![]() Slick casino boss Rubino has a fascinating rapport with gangste Novak, who's calm yet volatile (with a mysterious, hideous scar on his neck). Then the characters are introduced, each shabby or beaten up or full of a kind of life experience that makes them very interesting.įoxx's cop must deal with his ex-wife ( Gabrielle Union) in matters of their son, as well as a constantly bleeding stab wound. A remake of the 2011 French movie Nuit Blanche, Sleepless (the title doesn't seem to relate to anything) starts with a bang on the streets of Las Vegas, using the nighttime lights and daytime shabbiness for good effect. Though it suffers from minor plot inconsistencies and some shaky camerawork, this thriller offers a fun, entertaining, "B"-level story the terrific characters help fill in the blanks. ![]() ![]() To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails. Bottom line? This isn't anything particularly original or special, but the characters are interesting, and it offers some fun for older teens and up. There's some social drinking and other drug references, but sex isn't an issue other than the appearance of scantily clad women at spas and clubs and some brief innuendo. Characters use extremely salty language constantly, including "f-k," "s-t," and the occasional use of the "N" word and "ass." The bad guys are drug dealers, and everyone in the story is after a 25-kilo package of cocaine, which is shown in several scenes (but no drugs are used). In one scene, a man is tortured with a pitching machine in a batting cage. The violence is quite strong, with plenty of guns and shooting, punching and fighting, stabbing, blood spurts and blood puddles, car crashes, and characters dying. Parents need to know that Sleepless is an action thriller about undercover cops, drug dealers, and internal affairs. ![]()
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