Millenium Films
Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes
This is a well told story about 3 cops. Each has a different problem and is in a bad way. Richard Gere’s character is a week from retirement and burned out and just tired. Ethan Hawke is trying to be a good cop and support his family, but no matter what he does, he can’t seem to get ahead. Don Cheadle has been undercover for so long that he’s not sure who he is anymore. The three come together at the same place and the stories come together in a fairly predictable, but still very exciting way. The nice thing about this movie is that it is a great character study. You get to learn enough about the characters to understand the reason behind the choices they make.
I must say I’m a bigger fan of the character’s in this movie, than the actors themselves. I haven’t seen such a good performance out of Richard Gere in a long time, and I’m a big fan of either Ethan or Don, but perhaps it’s a tribute to the writer and the director to get such good performances out of this bunch, because the characters are really well developed. Not the greatest movie of all time, but I enjoyed watching it.
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