Russell Crowe transforms into Hermann Göring with chilling precision—bulked up, morphine-fogged, yet razor-sharp in his manipulative charm. The Reich’s former second-in-command lounges in the dock like he still owns the room, sneering through the haze of defeat, hubris, and highs. It’s a performance that commands every frame: magnetic, monstrous, and heartbreakingly human. Crowe doesn’t just play evil—he makes you feel its seductive pull and its hollow core.

Directed by James Vanderbilt, the film keeps its gaze steady on the Nuremberg trials’ raw machinery. Rami Malek brings quiet, obsessive fire as the Allied psychiatrist determined to crack open Göring’s mind and expose the banality beneath the horror. Tense interrogations unfold like slow-burn chess matches: prosecutors dismantle carefully crafted alibis, defendants twist words to dodge the noose, and the bombed-out ruins of Germany loom outside the courtroom windows like silent witnesses. No explosions, no melodrama—just the grinding weight of moral reckoning, measured dialogue, and restraint that lands harder than any shout.

The film never flinches from the abyss it stares into. It asks the hardest questions without easy answers: Can justice heal a shattered world? Or does it only shine a light on how deep the darkness runs? Old-school historical drama at its most gripping—mesmerizing, unflinching, and quietly devastating.

Hitting US theaters November 7, wider release December 4, 2025. Oscar buzz is already building, and for good reason. Crowe’s Göring isn’t just a villain—he’s a mirror we can’t look away from.

Evil may be banal… but the fight to hold it accountable is eternal.

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