Rookie cop Jake Hoyt (played by Ethan Hawke) spends the day with well known detective Alonzo Harris (played by Denzel Washington) in an effort to make to make detective himself some day. The movie is written by David Ayer and directed by Antoine Fuqua. These two really show an understanding of the characters in this movie. You understand from the get go who Hoyt and Harris are as characters. Hoyt is a rookie, and can often come off as a bit of wuss. Alonzo is a corrupt hot head. Almost immediately, you having a sneaking suspicion that at least one of these two is going to die by the end of the movie. At least, that's how it was for me, having never seen the movie before. I also love the use of foreshadowing in this movie. It's something you don't really notice while you watch the movie, but everything sort of clicks when you think about it afterwards. As much as I love this movie, and want to sing its praises, I do have a minor problem with this movie. Most of the acting in this movie is great. However, Dr. Dre sticks out like a sore thumb. I just don't buy him in his role. Then, his shortcomings as an actor are fully exposed when he has to be onscreen opposite Denzel Washington (who pretty much owns this movie), Ethan Hawke, and Scott Glen. The only reason this doesn't bother me too much, is because he's not in the movie for very long. Overall, despite Dr. Dre's performance, almost everything seems to work perfectly.
9 / 10
No comments:
Post a Comment