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Black Rabbit: Jude Law and Jason Bateman in Netflix crime thriller

Published 18 September 2025

Black Rabbit, a New York City–set crime thriller led by Jude Law and Jason Bateman, premiered on Netflix on September 18, 2025, as an eight-episode limited series that unfolds around a swanky downtown restaurant and the violent consequences of reuniting two fractured brothers. Created by Zach Baylin and Kate Susman, the show traces how restaurateur Jake Friedken, played by Law, allows his troubled brother Vince, played by Bateman, back into his life, a decision that draws them into the citys criminal underworld and culminates in a chaotic, bloody robbery at the Black Rabbit.

The series opens in medias res with masked robbers staging a jewelry heist during a high-end event at Jake's restaurant and then cuts back a month to show the events leading up to the night. Vince returns to New York with gambling debts and violent creditors on his trail, forcing him to turn to Jake for help. Complications multiply after the sexual assault of a bartender, Anna, and Jake's initial mishandling of the incident, including accepting a half-million dollar offer to delete surveillance footage. The show charts how lies, loyalties, and escalating bargains produce the very violence the brothers hoped...

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