Most people respect the badge. Everybody respects the gun.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Robert de Niro, Al Pacino, 50 Cent, Carla Gugino, John Leguizamo, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Dennehy, Trilby Glover, Saidah Arrika Ekulona |
| Director |
Jon Avnet |
| Screenplay | Russell Gewirtz |
| Music | Ed Sheamur |
| Cinematography | Denis Lenoir |
| Editing | Paul Hirsch |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2008 |
| Produced by | Millennium Films, Nu Image Films, Emmett/Furla Films, InVenture Entertainment, Grosvenor Park Media |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Small | Medium | Large | Scroll down for embedded trailer
| Genre | Crime, drama |
| Language | Strong, frequent |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | Some |
| Violence | Strongish |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | Mild |
| Drug abuse | Some |
| Comments | A film containing issues around police corruption and problematic morality. |
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Blood / Gore / Gross |
| Guns / Weapons |
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Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Lara de Matos | 5 |  |
| Die Burger Jeanne Calitz | 10 |  |
| Cape Times Anthony Quinn | 10 | |
| iAfrica.com Nils van der Linden | 5 | |
| Sunday Times Barry Ronge | 10 | |
| 24.com Ivan Sadler | 10 | |
| eye Weekly Damien Rogers  Not a bad time, but no new classic for the canon either. | 10 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli One can't help but be disappointed that, after having overcome the considerable logistical and financial hurdles of bringing these two men together, the result is so forgettable. | 10 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs De Niro and Pacino certainly give the film some much needed gravitas, but one can only imagine what they could have done together with a meatier and more novel story rather than this trite genre offering that works too hard, not to mention obviously, at pulling off its twist rather than getting us to care. | 8 | |
| Metacritic.com 27 critics | 7 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 121 critics | 8 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Al Pacino and Robert De Niro do their best to elevate this dowdy genre exercise, but even these two greats can't resuscitate the film's hackneyed script. | 4 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 9875 Netizens | 13 |  |
Average .. 42% | 8 | |