The Loner (The Persian Connection)
After being wrongly accused of stealing from his former boss, an Iranian gangster with girl problems must hunt down stolen drugs in this neon-noir fever dream set in the bizarre Persian and Russian Los Angeles underworld where obscene reigns supreme.
30 July 1976, Paris, France
12 April 1959, Tehran, Iran
25 March 1946
1939, Lahijan, Iran
1 March 1982, Tehran, Iran
30 March 1984, Stockholm, Sweden
3 March 1964, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
April 17, 2016
A neon-lit fever dream where culture and sexuality tease an undefined fluidity as Persian and Russian gangsters fight over L.A.'s drug scene.
July 13, 2017
For all the predictable elements of the film, it's well structured and the pacing is impressive given the number of different threads involved.
July 11, 2017
Ferocious B-movie
July 25, 2017
The Persian Connection is bold, tense, and thrilling, even if its thematic reach just exceeds its grasp.
July 10, 2017
The film's attempts at gonzo transgressiveness only reinforce the notion that Daniel Y-Li Grove would rather get a rise out of his audience than craft interesting characters or a coherent cultural milieu.
July 12, 2017
Grove sticks close to the crime saga playbook, suffocating the picture in style and pounding it with overacting, eventually stripping "The Persian Connection" of anything identifiable.
April 16, 2016
The Loner is a hyper-surreal tale of neo-noir revenge, boasting Middle-Eastern influences that unlock new aspects of an age-old genre.
July 13, 2017
Grove impresses with his sleek, inventive style and effective pacing but falls short on depth and substance.
