Film

25th Hour 2002

Directed by Spike Lee

  • Crime, Drama
  • 135 min
  • R

Can you change your whole life in one day?

On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.

CrimeDramadrug dealernew york cityfriendshipdreamsdistrustbased on novel or bookbratva (russian mafia)paranoiasadnessirish-americannightclubamerican dream

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Earnest, grave, contemporary and contemplative.

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  • gravecomic
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  • contemplativerelentless
  • character-ledplot-driven

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