Shot caller

Author

Ric Roman Waugh

Call Number

• DVD DRAMA (CEN, EAS)

Languages

In English, with optional Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Omari Hardwick, Lake Bell, Jon Bernthal, Emory Cohen, Jeffrey Donovan, Evan Jones, Benjamin Bratt, Holt McCallany, Jessy Schram, Max Greenfield.

Publication Information

Santa Monica, California : Lionsgate, 2017.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 121 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: R; strong bloody violence, pervasive language, some drug use and brief nudity.

Summary

SHOT CALLER follows the harrowing, often heartrending journey of successful businessman Jacob Harlon who is transformed into Money--a stoic, ruthless prison gangster--after a DUI sends him down the rabbit hole of the American prison system. As he navigates the brutality of his new home, adapting to its violent codes of ethics and rites of passage that will ensure his survival, he slowly loses his previous identity and his relationship to his former life, including his wife and son. The grip of his new family, the prison gang, extends beyond the prison walls. Upon his release, chased by law enforcement and threatened by his incarcerated ''protectors,'' Money must orchestrate one last dangerous crime. All is not what it seems. The ruthless process of fulfilling his obligations also becomes his path to sacrifice, retribution, and self-definition.

Notes

Title from container.

DVD release of the 2017 motion picture.

Special features: "Inside job" featurette ; filmmaker commentary.