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Critic Tim Robey
rated 8

...a sharp, cunning crime thriller.

Read full review at The Telegraph
Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 6

...a gritty crime drama that drips with menace.

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Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 6

...a gritty crime drama that drips with menace.

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Critic Jeffrey M. Anderson
rated 6

...[Kinnaman] carries it with his appealing, commanding performance.

Read full review at Common Sense Media
Critic Frederik Hoff
rated 5

...en stærk spændingsfilm...

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Critic Alexander Grevy
rated 5

Kinnaman skinner i rollen som Kaslow...

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Critic Alexander Grevy
rated 5

Kinnaman skinner i rollen som Kaslow...

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Critic Alexander Kardelo
rated 6

...kul att se tack vare sin svenska touch, täta intriger och Joel Kinnaman.

Read full review at Moviezine

Cast & Crew

Anissa Bonnefont
As Nina's Mom
Clive Owen
As Montgomery
Rosamund Pike
As Wilcox
Matthew Marsh
As Warden Leinart

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The Informer is a crime thriller movie that follows the story of Peter Koslow, a former convict who is forced to return to prison and infiltrate the Polish mafia to take down its leader, Ryszard "The General" Klimek. Koslow is an FBI informant who has been working undercover for several years, but when his cohort Staszek kill an undercover police officer, he is abandoned by his handlers and told to return to prison to run the drug trade on the General's behalf. Koslow agrees after his wife and daughter are threatened, but things become complicated when he starts working with corrupt prison officer Slewitt and Smiley Phelps, the boss of the prison gang. As Koslow tries to take down the General and protect his family, he faces numerous obstacles and betrayals from both inside and outside the prison walls. Wilcox, his FBI handler, is ordered by Montgomery to "burn" Koslow and cover up the FBI's involvement in the operation that led to the murder of the undercover police officer. With no one else to turn to, Koslow calls Sofia, asking her to give Grens, an NYPD detective investigating the murder of undercover police officer ,the secret audio recordings he taped while speaking with Wilcox. In a desperate attempt escape from danger looming at every corner., Koslow takes Slewitt hostage . At The Prison , Montgomery has taken command fof tha hostage situattion . Meanwhile , wilcox confronts sofia nd takes possession f tha tapes . In A bold move , kosllow switches outfits wth slewit nd stratregically placesa propane tank behin them causing a sniper o mistakeally kill slewit.. In The End , kosllow escapes frm prisn wth newfound hpoe afdnerstanding fpr hi s family ad th stabilishing new safety protocols fr iyself . The movie features Joel Kinnaman as Peter Koslow alongside Rosamund Pike as Erica Wilcox Special Agent., Common as Edward Grens NYPD Detective., Clive Owen as Keith Montgomery FBI Agent., Ana de Armas Sofia Klimek ,Eugene Lipinski Ryszard "The General" Klimek ad Joanna Kaczyńska Beata Klimek.

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