Good Time

Good Time might look like your typical crime thriller on the surface, but my god, it does a good job at commenting on the illusion of control. Connie always throughout the movie believes that he's one step ahead, but every plan of his seems to collapse and spiral out of control. He's got this narcissistic personality, and his impulsiveness is ignorantly perceived as intelligence. The film suggests that what feels like control can just be panic in a disguise. Connie isn't the victim of one bad night; instead, he's the product of an ego and a belief that he can outsmart consequences, supporting a conflict theorist's view that the real danger in crime is not the crime itself, but rather the mindset of the criminals that justifies it.