Actors: Chadwick Boseman, Stephan
James, Taylor Kitsch, Sienna Miller, Keith David, J. K. Simmons
Rating: 8 out of 10, This is a fairly
straight forward cop movie elevated by the Black Panther himself, Chadwick
Boseman. He truly hoists what could have been silly otherwise. He’s charged
with finding two killers who just offed seven NYC cops and chooses to close off
the island of Manhattan to do it. Those of you who’ve been to the Big Apple
will understand how inane that premise is but let’s go with it. Sienna Miller
is glammed down to play his partner. I would have loved this movie except for
the musical score. It was so jarring and amateurish as to distract from the
movie itself. I think that defines failure for whoever was responsible for it.
It felt like a 1970’s TV movie musical score was copied and then amped up at
precisely the wrong moments throughout. Despite this almost constant irritation
it’s easy to engage with Boseman as the lone knight fighting in a sea of
corruption. Good flick.
MVP: James as Michael Trujillo – the conflicted
cop killer
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