Gangsta

Gangsta (Patser, 2018) is a Belgian crime thriller you can watch online on iFILM, co-directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah and starring Matteo Simoni. Antwerp, street-level drug trade, and a stolen shipment that changes everything.

Four small-time dealers grab a load of high-grade cocaine, expecting a quick payday. Instead they trigger a full-scale conflict between a Dutch drug lord and a Colombian cartel — both of whom want the goods back and neither of whom negotiates. The four are suddenly running from multiple directions at once, with nowhere in Antwerp left to hide.

El Arbi and Fallah went on to direct Bad Boys for Life — and the DNA is already here: fast cuts, escalating stakes, and characters pushed into corners they can't talk their way out of. Tight and mean for a debut at this scale. Stream Gangsta (2018) online on iFILM.