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King Ivory
Directed by
John Swab
R
2025
2h 10m
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6.2
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6.9
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Based on extensive research involving law enforcement and gang members, a never-before-seen, authentic look inside the underworld of fentanyl trafficking from gangs inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester a.k.a. "Big Mac."
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Cast of King Ivory
Ben Foster
George 'Smiley' Greene
Michael Mando
Ramón Garza
James Badge Dale
Layne West
Graham Greene
Holt
Rory Cochrane
Beatty
Melissa Leo
Ginger Greene
Ritchie Coster
Mickey Greene
George Carroll
Ty
Sam Quartin
Tess West
Nikki Dixon
Frosty
Ben Hall
Cap
Danny Boy O'Connor
Burl
James Whitecloud
Jai
Jasper Jones
Jack West
David De La Barcena
Lago
Orlando Valentino
Nix
Brett Swab
Coach Finch
Clarissa Cozzoni
Tori
Abel Becerra
Yannick
Isabella Sanchez
Ruby
King Ivory Ratings & Reviews
New York Times
Robert Daniels
A thematically heavier, cinematically attuned picture that misses its emotional mark.
FandomWire
Sean Boelman
If more B-movies had this level of passion and craftsmanship, it would be a much more respected subgenre of filmmaking.
Chicago Reader
Kyle Logan
King Ivory [is] a solid riff on Sicario and a collection of almost all the cliches of Traffic (including the anti-drug crusader with an addict child) with none of the visual flair.
Epoch Times
Mark Jackson
Carrying the same reality-based gravitas as "Sicario" and "Training Day," it's a wonder "King Ivory" is not a bigger movie.
Spectrum Culture
Joel Copling
The complex, ambitious stories hinted at in King Ivory eventually lose focus as John Swab's real interest, which has to do with its simpler genre aspirations, gets in the way.
JoBlo's Movie Network
Chris Bumbray
The best low-key crime drama since Shot Caller.
Sunshine State Cineplex
Alan French
King Ivory taps into the same kinds of narratives that made Traffic so effective in 2000. While there is not as much complexity in this story as in Soderbergh's iconic film, the anxiety-laden visuals remain very effective.
RogerEbert.com
Simon Abrams
It's flat, it's grey, and it only satisfies if you want a sad, familiar mess to look down on.
Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)
Chuck Bowen
If you're looking for something sharp and nasty to cut through the holiday bloat, you could do much worse than "King Ivory."
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
While its ambition sometimes exceeds its grasp, this sprawling crime thriller is gripping as it confronts the fentanyl crisis with relentlessly bleak conviction, refusing to offer easy explanations or false hope.
Keith & the Movies
Keith Garlington
(Swab) tells a bleak, no-nonsense story that sometimes slouches towards cliché. But it remains serious-minded, and Swab's willingness to mine from what he knows has a powerful impact that can be felt despite his movie's shortcomings.
Movies Thru the Spectrum
Al Alexander
The anti-fentanyl message the muscular "King Ivory" seeks to convey gets snarled in too much "Traffic" to make a full impact. But as a straight-up action picture, it's pretty damn good.
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
[T]he ambitions of King Ivory get too much in the way of telling a story that matters on a genuinely human level.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
A gritty and intense, but often shallow, tedious and undercooked.
Blu-ray.com
Brian Orndorf
Swab tries to remain pitiless with "King Ivory," offering a grim state of the union address that's vivid at times, getting into the ongoing disaster of drugs and gang violence.
Punch Drunk Critics
Travis Hopson
King Ivory is a gripping, expansive drug war epic.
The Daily Beast
Barry Levitt
This is a film that spends a lot of time meandering in overly-familiar beats, leaving its best stuff obscured under flurries of gunfire.
The Hollywood Reporter
Jordan Mintzer
It's definitely an over-the-top finale, and not everything ultimately seems real in King Ivory. But what makes Swab's latest rise above your average drug thriller is how he tries to make each moment feel like it's been drawn from a certain reality.
Next Best Picture
Matthew Turner
It has a palpable air of authenticity and packs a powerfully emotional punch.
The Playlist
Rodrigo Perez
Tense, taut, and deeply gripping writer/director John Swab's dramatic drug cartel/fentanyl trade crime thriller "King Ivory" is a terrific surprise.
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