Fans of Russell Crowe's work were spoiled for choice in the last few weeks, with Netflix having debuted the psychological drama film Unabomber, which has since passed the 50 million views mark on the streamer. Around the same time, Crowe starred alongside Ethan Hawke in the Western drama film The Weight, which has now been released on the PVOD market. The Weight is notable for being the best-reviewed film that Crowe has starred in since 1999's The Insider, directed by Michael Mann. The best-reviewed movie of Crowe's entire acting career was also released in the 1990s. It's currently streaming on Prime Video in the United States, but only for a little while longer.
The movie marked one of Crowe's earliest starring roles in Hollywood, only a few years after he broke out with the Australian film Romper Stomper. He then appeared as part of the ensemble of Sam Raimi's revisionist Western The Quick and the Dead, which also featured a young Leonardo DiCaprio. The movie we're talking about, however, was released in 1997. It also featured Kevin Spacey, Kim Basinger, and Guy Pearce, along with Danny DeVito in a colorful supporting role. The neo-noir movie was based on a novel by the master of the genre, James Ellroy, and it emerged as a major critical and commercial hit.
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