Asphalt City (2024) Reviews & Ratings

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Asphalt City reviews

Asphalt City holds a 6.2/10 average from 236 TMDB ratings.

INT. SEAN PENN AND THE MEDICAL MEN - DAY Truly a 'Midnight Movie' yet, was in competition at Cannes 76! Have your expectation set now, the drunker you are the better this will be! Can’t wait for the sequel: Fruit Flies FADE OUT.
— Lachlan Thiele (4/10)

Director Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire thoroughly succeeds at creating a bleak atmosphere of despair in “Asphalt City,” a dark, challenging project that is going to be a tough watch for many viewers. Based on the 2008 novel “Black Flies” by Shannon Burke, the film delves into the gritty reality of New York City as seen and experienced through the eyes of paramedics navigating the chaos and violence that beats beneath the u…
— Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots (6/10)

A young paramedic is paired with a seasoned partner on the night shift in New York revealing a city in crisis. Discovering the chaos firsthand, he is tested with the ethical ambiguity that can be the difference between life and death.

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