Basically it's a noir-ish dirty cop film, and there are better movies than this out there. Movies that make you fell the protagonist teetering on the edge of self-ruin.
It runs too long, and a lot of the slow or repetitive scenes could be shortened or removed without altering any of the "integrity" of the story.
And if you think real-life buddy cops aren't as cute and smart as they look in movies, this movie will go a long way toward showing you the more boring aspects, but the problem is the movie still wants to be cute and smart, so you have to ask if it's just a poorly written script that's not cute and smart, or is the movie trying to be a self mockery? The problem is, it never connects, so you sit waiting, asking, is it trying to be boring, or is it just boring.
It's extremely heavy handed in showing the reasons why a cop is racist, or dirty, and sometimes it's better to just show them being who they are and letting the story tell us why. Too much exposition is a weakness. You want to feel characters are pushed into their actions, here you are just told why they maybe act the way they do.
I think the writer/director wants it both ways, to play at self awareness, but play it dumb enough so he can get viewers who agree with the racism, bigotry, and stupidity.
On the other hand all the acting is excellent which is why i'm giving it a six.
It runs too long, and a lot of the slow or repetitive scenes could be shortened or removed without altering any of the "integrity" of the story.
And if you think real-life buddy cops aren't as cute and smart as they look in movies, this movie will go a long way toward showing you the more boring aspects, but the problem is the movie still wants to be cute and smart, so you have to ask if it's just a poorly written script that's not cute and smart, or is the movie trying to be a self mockery? The problem is, it never connects, so you sit waiting, asking, is it trying to be boring, or is it just boring.
It's extremely heavy handed in showing the reasons why a cop is racist, or dirty, and sometimes it's better to just show them being who they are and letting the story tell us why. Too much exposition is a weakness. You want to feel characters are pushed into their actions, here you are just told why they maybe act the way they do.
I think the writer/director wants it both ways, to play at self awareness, but play it dumb enough so he can get viewers who agree with the racism, bigotry, and stupidity.
On the other hand all the acting is excellent which is why i'm giving it a six.
