Critic say Able Danger is:
“Paul Krik’s stylish, darkly comic conspiracy thriller takes its title from a classified military program alleged to have identified four 9/11 hijackers prior to the terrorist attacks, and borrows its gleaming B&W look from THE MALTESE FALCON. The film is gorgeously photographed, briskly paced and strikingly handsome despite an indie-sized budget.” Ken Fox, TV GUIDE
“Surprisingly entertaining zero-budget film noir that effectively mixes pseudo-Hitchcockian theatrics with a hefty dose of contemporary lefty paranoia.” Sara Cardace NEW YORK MAGAZINE *Critics Pick*
“Krik uses flashes of dark comedy, an affection for the film noir genre and the perfect eyebrow-half-cocked attitude towards his subject matter to create a fast-paced and entertaining story… With its black-and-white cinematography and visual imagination (the film mixes in color dream sequences and text-overwritten surveillance footage)… Krik’s low-fi riff on the conspiracy thriller has a charm all its own” Scott Macaulay FILMMAKER MAGAZINE
“Knocks along with the steady heartbeat pace of a thriller and is painted in the languid, low-contrast shadows of a noir.” Michele Orange VILLAGE VOICE
“Able Danger is a slick debut feature…. An update of The Parallax View… A cinematic x-ray of paranoid mindset… In the long shadow of noir pastiche, complete with a femme-fatale turn by Elina Löwensohn” FILM COMMENT MAGAZINE
“NOIR ON ACID. A paranoid fantasy of geek superheroics. Like-minded theorists may ascend from their basements to rally.” Jeannette Catsoulis NY TIMES
“Krik references film noir, rustling up some heavies and hardboiled patter here and there. Ironically, the connection is intriguing, given the wartime stew of anxieties that originally fostered the movies that came to be known as noir; Krik¹s two main riffstones come from either end of the lineage, The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Kiss Me Deadly (1955).” Nicolas Rapoid THE L MAGAZINE
“Mildly surreal, mostly black-and-white homage to film noir, set in the built-in ironic enclave of hipster Brooklyn. Able Danger is a smart and all-too-conceivable conspiracy thriller that raises serious questions in less-than-serious ways. Do we really think we know the entire truth behind 9/11? If so, the movie shows a bridge it might want to sell youŠ” Frank Lovece THE FILM JOURNAL
“Paul Krik¹s low-budget indie thriller Able Danger is nicely shot in tinted b&w hi-def video, slickly mixed, scored and edited almost to the point of being indistinguishable from this or that Bruckheimer TV show. And Krik is a keen film student: Many of the film¹s images recall Welles, Lang, Fuller, Mann, Kubrick, Frankenheimer you name it.” Steven Boone SPOUT
“Shot in a high contrast black-and-white that milks maximum atmospheric effect out of its wide, busy compositions and chiaroscuro lighting…” Brandon Harris HAMMER TO NAIL
“Shot in black and white and reminiscent of classic ’30s noir films, Able Danger tracks a Brooklyn bookstore owner (based on the owner of Vox Pop) and a European femme fatal over bridges and on bikes in the dangerous search for 9/11 truth.” Robyn Hillman-Harrigan FLAVORPILL