For those who discovered Chadwick Boseman in the role of “Black Panther,” it’s about time the actor showed audiences what else he’s capable of. Sure, Boseman was back on the big screen a few months…
” is dark, cynical, and nearly slick enough to disguise how stupid it is. Nearly. The movie introduces the novel idea of a New York City manhunt so hot, the mayor agrees to block every route leading into or out of Manhattan. But it also suggests that the reason for taking such an extreme measure is that pretty much the entire New York police force is dirty, and that the criminals they’re pursuing must be cornered and killed before they can expose the whole scam.
Statistics like those might give the public pause, but such a record makes Davis just the guy Capt. McKenna wants to clean up the mess after eight of his officers are left for dead at a crime scene. If the shooters are apprehended alive, lawyers will get involved, and there will be trials and appeals to make things miserable for the victims’ families — something Davis can relate to, since his father was a cop murdered by a junkie in the line of duty.
Davis recognizes that there’s something wrong with this picture, and though he leads the charge in sealing off the island — which means closing all the bridges and tunnels, an operation that’s described via TV news in bars instead of actually being shown on screen — he starts to question McKenna’s motives.
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