Definitely the more sober-sided of two new films involving cops and cop-killers, “Crown Vic” juggles slice-of-life observation and thriller elements as a grizzled LAPD veteran shepherds a newbie th…
, concurrently in “Midway”), who’s just transferred from an off-street post in Oakland to commence his maiden tour in a squad car three years after police-academy graduation. Nick is from a family of cops, and seems to feel he’s got a lot to prove. Yet he’s taken aback by Ray’s cynical, initially bullying manner, as well as by much he witnesses this night — starting with a brick thrown at their vehicle soon after it’s left the garage.
These characters’ dynamic is interesting enough, though sometimes Souza’s screenplay goes a bit slack letting their conversations run on between arrests or other police business. This late-night-to-dawn shift’s incidents run a gamut in gravity and tonality. Some are amusing , others spooky , hostile , or caricatured .
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