Plot
Set in 1999 Los Angeles, veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, works to take care of his family, and struggles for his own survival.
Release Year: 2011
Rating: 6.1/10 (3,120 voted)
Critic's Score: 70/100
Director:
Oren Moverman
Stars: Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Sigourney Weaver
Storyline Set in 1999 Los Angeles, veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, works to take care of his family, and struggles for his own survival.
Writers: James Ellroy, Oren Moverman
Cast: Woody Harrelson
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David Douglas Brown
Jon Bernthal
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Dan Morone
Stella Schnabel
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Jane
Jon Foster
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Michael Whittaker
Ben Foster
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General Terry
Ruben Garfias
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Pharmacy Security Guard
Deadlee
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Pharmacy Punk
Dominic Flores
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Latino Detective
Matt McTighe
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30-Year-Old Cop
Cynthia Nixon
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Barbara
Anne Heche
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Catherine
Brie Larson
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Helen
Sammy Boyarsky
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Margaret
Billy Hough
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Piano Player
Audra McDonald
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Sarah
Taglines:
The most corrupt cop you've ever seen on screen.
Opening Weekend: $60,446
(USA)
(12 February 2012)
(5 Screens)
Gross: $239,991
(USA)
(19 February 2012)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
Dave (Woody Harrelson), a Vietnam war veteran, quips to homeless war veteran Terry (Ben Foster) that he is not Santa Claus. In their previous collaboration in
The Messenger, both Harrelson and Foster play war veterans, where the former quips about Christmas when the two are on casualty notification.
Goofs:
Anachronisms:
At the beginning of the film, the screen is black and a graphic states "Los Angeles 1999" As the film fades into a wide shot overview of the hamburger stand, a 2005 Cadillac CTS drives through the intersection.
Quotes: Dave Brown:
I don't cheat on my taxes... you can't cheat on something you never committed to.
User Review
Never takes off.
Rating: 4/10
This star studded movie just never takes off. It is slow and never
builds up to anything. When you think it is going to get good it falls
flat and just drags on. There are scenes, like the sex club, that just
make no sense and you have to wonder why it was put in the movie. Sex
is a theme and that can only be my guess as to why.
Would have been great to develop more of the characters instead of
having them in the movie to just have them. Ice Cube was great, but
only has a few scenes. You wont realize who Ben Foster is until you
read the credits.
Spoiler The ending is horrible. If I was at the screening I would have
booed. After an hour the movie could have ended and I was like are they
ever gonna wrap this up. The story is horrible, though the actors are
great and that is what the other reviews touch on. GREAT actors,
horrible movie.
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