Thriller · Crime
Crisis
Addiction is an industry.
Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., an architect recovering from an OxyContin addiction tracks down the truth behind her son's involvement with narcotics, and a university professor battles unexpected revelations about his research employer, a drug company with deep government influence bringing a new "non-addictive" painkiller to market.
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Gary Oldman
Dr. Tyrone Brower
Armie Hammer
Jake Kelly
Evangeline Lilly
Claire Reimann
Greg Kinnear
Dean Talbot
Michelle Rodriguez
Supervisor Garrett
Luke Evans
Dr. Bill Simons
Lily-Rose Depp
Emmie Kelly
Guy Nadon
Mother
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Burn Later Productions
Construction Film
Paradise City FilmsReviews
Vanessa Stewart
9/30/2026
Crisis (2021) follows three people caught in the opioid epidemic: a federal agent chasing a heavy-handed drug smuggler, a mother with her own history of substance abuse trying to find out what happened to her son, and a scientist who realises a new drug isn't as safe as its makers claim. The three stories twist into one by the end. Critics came down hard on it, but I found it more honest than the usual lone-hero-beats-big-pharma thriller. It isn't hard-hitting, it offers little hope, and it wastes Indira Varma, but the casting suits the bleak setting, and it's predictable without ever being boring. 3.5/5.
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