With Good Time, the Safdie Brothers made an indelible mark not just on film, but on culture. Suddenly, Robert Pattinson was cool again, synth scores found yet another resurgence and it seems like every male celebrity of a certain age went bleach blonde at least for a little while.

Their follow up to their breakout film takes everything they were doing in Good Time and turns it up. UNCUT GEMS is a nearly perfect film that feels like it was made just for me. Gangsters, hip-hop music, the NBA and a wholly unique Adam Sandler performance are just a few of the ingredients that make this movie what it is. Sandler plays Howard Ratner, a jeweler in Manhattan’s diamond district who can’t seem to catch a break or make the right decision.

The film begins right before the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals, with Celtics center Kevin Garnett coming into Ratner’s shop. From here, the Safdies have seemingly structured their film like a series in the NBA playoffs. The Celtics win? Maybe Ratner put money on the game and he’ll be able to pay off his bookies and mafia associates. The Celtics lose? Maybe Howard does too.

Uncut Gems is pure adrenaline from its opening frames, and much like Good Time the ride of this story is enough to give anyone a heart attack. Rather than simply following in their previous film’s footsteps, this film finds ways to comment on everything from Ethiopian diamond mines to the dynamics of a Jewish family that is completely enmeshed in organized crime. The Safdies are saying a lot with Uncut Gems, just don’t expect them t slow down and explain it to you.

Riley Shingler is a film critic and writer who can be found on Letterboxd and at shinglerfilms.com