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Rating: R
Stars: Russell Crowe, Luke Evans, Teresa Palmer, Danny Zovatto, Josh McConville, Ever Love Hope, Nina Dobrev, Aaron Paul, Benedict Hardie
Writers: Derrick Borte & Daniel Forte, based on the novel STRIP by Thomas Perry
Director: Derrick Borte
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment
Release Date: June 26, 2026

THE GET OUT (not to be confused with Jordan Peele’s 2017 GET OUT) is based on STRIP, a novel by the late Edgar Award-winning mystery/thriller writer Thomas Perry. Without having read the source material, it’s hard to say how faithful the adaptation by director Derrick Borte & his co-scenarist Daniel Forte is, but the movie plays like something that might have come from Elmore Leonard.

The filmmakers handily capture that lethal-but-light tone we associate with Leonard’s colorful, complicated crime stories.

Club owner/discreet gangster Manco Kapak (Russell Crowe) introduces himself to us in voiceover. Manco is Albanian, but he’s been in U.S. for over 20 years. The Los Angeles nightclub he runs, aided by assistant Spene (Benedict Hardie), used to be a strip joint. Now it’s a popular high-end spot, which is also a front where Manco launders money for a Tijuana cartel, represented by Rodriguez (Danny Zovatto).

The lifestyle has its stressors, but all seems to be going reasonably well. Then, while having enthusiastic sex with his younger girlfriend Sunny (Teresa Palmer), Manco has a cardiac incident that lands him in the hospital.

The doctor has a stern warning for Manco. Sunny is honestly concerned. She thinks Joe should retire and the two of them should move to somewhere like Thailand.

Surprisingly, Manko thinks Sunny may be right. He has a potential buyer for the club, eccentric New Jersey transplant Joe Carver (Luke Evans).

One night, while Manco is still contemplating the sale, he gets robbed as he’s making the nightly cash drop for the cartel at the bank. The robber is clearly nervous, but he’s armed. Manco makes up the financial shortage to the cartel with his own money, but Rodriguez is worried about this sudden vulnerability.

The situation grows complicated, encompassing a depressed college teacher (Aaron Paul), a bank teller (Nina Dobrev) obsessed with the original 1991 POINT BREAK, an LAPD detective (Josh McConville) and more.

Once we come to terms with Crowe’s Albanian accent, Manco is agreeable enough company. Unlike a lot of genre club owners, he acts like a responsible businessman, is affectionate with the loyal Sunny, considerate with his workers, and slow to violence – although of course he’s good at it when it’s required. Crowe keeps him twinkly and warm and thoughtful enough for us to believe Manco knows what he’s doing.

The rest of the cast are game and on point. Paul stands out as the man who knows he’s in way over his head. Evans is fun and appears to be having a blast, especially in a karaoke sequence, and Dobrev is appropriately lively.

The filmmakers keep everything moving at a brisk pace, even though there aren’t too many big action set pieces. THE GET OUT was shot primarily in Queensland, but thanks to some well-chosen suburban Los Angeles exteriors, we’d never know it but for the closing credits.

THE GET OUT doesn’t try to be definitive, but it’s diverting and holds our curiosity as to how all its puzzle pieces will fit together or blow apart.

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