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Betty Lee12 said:The plot, the dialogue, everything about it just works... there isn't any typical American propaganda shoved down your throat... you don't get that tired trope of the noble Black character dying heroically in a side scene... or the saintly queer character swooping in to save the day... the movie feels almost like a documentary. I’ll admit, I was pretty skeptical when I first heard they were making a sequel, but this is it. A woman leaves her partner for someone else, even though she still loves him... he's the complete antithesis of a "beta" type... the father-son dynamic... the gritty reality of life in the city... 🙏🙏
It is truly pitch black. 🙏
I have to give credit where it is due: Denzel Washington delivered a stellar performance, and this is undoubtedly one of his finest roles to date.
The film itself is quite impressive—the gritty police procedural elements and the narrative arc are all exceptionally well-conceived.
The locations were picked with precision and everything feels cohesive, yet
there is that ending...
It seems a bit simplistic, seeing as the "good cop" ultimately takes down the "bad cop."
One could interpret it as a sort of moralistic message directed at corrupt officers everywhere,
suggesting that justice will eventually catch up with them, regardless of how long it takes.
However, I found Denzel’s character to be somewhat too dominant a force
for a rookie
to actually manage to "break" him
after having only one single day on the job.
That was likely the director's intention, though.
I finally sat down to watch it yesterday, and I have to say: those overhyped American flicks about elite units—the ones starring actors who are vastly overpaid for playing special forces types in movies like S.W.A.T.—don't even come close to this.
It is an exceptionally well-crafted narrative. The acting is superb, the production design is immersive, and even the musical score hits all the right notes.
And that is exactly how politics ruins everything worth having.
Does anyone happen to know where I might be able to acquire both sequels to that film?