- Also Known As:
- Unknown
- Year:
- 2001
- Countries:
- Predominant Genre:
- Crime
- Director:
- Best Performances:
- Premiss:
- On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop goes on a 24-hour training course with a rogue detective who is not what he appears.
- Themes:
- Compassion
- Corruption
- Guilt
- Personal change
- Political Correctness
- White culture
- Similar (in Plot, Theme or Style) to:
- Unknown
- Review Format:
- Cinema
King Kong
Cleverly-structured movie about police corruption that does not go too deeply into the reasons for its existence; instead, relying on the powerhouse performance of its star, Denzel WASHINGTON, for its considerable emotional impact.
Ethan HAWKE is not a great actor, but this is his strength here as he plays a weak man taking some time to realize he is the dupe of the other. The relationships between the characters are real and convincing because they do not inhabit a movieland interpretation of reality.
The screenwriter has a natural ear for contemporary dialogue and the rhythmical & imaginative argot of lower-class criminals; he does not rely on gratuitously-repetitive and mentally-dulling swearwords to achieve his affects.
The well-known bit-players also add to the overall weave as good character actors always should.
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