Eddie, starring Richard Gere, is a veteran who will retire in a week. There is a tradition in the movie: Anyone who retire in a week will have to die the week before retirement, but Eddie seems to be unable to wait. Just like the scene at the beginning of the movie, Eddie woke up, poured some whiskey from the bottle slowly, and then stuffed a revolver into his mouth, which was not a good sign.
Tango, played by Don Cheadle, is an undercover agent who has completely penetrated into Brooklyn's worst drug-trafficking area. Here, he mixes very well with the bad guys, which puts him only a fine line from crime. Tango's friend is named Katz (Wesley Snipes, played by Wesley Snipes). Katz is a drug dealer. After going through the prison, Katz hopes to wash his hands and not do it. There is an inexplicable bond between these two tough guys that makes them treat each other as brothers, and they shouldn’t have this. relation.
The third policeman named Thrall (Ethan Hawke) is an anti-drug police officer. Thrall's wife (Lili Taylor, played by Lili Taylor) may have given Thrall more melodramatic emergency than we previously thought. They have seven children and live in a small house. The mold on the wall of the house also caused his wife's strong asthmatic response. And she is pregnant. Are twins.
Thrall wants to buy a new house, but he doesn't have enough money to pay the down payment. He desperately needs cash, but he has to deal with a lot of money in his work. Tango needs to use Katz, but wants to protect him. Before retiring, Eddie still needs another seven days of alcoholism.
This movie and its actors have done a great job in shaping the characters who lead these lives. In fact, the best part of "Brooklyn Police" is the one-on-one scene. They are all good actors. The film environment involves a harsh, card-playing, excessively materialized, and violent world. In this world, law meets crime, and police and bandits are very similar. They are distinguished from civilians. I don't think that most police officers are like this, but this applies to most police officers on the screen.
Chandel and Snipes are in a tacit understanding of what they should know, but they say nothing. Hawke is very loyal to his wife and family, and Lily Taylor plays the same caring role as in the soap opera. Hawke did a very good job of despair, when his role made crazy moves because of the desperate need for fast fundraising. Keele's role is not as rich as the other two, and it is more depressing, and the development trajectory is better to be expected.
What is quite surprising about this film is its level of violence and killing. Although movies such as the police against drugs are usually bathed in blood, "Brooklyn Police" presents a theme with a disturbing frequency: in a scene, a character raises a gun, almost casually or Said to kill another person directly without any emotion, just like cleaning a house. I have complained about "Talking Killer Syndrome" (Talking Killer Syndrome) for many years, and gunmen always explain to people who will die soon. But the instant killer (Instant Killer) can not solve this problem. Talking about the facts of life will deprive the film of dignity and meaning. The gun becomes a tool of the individual's ruthless will.
The director of "Brooklyn Police" is Antoine Fuqua (Antoine Fuqua), who is also the director of "Training Day" (2001). "Training Day" earned Denzel Washington the Oscar for Best Actor. Ethan Hawke also played a strong role in "Training Day". The level of violence in "Training Day" is the same as in "Brooklyn Police", and it is also about the New York police engaged in extrajudicial activities. The character image of "Training Day" should be more vivid, but it is almost convincing. In "Brooklyn Police", the lives of these three policemen are intertwined through a series of coincidences and inevitability. I think we are a little too concerned about the fact that they are guided by the screenwriter rather than coincidence. "Brooklyn Police" has primitive tension in expressiveness and technique, but it obviously falls short of the level Foucault has set for itself.
Author: Roger Albert
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