![]() ![]() The money is too big a temptation for all involved including Cassi’s jaded colleague Dan (Bill Skarsgård) who wants a piece of the action.Īdapted for the screen by David Matthews and the film’s director Chase Palmer, “Naked Singularity” as is, would work fine as a heist film disregarding the insane charm behind De La Pava’s surreal novel. She walks free, they score a major bust while keeping $50 million worth of drugs off the streets, and Casi sees a little justice for one of his clients. However, the drugs worth millions belong to the Mexican Cartel so there’s a lot of double-crossing about to go down and Lea is smack dab in the middle of it all.įollowing Casi’s advice, she works out a plea deal with the NYPD detectives, offering to lead them to Craig who can lead them to the crime bosses involved with the heroin transaction. Small-time thief Craig (Ed Skrein) - and Lea’s recent Tinder date - is to blame for getting her mixed up in the criminal underground with a tempting $100,000 offer for lifting the drug sample which he was going to use to reel in a big fish, The Golem (Kyle Mooney), a mob boss who leads the Hasidic Jew crime syndicate in Brooklyn. To make matters worse, Judge Cymbeline (Lavin) had had it with Casi’s outcries for fair treatment as she hands down punishments too harsh for the petty crimes, so she threatens to have him disbarred.Įnter Lea (Cooke), who now finds herself in need of Casi’s help after being busted with a sample of heroin she snagged from a Navigator in the NYPD impound lot where she works as a clerk. As a Manhattan public defender, he’s taxed with a monumental job, using limited resources to represent the many who usually fall through the cracks. He believes in the justice system, but it’s failing his clients more and more every day. The varied themes and surrealistic tone get lost in the shuffle in what becomes an average heist film.Ĭasi (Boyega) can’t catch a break. ![]() ![]() Adapting Sergio De La Pava’s award-winning novel is an ambitious undertaking that doesn’t translate well in cinema form. His life is turned upside down by a PD impound lot clerk (Olivia Cooke), a stash of stolen heroin, an unethical colleague (Bill Skarsgård), Jewish gangsters, and his brainiac neighbor (Tim Blake Nelson) who warns of a looming cataclysmic event. John Boyega plays a New York City public defender who is one step away from getting disbarred, thanks to a hard-nosed judge played by the wonderful Linda Lavin. The concept, cast, and creativity behind “Naked Singularity” is notable. ![]()
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