Untold: Crime & Penalties
A volatile minor-league hockey team becomes the subject of a rollicking true-crime chronicle when mob connections, teenage leadership, and brutal play collide.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- energetic
- irreverent
- tense
- sports documentary night
- true crime binge
What critics said
Critics generally find the documentary an entertaining, accessible account of the Danbury Trashers that benefits from colorful firsthand testimony and an unusual sports-crime story.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Danbury Trashers were bought by James Galante, a businessman with mob ties, making criminal networks central to the team's identity.
The team's reputation rested on being exceptionally violent as well as successful on the ice.
A.J. Galante ran the team as general manager at age seventeen.
Former team figures, officials, FBI agents, and other participants recount the Trashers' rise and consequences.
Films like Untold: Crime & Penalties, and why
The Last Dance
sports documentary treatment of a controversial team and its larger-than-life personalities
The House of Hammer
true-crime documentary focus on organized crime, law enforcement, and illicit power
Hoop Dreams
character-driven sports documentary about a volatile competitive subculture
Movie Details
- Directors
- Chapman Way, Maclain Way
- Release Date
- 2021-08-31
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (64)
Cast
- Richard Brosal
- James Galante
- A.J. Galante
- Ed Adams
- Jeff Waterman
- Tommy 'T-Bone' Pomposello
- Brad 'Wingnut' Wingfield
- David 'One Eyed Willy' Beauregard
- Rumun 'Nigerian Nightmare' Ndur
- Mike Omicioli
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Untold: Crime & Penalties about?
- A volatile minor-league hockey team becomes the subject of a rollicking true-crime chronicle when mob connections, teenage leadership, and brutal play collide.
- What is Untold: Crime & Penalties like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Untold: Crime & Penalties as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Untold: Crime & Penalties violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Untold: Crime & Penalties as brutal.
- What did critics think of Untold: Crime & Penalties?
- Critics generally find the documentary an entertaining, accessible account of the Danbury Trashers that benefits from colorful firsthand testimony and an unusual sports-crime story.
- Which films are like Untold: Crime & Penalties?
- Films with a similar feel include The Last Dance, The House of Hammer, and Hoop Dreams.
- How long is Untold: Crime & Penalties?
- Untold: Crime & Penalties runs 85 minutes.
- Where can I watch Untold: Crime & Penalties?
- In United States, Untold: Crime & Penalties streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
