Where? - Home (SD)
When? - October 27th, 2008
How? - DVD from the Library
Clean, effective police thriller. None of the convoluted plot elements that seem to be the standard these days. Character-based, following mostly Gene Hackman's Popeye Doyle on his quest for justice. No lame backstories to explain his rogue actions - instead, we just seem him be rogue (character is action, action is character). It's very John McClane. Overall it's a very crisp film. It gets the job done, and doesn't try to inject any ridiculous twists and turns (mostly the over-used "there's a mole in the division" plot point that if I see one more time, I'm going to rip my eyes out). It does help that it's based on a true story.
Buy? - Yes, on Blu-ray.
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