Director:
James MangoldGuión:
James MangoldCámara:
Eric Alan EdwardsMúsica:
Howard ShoreReparto:
Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo, Robert Patrick, Michael Rapaport, Annabella Sciorra (más)Streaming (4)
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Babitch (Michael Rapaport), un policía de Nueva York, conduce de noche de vuelta a casa cuando es atacado por dos individuos. Intenta atraparlos, pero cuando le apuntan con una pistola, instintivamente, dispara y los mata. En un instante, el puente se llena de policías, que comprueban que los agresores no tenían ninguna pistola, y deciden actuar por su cuenta. Todos viven en un barrio de Nueva Jersey donde el sheriff, el bonachón Freddy Heflin (Sylvester Stallone), tiene jurisdicción sobre el caso. El asunto salta a los medios de comunicación, de modo que el investigador de asuntos internos (Robert de Niro) decide intervenir. (Lauren Films)
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Despite all those stars, it’s nothing but average. I don't understand De Niro's participation at all, his role was terribly bland and quite unnecessary in the overall context. The only ones who stand out are, surprisingly, Stallone as the sheriff, and Keitel as the corrupt cop. The film's attempt at some character psychology deserves praise, as well as the fact that it doesn't play at being more than what it really is, and that it doesn’t throw any shocking twists or big action set-pieces. It's just another American fairytale of good guys versus bad guys, of which many have been made, and much better and more entertaining. 60%
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Sly looks good here with his beer belly, but that doesn’t make him a character actor, though at least he tries and I had no problem believing him in the role of an honest cop. Some of the great actors alongside him, on the other hand, don't try very hard, acting giant De Niro's performance is not very good. The story, corruption in the ranks of the police, is nothing original, nothing I haven't seen countless times in other films. Still, I can't say that I was bored, also thanks to the well-crafted conclusion. Mangold was just cutting his teeth in his second directorial venture, but even that was enough for a fairly pleasant movie.
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The screenwriter and director in one failed to fully exploit the potential of a pretty decent theme and a stellar cast, but I really enjoyed watching those young men :-) It's a real shame that James Mangold couldn't get more out of this theme. Had he been able to do that, it would have been a very decent four-star thriller.
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