Betrayal and Blood Money: James Gray's "Paper Tiger" Exposes America's Dark Underbelly James Gray's latest film, "Paper Tiger", is a scathing critique of the American Dream.
On its surface, it appears to be a gripping crime thriller about a family entangled with the Russian mob. However, beneath this façade lies a searing indictment of the country's endemic corruption and decay.
The film takes place in 1986, when Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal was still a festering wound on the Eastern Seaboard.