Not at all what I was expecting. The title and movie poster suggest a straight NY police procedural -- or at least the one good cop out of the whole corrupt department.
Nope. The movie sees Michael Keaton lose his partner in the line of duty and try to raise the now-orphaned children. This is while he's also trying to take down a drug kingpin, but it's that Mr. Mom angle and split focus that's distracting.
The movie also engineers a reason for him to break bad, which feels forced, as well as the "but wait!" ending in the service of the family drama.
I dunno, maybe I was disappointed that Rachel Ticotin didn't have more to do. It's just that the cop stuff was so much more interesting. They certainly put some real effort into the melee right scenes, there's some nice grit there.
Keaton's fantastic as usual, and the supporting players are all strong, no complaints there. It's just scattered.
Nope. The movie sees Michael Keaton lose his partner in the line of duty and try to raise the now-orphaned children. This is while he's also trying to take down a drug kingpin, but it's that Mr. Mom angle and split focus that's distracting.
The movie also engineers a reason for him to break bad, which feels forced, as well as the "but wait!" ending in the service of the family drama.
I dunno, maybe I was disappointed that Rachel Ticotin didn't have more to do. It's just that the cop stuff was so much more interesting. They certainly put some real effort into the melee right scenes, there's some nice grit there.
Keaton's fantastic as usual, and the supporting players are all strong, no complaints there. It's just scattered.