You Don’t Want to Let These ‘Sleeping Dogs’ Lie — It’s an Unforgettable Noir Thriller

Sleeping Dogs

Rating: 8/10

Director: Adam Cooper

Writers: Adam Cooper and Bill Collage

Based on: “The Book of Mirrors” by E.O. Chirovici

Style: Action Crime Thriller

Time: 1 hour and 50 minutes

Rating: R

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2S9unF0f-s

Harry Greenwood plays one of the potential suspects.

Review by Mike Szymanski

A noir thriller these days generally consists of stark, dark indy gritty movies with simple, but clever plots, and a big-name star who normally wouldn’t do a film like this.

And that’s what Adam Cooper accomplished in his impressive directorial debut: “Sleeping Dogs” (not to be confused with the video game or “Sleeping Dog” the international Netflix series). He casts Oscar-winner Russell Crowe in an introspective role while he is keeping himself relatively sane by doing puzzles.

And a puzzle this film is, from beginning to end, in a satisfying crime action thriller from writers…