If you've ever craved a movie that puts you right in the driver's seat of raw conflict, nervous energy, and hits of the cold harsh reality of survival, then Netflix’s 'Night Always Comes,' might just be your ticket. It’s not your everyday streaming movie, but it thrives in its own unique way through the surreal portrayal of an average American's struggle beyond survival.

Vanessa Kirby, known notably for her role in 'The Crown,' teams up with director Benjamin Caron to play Lynette, a woman for whom life has been nothing more than a marathon of never-ending obstacles. She lives in her run-down childhood home in Portland with her developmentally disabled brother Kenny (played by Zack Gottsagen) and their absent-minded mother Doreen (Jennifer Jason Leigh), who seems more focused on her supermarket job than family.

Their lives are far from easy, and with throwing rocks like increasing housing prices, severe unemployment, and spiraling inflation, things just don't appear to get better. Amongst all this, buying their home represents a beacon of hope for Lynette. And why so- to give her family permanence and keep prying social services away from dear Kenny. As Lynette powerfully puts it, she just wants "one win."

But life never stops hardballing Lynette-- their landlord, David (J. Claude Deering), agrees to sell them the house, but demands a down payment, which she expects her mother, Doreen to manage.

Through the lens of this film, by Sarah Conradt, we see an unfiltered exploration of Lynette's relentless effort to keep her family afloat but is constantly let down by her own mother.

Lynette juggles three jobs- working the assembly line at a commercial bakery, serving at a bar, and shady dealings with a rich businessman named Scott (Randall Park), all to support her family. But little do we know, Lynette hides deep scars of trauma from her past, all while people around her blame her for it.

When Doreen skips an important house meeting, only to return with a new luxury car, this triggers an intense night of struggle, toiling, and ultimate desperation for Lynette to raise the required 25 grand for the house payment.

In her journey for survival, Lynette loses any worry about slipping into the criminal underworld. She dunce her conventional ways, and crosses lines she thought she never would. The filmmakers brilliantly reserve judgment of Lynette, letting her desperate actions speak for themselves.

She turns to her ex-con bar co-worker Cody (Stephan James) who leads her to a shifty safecracker, a dangerous rendezvous with her past, and a volatile run-in with a wealthy creep before the bleak break of dawn.

While the film could have pulled harder on our heartstrings, it does bring to life some powerful confrontations and nerve-racking moments. Kirby’s performance shines particularly bright in her interactions with her brother Kenny, touching the audience’s hearts with a bittersweet mix of grim struggle and innocent love.

As a vehicle for Kirby, 'Night Always Comes’ sits firmly on the track of an engaging cinematic experience. It throws us into an unforgiving world that looks at the disparity of class, income, and opportunity in America, and the fragile hopes of those barely making ends meet. Where it might soften its punches in places, it certainly lands its hits where it truly counts.