Crypto (2019)

Demoted back to his hometown. A young Wall Street banker is drawn into investigating a tangled web of corruption and fraud in Upstate New York. Affecting both his personal life and business career.

Director:

John Stalberg Jr.

Writers:

Carlyle Eubank, David Frigerio

Stars:

Cat Alter, Annalé, Alexis Bledel

Cast

Credited cast:
Cat Alter	...	Amy
Annalé	...	Cindy
Alexis Bledel	...	Katie
Sean Cullen	...	Bernard
Eric Davis	...	Board Member
Jennifer Delora	...	Karaoke Singer
Marsha Dietlein	...	Janice
Gabe Fazio	...	Peter
Rockie Frigerio	...	Molly
Jeremie Harris	...	Earl
Luke Hemsworth	...	Caleb
Jill Hennessy	...	Robin
Vincent Kartheiser	...	Ted
Beau Knapp	...	Martin
Richard Lounello	...	Agent Dixon

Storyline

Demoted back to his hometown. A young Wall Street banker is drawn into investigating a tangled web of corruption and fraud in Upstate New York. Affecting both his personal life and business career.

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Plot Keywords:

corruption | cryptocurrency | wall street | new york | money laundering | 

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Taglines:

Fear is the Ultimate Currency

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language throughout, some violence, sexuality and drug use

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 April 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Crypto

Company Credits

Production Co:

Yale Productions, BondIt Media Capital, Dynasty Pictures (II)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Three writers, and you'd think at least one would get it right

I get that all three writers are amateurs, but didn't the producers at least pick up on the need for a fine tune/re-write of this convoluted mess of a script?

There's little story that actually makes any sense amongst a ton of buzz words no one will understand in the entire 105 mins of this film, and for that length of time, certainly some unnecessary scenes could've been omitted and others (including the buzz word scenes) elaborated upon. It was never made clear what Martins full duty was, or why he left the big city head office, and so on. It's as if a 5+ hour decent screenplay was shredded, and random pieces put together to total the final runtime. I could go on and on, but it's such a shame no one invested in a seasoned screenwriter to at least fine tune the script, as this production had many decent values to it. The pacing was also slow for my liking, and this film needed to be trimmed down to 90 mins (with a proper script) or played back at 1.2x speed.

The directing/camera work was well executed. The acting by all leads was spot on and convincing, but casting Beau Knapp as Martin was another big mistake. He didn't suit that role/character, and his acting was way too bland. He'd been better off being cast as one of the thugs, instead of pretty much sleeping in his suit trying to act like a white collar exec.

The score was too outstanding for this film... I mean top notch, and created some great tension and suspense, but seemed overbearing next to the convoluted plot.

Aside from that, unless you have any idea about crypto currency and forensic accounting (luckily I do, and I was still confused), you'll lose interest in this film pretty fast.

Really too bad considering everything else was done really well. Sadly, it's only a generous 6/10 from me.