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Release Date:
26 March 1999 (USA)
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Tagline:
They did the crime, They paid the time, Now they're...undercover? more
Plot:
Three minor delinquints (Danes, Ribisi, and Epps) are recruited by a cop (Farina) working undercover to bust a cop/drug ring...
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Drugs
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Undercover
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Murder
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Drug Ring
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Foot Chase
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Awards:
3 nominations
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(18 articles)
We're the Man Now. Deal.
(From Vanity Fair. 11 September 2009, 9:30 AM, PDT)
Aaron Spelling: God of guilty-pleasure TV
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 31 August 2009, 10:35 AM, PDT)
(From Vanity Fair. 11 September 2009, 9:30 AM, PDT)
Aaron Spelling: God of guilty-pleasure TV
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 31 August 2009, 10:35 AM, PDT)
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Coulda shoulda didn't...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Claire Danes | ... | Julie |
 | Giovanni Ribisi | ... | Pete |
 | Omar Epps | ... | Linc |
 | Dennis Farina | ... | Greer |
 | Josh Brolin | ... | Billy |
 | Steve Harris | ... | Briggs |
 | Richard Jenkins | ... | Mothershed |
 | Larry Brandenburg | ... | Eckford |
 | Lionel Mark Smith | ... | Lanier |
| Sam McMurray | ... | Tricky |
| Michael O'Neill | ... | Greene |
| Stephen T. Kay | ... | Bald Dude |
 | Bodhi Elfman | ... | Gilbert - Skinny Freak (as Bodhi Pine Elfman) |
| Holmes Osborne | ... | Mr. Cochrane |
 | Dey Young | ... | Mrs. Cochrane |
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Rated R for language, violence and some sexuality.
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92 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
South Korea:18 |
Singapore:M18 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U |
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:M |
Norway:15 |
Sweden:11 |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Argentina:13 |
Philippines:PG-13
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Sarah Michelle Gellar and Milla Jovovich were among the actresses who were considered for the role of Julie Barnes.
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: Near the end, Peter Cochran and Julie Barnes jump out of a moving vehicle that crashes into an almost empty warehouse. After it crashes through one wall, you can hear tires screeching as if someone had slammed on the brakes. However, no one was in the vehicle to do so.
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Not a Test
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For being categorized in the genre of "Action/Thriller", there wasn't a great deal of action nor was there anything particularly thrilling about this film.
I went into it with no expectations save for being entertained. As it was, I kept pushing the "Display" on my DVD player to see how much longer I had to endure this.
Claire Danes, Giovanni Ribisi and Omar Epps are extremely watchable and gifted actors. "The Mod Squad" offers them nothing to work with. On a story level, their origins are glossed over, the rocky relationship with their Captain (though stereotypical of so many Hollywood films) isn't even close to being fleshed out even a little and we (as the audience) have no reason to believe they even care why they're trying to solve the mystery presented in the film. I certainly didn't care and just kept watching to see how Ribisi would further destroy Epps' car in the little bit of comic relief someone thought to write in.
The technical aspects of the film are a disaster. The editing is simply poor and the action sequences appear to have been directed after a very heavy lunch when the crew would have better spent their time taking a nap.
This film could have been about angst and action, should have been better planned out and directed by someone who had a notion of how to handle the material, but alas it just wasn't.
Don't waste your time.