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What kind of cops have these writers met?

posted 7 years ago by owensknick
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My god, steer clear at all costs. This movie could have been something....if the writers either, knew anything about law enforcement, or didn't hate the police. I'm not sure which it is, but it had to be one of the two. Because everything that ruined this movie, was due to making the police in it out to be the most incompetent people to ever wear a badge. Spoilers of how silly it is below.

First off, a guy with seemingly no police skills or tactical awareness is brought into town to become sheriff....with no real explanation. He then bumbles around nearly shooting himself because he decides to look for a hidden cache of ammo with a cutting torch. Soon after, he approaches who he thinks to be someone from the cartel trying to finish off a guy he finds half dead, and gets smacked with a shovel. Climbs out of a hole and then manages to get his hand cut off when he goes into the house after cartel shovel guy....DESPITE KNOWING THERE'S AN ARMED GUY IN THE HOUSE. The old sheriff sits with his back to a guy he suspects of running guns....then asks him to sit down. The guy does so and shoots him through a desk. There's a CO in the movie that, apparently, regularly trades places in prison with a hitman. Because, you know, there's only one corrections officer for the entire county jail and no one would notice an inmate walking out/a CO missing. Also, ford explorers are bullet proof to point-blank .50ae and .223 rounds. Seriously, WHAT POLICE OFFICERS HAVE THESE WRITERS BEEN AROUND?!?!? If it wasn't so insulting to the badge I'd find it comedic because the actions of any law enforcement in the movie was laughable and ultimately corrupt. Which in turn ruined any chance of a good story. And mind you, this is ignoring the usual film oversights of policing that showed up in the film such as leave after a shooting, investigation of firearm discharge, injury leave, etc. etc.

[–] gamer_12 7 years ago

The guy trading places with the inmate part was particularly hilarious. I mean, how? That writing was like out of an especially bad episode of "Prison Break."

[–] tenlegdragon 7 years ago

That's what that was? I didn't even think that. That's too stupid an idea

[–] Ghost_Of_Me 7 years ago

Well it is a film. You have to have suspend disbelieve in most films. Its just unfortunate that with this one, you have to suspend alot of disbelieve.

[–] snakeye808 7 years ago

That is so outrageous that every movie doesn't portray cops as virtuous, upstanding heroes like John McClane who only live to take down bad guys and can shoot an apple off someone's head from 100 yards away. Portraying cops in any other way is offensively unrealistic!

[–] Kray2013 7 years ago

I agree. It was a slick production and had a good vibe but the law enforcement portrayal was pathetic. In particular the scene of the CO swapping places with the hitman was hilarious.