''Wetlands'' is a 2017 American crime thriller film written and directed by Emanuele Della Valle and starring

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, Reyna De Courcy and

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served as an executive producer of the film.

Premise

A disgraced

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police detective attempts to make a new start in

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with the help of his daughter and new partner.

Cast

as Detective Babel "Babs" Johnson *

as Savannah *

as Kate Sheehan *

as Detective Paddy "Red" Sheehan * Reyna de Courcy as "Surfer Girl" *

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as Amy Johnson *

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as Captain Schmidt * Rob Morgan as Sergeant Walker *

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as Sergeant McCulvey * Barry Markowitz as "Lollipop" *

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as Jimmy "Coconuts" * Tyler Elliot Burke as Alfie *

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as "Big G" *

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* Lauren LaVera as "Buttercup" / Pusher * Pamela Dunlap as Mrs. Harrington *

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as The Landlady * Lou Morey as Kenny * Peter Jacovini as Lollipop's Thug * William Jacovini as Lollipop's Thug * Vincent Riviezzo as Mobster * Dona Gregorio as Lollipop's Girl * Dana Kreitz as Stripper * Justine Denea Cassady as Go-Go Dancer * Natalie Paige Bentley as Party Girl * Lillian Cartagena as Call Girl * Darien Davis as Call Girl * TJ Martin as Drunk Old Man

Release

The film was released in theaters on September 15, 2017.

Reception

The film has a 40% rating on

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. Peter Sobczynski of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two stars. Alan Ng of ''

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'' gave the film a 2 out of 5. Dennis Harvey of ''

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'' gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Apparently moviemaking keeps getting easier while writing keeps getting harder — ''Wetlands'' being yet another example of a film whose surface technical polish can only do so much to gloss over the coarse, clumsy screenplay that flummoxes its cast."

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of ''

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'' also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Stronger on style than substance."

References

External links

* * {{rotten-tomatoes, wetlands_2017 American crime thriller films 2017 crime thriller films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films