Russell Crowe bulks up and dives deep as Hermann Göring, the Third Reich’s morphine-addled architect of horror, in this unflinching dive into the Nuremberg trials. Directed by James Vanderbilt, the film spotlights the Allies’ Herculean push—led by Rami Malek’s obsessive psychiatrist—to psychoanalyze evil incarnate, forging uneasy bonds amid courtroom thunder. Crowe’s commanding turn? A masterclass in manipulative charisma, his Göring sneering through the scaffold’s shadow, haunted by hubris and highs.

Tense interrogations crackle with moral weight: prosecutors unravel alibis, defendants dodge the noose, all against bombed-out ruins and echoing pleas. It’s old-school drama—measured, mesmerizing, with emotional restraint that hits like a verdict. No cheap thrills, just the raw grind of holding monsters accountable, probing if justice heals or just exposes the abyss.

Hitting cinemas December 4 (US Nov 7), this is historical heft with Oscar whispers. Crowe reminds us: evil’s banal, but reckoning’s eternal.

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