8 Million Ways to Die
Death comes to all except those who deserve it most.
ThrillerCrimeActionDramaprostituteshowdownbased on novel or bookinvestigationlos angeles, californiaalcoholicprivate detectivewarehouseneo-noir1980salcoholics anonymous
A neo-noir crime thriller about a morally compromised detective spiraling through alcoholism and violence in 1980s Los Angeles, grappling with guilt and self-destruction.
Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his job, as well as his marriage.
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