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King Ivory
King Ivory is a 2024 American action thriller film written and directed by John Swab. The film stars James Badge Dale, Ben Foster, Michael Mando, Graham Greene, and Melissa Leo.
The film premiered at the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival in September 2, 2024, and was released on November 14, 2025.
James Badge Dale, Ben Foster, Michael Mando with Graham Greene and Oscar® Winner Melissa Leo (Best Supporting Actress, The Fighter, 2010) star in a gritty action crime thriller about the dangerous underworld of fentanyl cartels in middle America. Work hits too close to home for a drug cop when his son becomes an addict. He makes it his mission to take down those responsible, including the Mexican cartel, Indian Brotherhood War Chief, and the local Irish Mob.
The film was shot in the Tulsa area during the summer of 2023. The production was made on a budget of under $7.5 million. Swab described the film as 'by far the most personal movie' he made.
The film premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, in the "Orizzonti Extra" sidebar. In March 2025, Saban Films and Roadside Attractions acquired North American distribution, while Universal Pictures handled other territories. It was theatrically released on 752 screens in the United States on November 14, 2025.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 72% of 25 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.5/10.
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 60 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.
The Hollywood Reporter's film critic Jordan Mintzer praised the film, describing it as "effective", "hard-nosed" and "above your average drug thriller", and noted "its uncompromisingly bleak view of fentanyl's damaging hold on the U.S. is not necessarily a crowd-pleaser, but it well deserves a look". Rodrigo Perez from The Playlist paired it to Steven Soderbergh's Traffic, and described the film as 'intense and engaging' and 'a terrific surprise'.
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King Ivory
King Ivory is a 2024 American action thriller film written and directed by John Swab. The film stars James Badge Dale, Ben Foster, Michael Mando, Graham Greene, and Melissa Leo.
The film premiered at the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival in September 2, 2024, and was released on November 14, 2025.
James Badge Dale, Ben Foster, Michael Mando with Graham Greene and Oscar® Winner Melissa Leo (Best Supporting Actress, The Fighter, 2010) star in a gritty action crime thriller about the dangerous underworld of fentanyl cartels in middle America. Work hits too close to home for a drug cop when his son becomes an addict. He makes it his mission to take down those responsible, including the Mexican cartel, Indian Brotherhood War Chief, and the local Irish Mob.
The film was shot in the Tulsa area during the summer of 2023. The production was made on a budget of under $7.5 million. Swab described the film as 'by far the most personal movie' he made.
The film premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, in the "Orizzonti Extra" sidebar. In March 2025, Saban Films and Roadside Attractions acquired North American distribution, while Universal Pictures handled other territories. It was theatrically released on 752 screens in the United States on November 14, 2025.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 72% of 25 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.5/10.
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 60 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.
The Hollywood Reporter's film critic Jordan Mintzer praised the film, describing it as "effective", "hard-nosed" and "above your average drug thriller", and noted "its uncompromisingly bleak view of fentanyl's damaging hold on the U.S. is not necessarily a crowd-pleaser, but it well deserves a look". Rodrigo Perez from The Playlist paired it to Steven Soderbergh's Traffic, and described the film as 'intense and engaging' and 'a terrific surprise'.