Gun City (2018)

In 1921 a tough cop is sent from Madrid to Barcelona to locate stolen military weaponry.

Director:

Dani de la Torre

Writer:

Patxi Amezcua

Stars:

Luis Tosar, Michelle Jenner, Vicente Romero

13 wins & 14 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Luis Tosar	...	Aníbal Uriarte
Michelle Jenner	...	Sara
Vicente Romero	...	Inspector Rediú
Manolo Solo	...	El Barón
Paco Tous	...	Salvador Ortiz
Jaime Lorente	...	León
Pep Tosar	...	Comisario Verdaguer
Ernesto Alterio	...	Tísico
Adriana Torrebejano	...	Lola
José Manuel Poga	...	Mallorquín
Fredi Leis	...	Beltrán
William Miller	...	García Serrano
Albert Pérez	...	Manco
Ricardo de Barreiro	...	Jefe de Turno
Paula del Río	...	Elisa

Storyline

In the hard and convulsive times of the Spain of 1921, Aníbal Uriarte is a veteran soldier of the Morocco War reconverted as cop who is sent by his superior from Spain's capital Madrid to Barcelona (Catalonia, north-east to Spain) in order to locate an important amount of military weaponry from a train, stolen apparently by revolutionary anarchists. To his arrival to the city Uriarte meets Inspector Rediú, a corrupt officer together other cops as the violent Tísico and young Beltrán, and El Barón, owner of the famous cabaret Edén where he exploits to his dancers as Lola, filming in addition adult movies implying minors and lesbian women only for the high society's eyes. At the same time Salvador Ortiz is the leader of a peaceful riot in an important company of the city, in the fight by the workers' rights, and Salvador's daughter and telephone operator Sara leads her own revolution to defend women's rights. Learning quickly to move in a sea of conspirators, corrupts and traitors, ...

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Plot Keywords:

1920s | cabaret | homosexuality | corruption | corrupt cop | 

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Genres:

Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

Spain France

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

11 October 2018 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Gun City

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Atresmedia Cine, Atresmedia, Axencia Galega das Industrias Culturais (AGADIC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

126 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Paco Tous and Jaime Lorente work together, as father and son, in La Casa de Papel. Moscow and Denver was their chatacter's nicknames.

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Goofs

Salvador Ortiz, the leader of the anarchist strikers, tells the boss Don Emilio that the strikes will end when the workers are no longer forced to work over 10 hours. The eight-hours-working day though was a result of the Huelga de La Canadiense, a strike lead by CNT, in 1919 in Barcelona and came into action by a government decree. The movie is set in 1921.

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Connections

Featured in Premios Goya 33 edición (2019)

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Soundtracks

Hasta el último suspiro
Performed by Ainhoa Arteta

User Reviews

Not bad but not a gem.

Since I live in Spain I've been watching more and more Spanish movies and there are some really good movies made here. La Sombra De La Ley falls just under that category. Luis Tosar is an actor I recognize now as he's been in a couple good movies. La Sombra De La Ley (I have no clue why they translate this as Gun City) is probably not the best movie where Luis Tosar plays in but it's worth watching. To me it was just a bit too long and sometimes a bit confusing as well so more than a six star rating it won't get from me. The acting, directing were all positive, the plot just not perfect.