PAPER TIGER (NYFF 2026) – Review by Diane Carson
A get rich quick scheme tears a Jewish family apart in 1986 Queens, New York. Ex-NYPD cop Gary Pearl and his brother Irwin, an engineer, husband and father, become involved with Russian operatives. Quickly becoming a nightmare, it begins as a beneficial financial agreement to follow federal regulations in disposal of oil drums containing toxic waste at the Gowanus Canal. When the Russian criminals opt for illegal dumping, which they always intended, the entire Pearl family, including Irwin’s two sons, become a threat to be intimidated into capitulation or eliminated.
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