BuyBust fingerprintRelentless energy, strong craft, emotionally cool.
Pulse-pounding and nerve-racking
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life, crime, and class and money
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Solid, not remarkable
Standout cinematography and editing
Pulse-pounding and nerve-racking
Fast from start to finish.
BuyBust is pulse-pounding, nerve-racking, and breakneck.
Everyday modern life, crime, and class and money
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around everyday modern life, crime, and class and money. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Standout cinematography and editing
Look and sound: the cinematography and editing stand out.
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BuyBust is included with a subscription to Netflix in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 69/100 (IMDb 5.7, Rotten Tomatoes 82%, and Metacritic 68). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence, drug use, and strong language.
2 h 7 min
BuyBust runs 2 h 7 min.
Not quite. Critics rate BuyBust higher (75) than audiences (65). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
No. It cost about $2 million to make and earned $178,471 worldwide, 11% of its budget.
It was made in Filipino, with some English. Produced in Philippines.
+117GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for BuyBust in 131 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 41 storytelling tropes for BuyBust, including Dirty Cop, Stern Teacher, Chekhov's Gunman.
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