Unity, struggle, seriousness, and lively Los Angeles police

Lourdes 2022-01-27 08:03:18

An ordinary story, a big scary city, two cops, two families, a bunch of hooligans.
There is nothing to say about the lofty sense of mission to maintain social peace, nor the lofty ideal of loving the motherland and defending the people. They are just working hard. But this does not contradict the beautiful words of these main themes.
They talk about everything at work, full of foul language and dirty jokes, but they will immediately enter the state when they have a job. After his partner died in the line of duty, the male lead only choked with one sentence: "He is my brother."
I think this is the real "unity, struggle, seriousness, and liveliness". Much more real than the slogans I shouted all day long in my early years.
The film uses a lot of DV shooting methods, just to highlight the word "real", but in fact, I think it may be better to shoot ordinary, after all, this "pseudo-documentary" style of shooting can easily make the film look scattered, It will also slow down the audience's investment in the film to a certain extent.

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Extended Reading
  • Margarita 2022-03-22 09:01:32

    A bloody documentary. Recorded the bits and pieces of American police. The end is sad though. But there is still hope.

  • Tyreek 2022-04-22 07:01:06

    Once upon a time in South Central LAPD a thin blue line. pre-law, art elective filmmaking, shooting everything... in-car + hand-held + portable clip camera. he was my brother, and tears and say no more

End of Watch quotes

  • Brian Taylor: So Mr. Big Evil, why do they call you Big Evil?

    Big Evil: Because, my evil is big.

  • Sarge: [at Taylor's wedding reception, Sarge, looking a bit drunk, is talking to a group of US Marines] My boy Garcia? He's a fucking beast, man. Right? I've seen this motherfucker knock an asshole out with one punch. Yoked assholes, man. Yoked assholes from the joint when they had weight piles. You know what I'm talking about? You don't know what I'm talking about, you're fucking twelve years old. Cops like him... Like soldiers. He took a bullet for me. My bullet, man. He took my bullet. He took my bullet. That's what he was. That's what he was to me. It should have been me, cause he was a good guy. I was shit. Fuck it, man.