**Spoiler: Some small aspects of the plot may be revealed below**
I'm all in favor of films that applaud the dangerous life of cops, and so I thought I would like this. The dialogue is the worst collection of cliches ("This is the job, and when you gotta go, you gotta do it", etc.). Except for Mario Van Peebles' character, who has some heartfelt moments where you feel like you're watching a documentary with a real cop. Where the film excels though is making the violence seem realistic and devastating. I thought I was pretty desensitized to movie violence, but every shot from the automatic weapons resonates and is terrifying. Scenes where a dentist's office across the STREET is riddled with bullet holes really drives home the point. And it makes the cops seem even braver for facing two armed men with Kevlar and machine guns without automatic weapons of their own. Mute the dialogue, and you'll be OK.
I'm all in favor of films that applaud the dangerous life of cops, and so I thought I would like this. The dialogue is the worst collection of cliches ("This is the job, and when you gotta go, you gotta do it", etc.). Except for Mario Van Peebles' character, who has some heartfelt moments where you feel like you're watching a documentary with a real cop. Where the film excels though is making the violence seem realistic and devastating. I thought I was pretty desensitized to movie violence, but every shot from the automatic weapons resonates and is terrifying. Scenes where a dentist's office across the STREET is riddled with bullet holes really drives home the point. And it makes the cops seem even braver for facing two armed men with Kevlar and machine guns without automatic weapons of their own. Mute the dialogue, and you'll be OK.