King Ivory

Name: King Ivory
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: November 14, 2025
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 60

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Roadside Attractions | Release Date: November 14, 2025 | R

Summary: Based upon extensive research with law enforcement, gangs, inmates, migrants, and addicts, an exposé on fentanyl trafficking, and its effect on all walks of life.

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 130 min

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The Playlist Rodrigo Perez

Nov 7, 2025

It’s bleak and uncompromising, but it’s a hell of an experience. Read full review

Next Best Picture Matthew Turner

Nov 7, 2025

This is a powerful, well-made, urgently topical thriller that should put writer-director John Swab firmly on the map. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

Nov 11, 2025

It’s definitely an over-the-top finale, and not everything ultimately seems real in King Ivory. But what makes Swab’s latest rise above your average drug thriller is how he tries to make each moment feel like it’s been drawn from a certain reality. Read full review

Robert Daniels

Nov 13, 2025

While this slick film wants to use their stories to put faces to the fentanyl epidemic, Swab’s genre instincts get the better of him. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Nov 11, 2025

Aiming to be a blistering examination of America’s unwinnable War on Drugs, the high-octane King Ivory is intense without being insightful. Read full review

The Daily Beast Barry Levitt

Nov 7, 2025

Unfortunately the film is both overlong and underdeveloped. Read full review

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