Shot Caller

In "Shot Caller" (2017), a freshly paroled ex-con finds himself coerced by his gang's leadership into orchestrating a violent crime alongside a ruthless rival faction in the streets of Southern California. The film charts the protagonist's descent into a world of escalating violence and moral compromise, where loyalty to the gang's code supersedes personal redemption. Director Ric Roman Waugh crafts a tense, atmospheric portrait of the criminal underworld, where the lines between victim and perpetrator blur, and the price of loyalty is steep.