Ahhh...the dirty cop film, good cop/bad cop, the tortured soul, the boozer, the evil head of the organisation, 'cops are the biggest gang of all'. 'Internal Affairs', 'Dark Blue', 'Training Day', etc. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of this stuff and this was watchable and for the most part enjoyable, but it was also cringe inducing at times, rehashing stuff that has all been done before and improving on none of it.
From the outset, a bit like 'Training Day for Dummies' perhaps, cliché, corn and stereotype are thrust in our faces, nothing is hinted at, implied or left to comprehension or interpretation, it's all just spelled out in black and white. Drinking behind the wheel, the lost wife, the falling out with the old partner, the 'rat', the good cop standing up to the racism, the guys on the same 'team' shoving and pushing each other and spoiling to fight at every opportunity and the obligatory head honchos 'retirement fund'. Did I mention the Internal Affairs guy on the trail?
With lines like - "We're cops, we can do whatever we like, it's all in how you write it up afterwards", this is no classic I'm afraid and there was very little in it that you couldn't see coming.
Still, it does have its moments, but it also doesn't miss any chances to shoot itself in the foot plenty of times along the way either.
From the outset, a bit like 'Training Day for Dummies' perhaps, cliché, corn and stereotype are thrust in our faces, nothing is hinted at, implied or left to comprehension or interpretation, it's all just spelled out in black and white. Drinking behind the wheel, the lost wife, the falling out with the old partner, the 'rat', the good cop standing up to the racism, the guys on the same 'team' shoving and pushing each other and spoiling to fight at every opportunity and the obligatory head honchos 'retirement fund'. Did I mention the Internal Affairs guy on the trail?
With lines like - "We're cops, we can do whatever we like, it's all in how you write it up afterwards", this is no classic I'm afraid and there was very little in it that you couldn't see coming.
Still, it does have its moments, but it also doesn't miss any chances to shoot itself in the foot plenty of times along the way either.