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INT. SEAN PENN AND THE MEDICAL MEN - DAY
Truly a 'Midnight Movie' yet, was in competition at Cannes 76! Have your expectation set now, the drunker you are the better this will be!
Cant wait for the sequel: Fruit Flies
FADE OUT.
Asphalt City
- Thriller
- Drama
3/28/2024
120
R
Welcome to the frontlines.
A young paramedic is paired with a seasoned partner on the night shift in New York revealing a city in crisis. Discovering the chaos firsthand, he is tested with the ethical ambiguity that can be the difference between life and death.
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- $488,002
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Cast
Sean PennGene Rutkovsky- Tye SheridanOllie Cross
- Gbenga AkinnagbeVerdis
Raquel NaveClara- Kali ReisNia
- Michael PittLafontaine
- Katherine WaterstonNancy
- Mike TysonChief Burroughs
- Onie Maceo WatlingtonSylvie
- Alisa MironovaRussian Wife
- Robert OppelShelter Medic
- Donna GlaesenerShelter Nurse
- Decater JamesNYPD Officer
- Charrisse MatthewsShelter Staff
- Kareemeh OdehFemale Employee
- Jagan BadvelIndian Father
Reviews
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Director Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire thoroughly succeeds at creating a bleak atmosphere of despair in Asphalt City, a dark, challenging project that is going to be a tough watch for many viewers. Based on the 2008 novel Black Flies by Shannon Burke, the film delves into the gritty reality of New York City as seen and experienced through the eyes of paramedics navigating the chaos and violence that beats beneath the urban jungles of America.
The film tells the story of a young paramedic named Ollie Cross (Tye Sheridan) who, in preparation for medical school, is assigned to the night shift with seasoned partner Gene Rutkovsky (Sean Penn). Every 911 call reveals a city in crisis as the men put their lives in danger to help others, but the nightl...