Sleepless (2017)

Director
Baran bo Odar

Main cast
Michelle Monaghan; Dermot Mulroney; Gabrielle Union; Scoot McNairy; David Harbour

Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller

Description
Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Downs’ teenage son. In one sleepless night he will have to rescue his son, evade an internal affairs investigation and bring the kidnappers to justice.


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