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Topic: crime thrillers

Matt Damon as Lieutenant Dane Dumars and Ben Affleck as Det Sergeant J.D. Byrne in "The Rip" (Warrick Page/Netflix)

"The Rip" is a new low for mindlessness

Coleman Spilde
"In Order of Disappearance" (Trust Nordisk)

A thriller cooler than "Fargo"

Andrew O'Hehir
Dan Hedaya and M. Emmet Walsh in "Blood Simple" (Circle Films)

Secrets of "Blood Simple"

Andrew O'Hehir
(Adopt Films)

A dazzling one-shot thriller

Andrew O'Hehir
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(Lionsgate)

The dark allure of "Sicario"

Andrew O'Hehir
Gary Oldman and Tom Hardy in "Child 44" (Summit Entertainment)

Putin hates this film

Andrew O'Hehir
Alia Shawkat and Sophia Takal in "Wild Canaries"

Screwball fun vs. grim realism

Andrew O'Hehir

India's explosive crime epic

Andrew O'Hehir
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Mark Wahlberg and John Goodman in "The Gambler" (Paramount Pictures)

Mark Wahlberg on Camus

Andrew O'Hehir
(Starz Digital Media)

A twisty Texas teen thriller

Andrew O'Hehir
Denzel Washington in "The Equalizer" (Sony Pictures)

Denzel saves American manhood

Andrew O'Hehir
James Gandolfini and Tom Hardy in "The Drop"

A masterful Brooklyn nightmare

Andrew O'Hehir
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Don Johnson (Reuters/Andrew Kelly)

Don Johnson on fame and dreams

Andrew O'Hehir
Hwang Jun-min in "New World"

A killer, bloody mob thriller

Andrew O'Hehir
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