Word: copping
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...objective air about it most of the time. But whenever Bardem appears, something nasty starts twisting in your gut. He's about as perfect a representation of unambiguous evil as the movies have lately offered. And Brolin is his perfect foil. He's terrific as a totally twisted cop in American Gangster, but he's equally good as a totally innocent good ole boy here. All right, trying to make off with someone else's ill-gotten gains is maybe not entirely smart or entirely moral. But there's something pure and sweet about the young...
...trying to grab somebody to dance with me…” 10. Bucking. 11. Letting in non-Harvardians: guess a college ID isn’t selective enough these days. 12. Indecisiveness: Partygoers didn’t want to leave, until they saw the 20-something cop cars waiting outside. Then they ran. 13. Yelling at the police? Not a good idea. 14. Trying to dance with the police? Definitely not a good idea. 15. “Time...
...purer and cheaper product that his competitors offered. Finally, Frank, who is played with a smooth coolness by Denzel Washington that eluded the more rough-hewn Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney, does not come to a tragic end. Eventually, he is turned by an almost comically obsessive cop named Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe), does some jail time and loses his fortune, but remains available to tell his story...
...little jail time (Frank's life sentence was commuted to 15 years). It is also improved by the fact that Crowe's bumptious character comes to enjoy the man's company, even becoming his attorney when he leaves law enforcement. It's the old Dostoyevskian bit about cop and crook being brothers under the skin. In the film, the only truly loathsome villain is a crooked cop, Detective Trupo, played with wonderful brutality by Josh Brolin, who encourages us to think that the only real crime is to interrupt the smooth flow of criminal entrepreneurship...
...Halloween gathering was once a spontaneous event, taking place on a public street and without an official organizational authority. But when things went wrong, it was the city and the university that got the blame. With less than one cop for every 10 people, little could be done besides resorting to tear gas to disperse the crowd of debauched revelers...