Good policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks, how does a "good" policeman survive?
Writer-director Gerard Johnson and chameleon-like star Ferdinando continue to impress with their strong collaboration here.
Scratchy and savage, Hyena is long on squalor and short on polish, but made with genuine conviction.
Intoxicating, ferocious, and righteously disturbing but also frustrating, uneven and clichéd.
Verdict: Grisly crime thriller.
Gerard Johnson’s film is a flawed but powerful and, at times, unwatchably violent thriller about corrupt drug-squad officers.
Gerard Johnson takes corruption and sleaziness to a truly epic level.
Needless to say, he soon finds his world imploding, something Johnson enhances with startling flourishes that marry sound, music and visuals with feverish intensity.
It’s well performed and seedily atmospheric but there’s no one to root for and the story, like the characters, becomes a bit hysterical.
This stylishly shot tale of corrupt cops and human trafficking can’t quite break free of the cliches.
Bad boys: Hyena filmmakers talk dirty cops
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