I'll start with the positives and the standout is the impressive cast. As well as Chadwick boseman, you have Sienna Miller, JK Simmons, Taylor Kitsch etc and they all give some fantastic performances. Also the action we got was directed quite nicely and were thoroughly entertaining.
Now that's all the positives I can give because the rest of it falls flat. First it feels like director Brian Kirk is trying to tell two stories into one; one story about the cops trying to track down two cop killers and bring them to justice and a story about corrupt cops and unfortunately it's not executed well.
If it was just the former, it would have been a better film but because they added in the corrupt cop story, it feels jumbled up, underdeveloped and quite rushed towards the end. I think a different director like Martin Scorsese would have been better for this film if that's the story they wanted to do.
Also the characters aren't great. The majority of them feel bland and very underdeveloped and Chadwick Bosemans character Andre Davis had the potential to be an interesting character but all we got was a brief flashback scene and a scene with him caring for his mother and nothing else for the rest of the film. It felt really forced and a bit disappointment.
What frustrated me the most was the trailer made this out to be a big cop thriller combined with character study and though it was entertaining, it certainly wasn't thrilling or exciting. Just dull, bland and very forgettable.
Overall this is a disappointing, underdeveloped and forgettable attempt at a cop thriller which fantastic performances can't make up for.
⭐⭐
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