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Zeros and Ones

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Ethan Hawke (Training Day) and director Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant) join forces for this gritty, tense political-thriller set on one deadly night in Rome. Called to the city to stop an imminent terrorist bombing, soldier J.J. (Hawke) desperately seeks news of his imprisoned rebel brother, Justin (also Hawke), who holds knowledge that could thwart the attack. Navigating the capital's darkened streets, J.J. races to a series of ominous encounters, hoping to keep the Vatican from being blown to bits.
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Zeros and Ones is poorly lit and beset by narrative chaos, but Ethan Hawke's passionate performance is a solid fit for Abel Ferrara's intriguingly idiosyncratic storytelling.

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Anton Bitel Little White Lies 04/04/2022
a prickly, difficult, even impenetrable mash-up of archetypes and ideas, all wrapped up in the nonsensical intrigues of genre cinema while reaching outward towards something bigger beyond. Go to Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian 03/02/2022
3/5
It’s minor work – but there is always something there, some restless wounded intelligence, a pugnacious worrying-away at something. Go to Full Review Max Maller Chicago Reader 11/24/2021
The paradoxical need for a would-be redeemer of humanity to know sin at first hand animates the film all the way down, from Hawke's passionate performance on through to the kinetics of Ferrara and Williams's seedy roving camera. Go to Full Review D.M. Palmer Vague Visages 11/09/2023
An atmospheric but disjointed no-budget thriller. The war thriller is pretty underwhelming fare, but its mere existence attests to the tenacity of its creator. Go to Full Review Pablo O. Scholz Clarín 04/24/2023
3/4
Though ideas abound in the film, they lack a connective tissue... [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Javier Ocaña El Pais (Spain) 06/21/2022
Zeros and Ones isn't just solemn; it is also pompous and vapid. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Colin L @RT82267207 Mar 27 This was a US$10 budget movie! 🥱 This has to be the worst movie I have ever watched! It has taken me about 4 years to get through this DVD and is now in it's final resting place - the DUSTBIN! I think Ethan Hawke is a really shit actor! See more Jamie S @DarthJSha Feb 24 What the hell was even this. I have no idea what this movie was even about. It's a mystery all right, the mystery is what is this movie about. The acting by everyone besides Ethan Hawke was atrocious. See more Frans B @FransB 08/11/2025 Very dark, literally. I have no idea what Abel Ferrara hoped to accomplish here, well, fortunately the lead actor feels the same it seems😜 This is one very confusing movie See more Charlie R @RT02126720 07/12/2025 It's just boring and really hard to get into. The type of movie you need to rewatch to make sense of but it's not even worthy of a single watch so the idea of having to subject yourself to another viewing is as unlikely as it is unbearable. Do yourself a favour and give this one a very hard pass. See more Steve C @RT19610513 12/07/2024 Hawke admits he didn't understand the film in the post credit interview....ok, glad I am not the only one. See more Steve S @RT37770641 10/30/2024 Fucking awful and impossible to follow along. Ridiculous that this movie was even made. See more Read all reviews
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Abel Ferrara

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Ethan Hawke

J.J.

Cristina Chiriac

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Valerio Mastandrea

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Babak Karimi

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Phil Neilson

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Synopsis Ethan Hawke (Training Day) and director Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant) join forces for this gritty, tense political-thriller set on one deadly night in Rome. Called to the city to stop an imminent terrorist bombing, soldier J.J. (Hawke) desperately seeks news of his imprisoned rebel brother, Justin (also Hawke), who holds knowledge that could thwart the attack. Navigating the capital's darkened streets, J.J. races to a series of ominous encounters, hoping to keep the Vatican from being blown to bits.
Director
Abel Ferrara
Producer
Philipp Kreuzer, Diana Phillips
Screenwriter
Abel Ferrara
Distributor
Lionsgate
Production Co
Rimsky Productions, Almost Never Films Inc., Hammerstone Studios, Maze Pictures, Macaia Film
Rating
R (Drug Content|Bloody Images|Language|Sexual Material|Some Violence)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, War
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 19, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 19, 2021
Runtime
1h 26m
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