Word: copping
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...those who missed the first IA or failed to take detailed notes of it, a little primer is in order. Ming (Andy Lau) is a triad spy who infiltrates the police force, while Yan (an unusually harried Tony Leung) is a cop under cover with the triads. Each tries to root out the other during the compact, brutally tense first film; Ming, who likes working with the good guys so much that he wants to sever all of his criminal ties, blows away Yan, and walks away scot-free. (Not in the mainland China version, however. Nervous censors there forced...
...close-cropped Andy Lau plays Ming as a man slowly discovering his own hollowness, but Leung's Yan, all nerves and charm, steals the film again, while Tsang and Wong shine in their brief appearances. Newcomers Leon Lai, as a possibly dirty cop, and mainlander Chen Daoming, as an imperially cold smuggler, fit seamlessly into the action. Only Kelly Chen, as the psychiatrist who connects Ming and Yan, falls flat...
...really running alone. I’m running with Rohit,” Lurie said. “Rohit’s the good cop. I’m the bad cop...
Crowe will eventually be seen as the pre-eminent actor of his era--surpassing Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Sean Penn and the rest. With Crowe you see a conflicted cop, a sensitive gay plumber, a fragile genius; with others, you see an actor playing a role. I respect Crowe's tenacity in staying true to himself. Because he won't play the fame game, he has been assigned a persona: arrogant bad boy. Your story unfairly perpetuated that image, leaving out instances of Crowe's generosity, loyalty and zest for life. Crowe is rugged, rebellious and tender. His complexity makes...
...effort to crack down on what was, until recently, the second-biggest source of fake U.S. currency in the world. "The Bulgarians have helped us tremendously," a senior U.S. official told TIME. "We work hand in hand." That close relationship is largely thanks to Bulgaria's top cop, General Boyko Borissov, who took office two years ago. The walls of his spacious Sofia office are lined with grinning portraits of him arm-in-arm with top law-enforcement brass from the U.S. Secret Service, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Europol and Interpol. Though counterfeit euros pose no threat to Bulgaria...