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Joe CarnahanScénario:
Joe CarnahanPhotographie:
Alex NepomniaschyMusique:
Cliff MartinezActeurs·trices:
Ray Liotta, Dan Leis, Jason Patric, Chi McBride, Krista Bridges, John Ortiz, Busta Rhymes, Alan Van Sprang, Anne Openshaw, Bishop Brigante (plus)Résumés(1)
Dix-huit mois après une course poursuite tragique qui a coûté la vie à un nouveau-né, l'officier Nick Tellis touche le fond. Il survit tout juste grâce aux allocations. Sa femme souhaite qu'il ne travaille plus pour la police. Mais lorsque l'officier Calvess est tué, il est chargé de l'affaire. Il doit faire équipe avec le lieutenant Harry Oak, le coéquipier du policier décédé, connu pour son sens de la justice expéditive. Leur traque de l'assassin va les entraîner à travers les dédales de ruelles glauques et dans les crack houses où se dealent les drogues. Un environnement qui hante Nick comme un cauchemar... (texte officiel du distributeur)
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Critiques (4)
La conclusion finale avec une idée principale réjouit. Cependant, les péripéties précédentes sont tout de même un peu lourdes et routinières pour que le film dans son ensemble se démarque du lot. Un film du même genre, "Training Day", a une structure bien plus sophistiquée et une montée en puissance plus énergique.
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A really good thriller with great acting performances and great direction. The predictable plot is masterfully told by Carnahan, and his back is covered by the great Ray Liotta and, unexpectedly, Jason Patric. And the conclusion that is assembled throughout the film through flashbacks worked out seriously well.
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The plot is unoriginal at best and (especially in the end) a heavily cliched police story like this would have done better as an episode in a series. However, director Carnahan directed his own script with complete clarity, so despite the many flashbacks, the plot is still clear and has a strong drive that doesn't let up even in the more specific scenes of the protagonists. The same is true for the action, which, although quantitatively very sparse, occasionally comes to the surface. It is clear and authentically raw due to the handheld camera (you don't see bombastic openings like this very often). Ray Liotta is the best he’s been since Goodfellas, overshadowing the solid Jason Patrick, who has undergone quite a drastic change in his "look" and the role suits him quite well. In the flood of wannabe cool crime films, this is a very enjoyable spectacle that proves that old-school crime is still the best.
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In the film, it is evident that Ray Liotta tailored it to himself after his career took a downward trend and agents offered him only repetitive and uninteresting roles. He doesn't act poorly, but his best performance is still the released prisoner character in the film Control. In this crime film, the manually shot digital camera and editing are worth noting, but the script boils down to ingredients that are notoriously well-known and have been seen many times. I simply don't get an overall impression of more than 60%, even despite the relatively impressive ending and plenty of stylish characters from the underworld and police officers.
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