Asphalt City
Seen it?2024 | 120 min | Thriller, Drama
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office flop and middling reviews (46% on Rotten Tomatoes), it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Layer Cake or The Talented Mr. Ripley, start here.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr.
- What might put you off
- Nothing much for most grown-ups.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
46% on Rotten Tomatoes, 47 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.2 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$488K worldwide
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 99K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
- 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