King Ivory (2025) poster
2025 · crime · drama · thriller

King Ivory

Directed by John Swab2h 10m2025
ElsewhereIMDb7.179RT72%
  • heavy
  • extreme
  • cold
  • twisty
Movie DNA

Heavy, steady, extreme crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.

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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."

Our read · King Ivory (2025) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded crime · drama · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

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You want gritty authentic fentanyl war inside Oklahoma prison and on the streets.

ends unsettlingit will wreck youa rollercoastergrips by minute 8attention 3/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencedrug usenudity

Skip it tonightSkip if raw drug-trade violence, graphic nudity and bleak family toll wreck you.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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