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Destroyer (2018)

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A police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.

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  • Sebastian Stan at an event for Destroyer (2018)
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Awards

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe.

Another 3 wins & 18 nominations.

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26 December 2018 | PotassiumMan
7
| Grimly intriguing, slightly overlong revenge saga
Nicole Kidman is the epicenter of this bleak crime thriller in which a veteran LAPD officer confronts her long-ago past in which she was part of an undercover operation aimed at a vicious gang of bank robbers. Here, she gives one of her best performances ever.

Kidman's disheveled look in this film is meant to reflect years of anguish and burn-out, in short the psychological toll of her job. An absolutely desolute view of Los Angeles is seen through her exhausted, but still enraged eyes. Another plot layer deals with her challenging relationship with her teenage daughter who has gone astray. Those around Kidman's character rarely see things her way, but that's because she has a past of her own to resolve.

Recommended as slow-burn material that gradually earns one's respect, even though I think a better editor would have made this a tighter film.

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Nicole Kidman stated that she got the flu during filming, but powered through and tried to use it in her performance. For the final scene in the movie with her character's daughter, Kidman said she was so sick while filming she could "barely stand."

Quotes

Erin Bell: Nice ass.
Chris: It's all yours.

Goofs

When Bell changes the magazine of her HK MP5 during the firefight in the bank, the sub-machine gun's safety is set to S (Sicher = Safe). During magazine changes (especially under fire) you leave it at the setting that you had: E (Einzelfeuer = Single Shot) or F (Feuerstoss = Full Automatic).

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Dragonaut
Written by Al Cisneros, Chris Hakius, Matt Pike
Performed by Sleep
Published by Earache Songs
Courtesy of Earache Records

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Plot Summary

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Genres

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Details

Release Date:

27 December 2018

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$9,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$55,347 30 December 2018

Gross USA:

$1,533,324

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$5,580,940

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