Trouble Is My Business

Trouble Is My Business

Passion, Murder, and Betrayal. Just Another Day at the Office.

Directed by Tom Konkle

Produced by Lumen Actus, The Orchard

2018116 min4.7 / 10

A stylized neo-noir detective story built on classic pulp tropes—a fallen gumshoe, a femme fatale, corruption, and murder—told with deliberate homage to 1940s film noir conventions.

Private eye Roland Drake cracks cases and romances femme fatales in 1940's Los Angeles while corrupt cop Det Barry Tate rules the city. A tale told in the classic style of film noir. Drake has fallen on hard times in a harsh world. He has been evicted from his office and disgraced by a missing persons case. Ruined in the public eye and with the police. it seems like it's all over for Roland Drake. Then, redemption walks in - with curves. The owner of those curves is a sexy, dark haired beauty named Katherine Montemar. She wants his help. The chemistry is immediate and her concern for the disappearance of her family members pulls him into her case - and into bed.

Questions people ask

  • Is Trouble Is My Business sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Trouble Is My Business scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Is Trouble Is My Business violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

  • Does Trouble Is My Business end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Trouble Is My Business easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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16/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity68

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise3

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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