St. Johns Newfoundland

Life on an island can be a paradise or a prison and in Crown and Anchor, the drug fueled family crime drama by Michael and Andrew Rowe, the latter is made clear with an intensity that will make you feel as if it’s your life on the line. St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada has become a setting for crime stories as of late in series like Hudson & Rex or more comedic takes like Republic of Doyle, but Crown and Anchor doesn’t trade in laughter. Instead focusing on traumatic family affairs and small town justice that have lasting effects on the generations that follow. The filmmakers themselves are from St. Johns, giving Crown and Anchor a credibility that is hard to deny. Plot: When a death in the family brings Jimmy back to his hometown, the Canadian cop find himself ripping open old wounds while discovering the downward spiral of drugs and crime that are endangering the family of his cousin, Danny. Will he take action to stop this evil influence