doesn’t take long for the pair to realise they’re getting in over their head - working with a couple of stone cold killers who never take their masks off tends to give that impression. Meanwhile, old-fashioned hard-nosed cops Brett Ridgeman (Mel Gibson) and Anthony Lurasetti (Vince Vaughn) have been caught on camera handing out some street justice and are facing suspension – something neither of them can afford. So now they're looking for a way to make a little money on the side too. This is not good news for anybody. Writer-director S. Craig Zahler ( Bone Tomahawk , Brawl in Cell Block 99 ) tells a sprawling (it’s over two and a half hours) crime saga where the sprawl is much of the point: just spending time with these dubious characters is much of the appeal of this film, though when the plot does kick in it...