I found out about the film by chance and quite recently. As it often happens: you look for one thing, you find another. Seeing all the familiar faces in the main roles in the cast, I didn’t put off watching it too much. At first, you might think that this is a film made by a black director with black actors for black audiences. And it comes out at the right time, which I think is no coincidence. Once again we are shown how difficult life is for people of a different skin color in American ghettos. Again there is a demonstration of the unfair and disregardful attitude of the authorities and law enforcement agencies towards them, even to the point of racial hatred. There are plenty of such things in the first half of the film.
The main positive character, as you might guess, is a black woman played by Naomie Harris. The actress is not bad, although she rarely appears in action films. But what’s more curious is that the creators don’t go too far with all this tolerance and so on. You don’t feel sick or funny when watching from the ostentatious and picturesque focus of the audience’s attention on the life problems of “colored” people in the USA because there is no such thing there in principle. Everything is within reasonable limits. And in today's time, extremes are a rarity.
Sitting in front of the screen, after a while I found myself watching with interest and tension. I also noticed that the picture runs smoothly, doesn’t sag anywhere and doesn’t let you get bored. The good old story about dishonest police officers and their new employee, who, in contrast to them, is honest and decent, believing in the fair hand of the law. She is ready to act in the name of this very justice. In the harsh reality, if she found out about the criminal actions of her colleagues, she would most likely have to make a deal with her conscience, because it would be stupid and useless to openly confront them. Well, that’s why it’s a movie, that’s why we love it. At least there justice can triumph, and evil can get what it deserves.
By the way, one of the “dirty” policemen, and also the main enemy of the main character, is played by Frank Grillo, in the last five years, he often began acting in various kinds of action films in more or less significant roles. His productivity continues to grow: next year Frank is due to release five films, the most famous and, probably, expected is the continuation of the action comedy "The Hitman's Bodyguard". This is not to say that he plays perfectly here. Rather, as usual, as in any of his other films. It is difficult to judge the level of his acting skills if the roles he is given (or he chooses them consciously) are approximately the same. We can assume that there is only one role, and he plays only one role each time. His right. In the end, in the image of a brutal, courageous and stern guy, he is quite convincing, no matter whether he plays a bad guy or a good guy. It also cannot be said that he is an exemplary movie fighter (specifically in terms of fights). I have never seen a single noteworthy hand-to-hand combat in his films. As far as I remember, the writers supply his characters with some type of firearm with enviable regularity. So in this film it’s normal Frank Grillo in the guise of Glavgad. Two of his fellow friends performed Beau Nappa и James M. Black I'm seeing it for the first time. There’s not much to say about them, the main thing is that they don’t spoil the raspberries.
Also happy for Tyrese Gibson. At least they take me somewhere else to film, except "Fast and Furious". Although his role is not the main one, it is very significant and his character has quite a lot of screen time. It also looks in place.
What about the action? There is not much of it, but it is enough for the film to be called an action movie. In addition, it is more or less intelligently distributed over time and is represented mostly by small shootouts. But of course the biggest action scene comes at the end. A large-scale shootout between cops and street bandits, where both the main characters and the main villains got involved. These scenes don’t offer anything in terms of novelty (if that’s what anyone is expecting), but for the most part they are filmed and staged well and look digestible. You understand who is who, the motives for actions and actions are clear, and the characters are clear. At the climax of the final shootout, according to the classics, the heroine Naomie Harris grapples with his main enemy in execution Frank Grillo.
Surprisingly, it’s a good film, without any excesses with tolerance. It looks interesting and doesn’t sag. Suitable for fans of modest, unpretentious action films. Director Deon Taylor, who had previously shot mostly little-known horrors and thrillers, worked satisfactorily in a new genre.
Sergey Volkolak
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Tags: Blcak and Blue, Beau Nappa, Deon Taylor, James M. Black, Naomie Harris, Tyrese Gibson, Frank Grillo
Tags: Blcak and Blue, Beau Nappa, Deon Taylor, James M. Black, Naomie Harris, Tyrese Gibson, Frank Grillo
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