Officer Movie Reviews Samples For Students

The movie “Training Day” captures certain aspects of corruption and unprofessional conduct of a Narc officer in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). There are several instances of unscrupulous behavior by police officers. There are nineteen incidents of misconduct and two limitations shown in the movie. The incident leading to the unfortunate turn of events only finds mention in the movie. The Narc officer kills a member of the Russian mob and has to make a restitution by midnight to save his own life. The events portrayed in the movie involve the conspiracy played out by the Narc officer ...

Abstract

The ‘Prime Suspect’, is an exceptional television series movie analysis, that provides a deeply profound and insightful picture of how a female officer, handles a murder investigation, with a murder squad of male comrades or counterparts on her team.
In this movie, we find that DCI Jane Tennison, is the first available female officer of her rank, who is summoned by the higher authorities of the Metropolitan police force, to take charge of a murder investigation case, due to a crisis, where her superior DCI John Shefford, suffers an immediate cardiac arrest. In this review, we come across the ...

When Lives Collide

Paul Haggis’s 2004 film Crash is a powerful view of the intersecting lives of many people and families of different races, classes, economic status, and careers in modern day Los Angeles. It is difficult to summarize the movie because there are so many important characters and intertwining storylines. There is Graham (Don Cheadle), a police officer whose mother is a junkie and brother is a criminal. Daniel (Michael Pena) is a locksmith and a kind-hearted family man not trusted by some of his customers because of his tattoos and tough looks. Farhad (Shaun Toub), a Persian shopkeeper, buys a gun to protect his family. Rick (Brendan ...

Generation War is a 2013 German film directed by Philipp Kadelbach and starring Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Miriam Stein, Ludwig Trepte, who play the five central characters brothers Wilhelm and Friedhelm Winter, Greta, Charlotte and Viktor. The movie is a historical drama attempting at providing a non-conventional view on the Germans, Poles and Russians and their behavior and beliefs during the World War II. The movie has caused controversial reaction throughout Europe, the United States and in Israel. The main reason for that is a perceived attempt of the German director to reconstruct the history and somewhat justify non-Nazi Germans, ...

Hard Decisions in the Movie Crash

Introduction
Crash is a crime drama film that was produced in 2004. It is directed by Paul Haggis who is also the producer and its co-writer. Paul Haggis was inspired by a real life carjacking incident that took place in Wilshire Boulevard outside a video store in 1991. It focuses on racism and as well as social tension present in California. Starring is Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Episto, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillipe and Larenz Tate .

Dilemmas Facing the Characters

The aspect of racism present in Los Angeles as portrayed in the movie is obvious. ...

The movie Serpico is a representation of the kind of life that was led one Frank Serpico, who a police officer was serving the nation. At the face value, Frank Serpico seems to be excellent and perfect. This is because all the tasks and duties that he is accorded he accomplishes them in good time and does them to the satisfaction and acceptance of the seniors. Thus, in all respects and fairness, it is worth to mention that Frank Serpico is an outstanding and diligent officer who excels at his duty post or station. This phenomenon presents an ethical dimension and ...

The First Scene of the Movie Alien (1979)
The movie opens with a scene of an alien planet with some eerie music in the background. The nostromo with twenty million tons of ore and a crew of seven are headed to earth when a distress call from an origin not known is received. The crew is awakened from cryogenic stasis by the ship’s proper protocol and flies it to the planet from where the transmission came.
The ship is slightly damaged upon landing on the planet because of the turbulent alien environment. Captain Dallas, first in command of the ...

William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe is a documentary that follows the life of a radical-leftist attorney. However, the captivating and incendiary film is also based on the tragic form of liberal guilt. The movie revolves around the numerous cases that Kunstler was involved with until his demise. The film depicts William Kunstler as the passionate defender of the American people’s civil rights, earning him the reputation through defending a majority of the controversial defendants during the 20th Century. In Kunstler’s profession, he defended the American Indian Movement, Chicago 8, the Attica Prison rioters, the Freedom Riders, and ...

Prejudice and discrimination

Summary of the movie
A very rich and powerful man known as Philip Colbert who comes from Chicago and who had plans to construct a factory in a rural southern town called Sparta in Mississippi was found murdered. The regional police boss Chief Bill is under pressurre to investigate the murder of Philip quickly. A well-dressed African-American northerner named Virgil Tibbs, who was waiting for a train in a deserted station, is picked up by a police officer who is a racist. Virgil is found with a lot of money in his pocket. After being arrested, he is brought ...

The issue of feminism in the film industry is a common topic for controversial discussions. Many writers are more popular than others because of the ways in which feminism surfaces as the driving force behind their presentations. Feminism can be classified as a social movement that has created an enormous impact on culture of film, the theories of films and the critical reviews of films. A number of films represent the myths that reveal ideas on women and their femininity. In addition, there are films that speak to men and their masculinity. The issues of representation and spectatorship form ...

The ‘fast five movie’ commonly known as the Fast and Furious 5 is an American action movie written by Chris Morgan and directed by Justin Lin. The following describes the plot of the movie; with the help of his sister and friends, Dom is rescued from the hands of the authorities. The team is the pursued hotly by Hobbs, who follows them to Rio de Janeiro in South America. Hobbs is caught in between two gangs fighting each other i.e. Dam’s team and Reyes’ team. Although the movie has a lot of action and heavy compact, it presents clear ...

A Soldier’s Story’s is a film that was produced in America in 1984 by an American drama film directed Norman Jewison. The film was developed from Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning, A Soldier’s Play. The story’s main themes are racism as well as segregation for a black United States Army battalion with white officers. A black army officer, Howard Rollins, is tasked with the role of investigating the killing of a sergeant Waters based in Louisiana towards the final bit of the Second World War. The case takes place in the interior of Jim Crow South at a time when a ...

False Confession

A false confession refers to an admission of guilt by a suspect whereas the confessor is not responsible for the offence charged. Such an event can be as a result of incompetency on the part of the accused, insanity or may as well be induced through coercion. The story of the Norfolk Four as depicted through the film, The Confessions, is a classic case of false confession by the accused persons who were consequently convicted. It is also critical to note as evident in the film that the Norfolk Four waived their rights as laid down in the Miranda case. The possibility ...

There is no movie with a greater effect than one in possession of a rebellious teenager for a protagonist, who finds himself at odds with his peers at a new school, who meets a girl, stands up for what he believes is right, even though it may be in conflict with what society perceives as right, thus disobeying not only his parents but the law as well, all in an attempt to make a potent social commentary about the American youth. Such a movie is Rebel Without a Cause. The film’s enormous success has not only its story, but also its stars to thank for: heartthrob ...