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The depreciation of any and all values unable to pay a loan shark’s rate of interest transforms the company of gentleman adventurers into a colony of anxious squirrels.
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Henry Freedland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The 56-year-old actor can be seen running around New York City and fighting off aggressive loan sharks in the new Netflix series Black Rabbit.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
In the crime-thriller miniseries from Netflix, Jude Law’s rising restauranteur is thrust into New York City’s dark underbelly when his ne’er do well brother (Jason Bateman) returns with loan sharks on his tail.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2025
The former is the owner of a New York City hotspot; the latter is a man on the run from loan sharks, with heaps of personal issues and bad debts hounding him.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Henry Freedland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The 56-year-old actor can be seen running around New York City and fighting off aggressive loan sharks in the new Netflix series Black Rabbit.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
In the crime-thriller miniseries from Netflix, Jude Law’s rising restauranteur is thrust into New York City’s dark underbelly when his ne’er do well brother (Jason Bateman) returns with loan sharks on his tail.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2025
The former is the owner of a New York City hotspot; the latter is a man on the run from loan sharks, with heaps of personal issues and bad debts hounding him.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Loan shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loan%20shark. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.
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