Potential spoilers
if you've never seen a bad cop movie before.
The guilt ridden hero cop abusing drugs and alcohol, dirty cops (ethically and physically), cops who dramatically rack the slides on their guns before they go of to do something (nobody keeps a loaded gun??), shooters with full automatic weapons who can't hit each other from 20 feet away, people who die instantly from non-lethal stab wounds, etc
Hawke shows up in uniform with something on his face. What is it?? Five o'clock shadow? A goatee?? I spent more time trying to figure this out than paying attention to the movie. No self respecting police officer would show up in uniform like that or allow another to do so. He looks like some kid who walked in off the street.
Stylishly shot and a great cast, but its failure to be anchored in something close to reality turns it into an unintentional spoof.
The guilt ridden hero cop abusing drugs and alcohol, dirty cops (ethically and physically), cops who dramatically rack the slides on their guns before they go of to do something (nobody keeps a loaded gun??), shooters with full automatic weapons who can't hit each other from 20 feet away, people who die instantly from non-lethal stab wounds, etc
Hawke shows up in uniform with something on his face. What is it?? Five o'clock shadow? A goatee?? I spent more time trying to figure this out than paying attention to the movie. No self respecting police officer would show up in uniform like that or allow another to do so. He looks like some kid who walked in off the street.
Stylishly shot and a great cast, but its failure to be anchored in something close to reality turns it into an unintentional spoof.