MGM
Directed by Gordon Parks
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)
A couple of altruistic rookie cops take on drug pushers and the system in NYC. Directing traffic by day, they spend their off-hours taking down previously untouchable street dealers. The other cops in the precinct feel threatened, and their superiors, most of them corrupt, throw obstacles in their way at every opportunity. Shot on location in some of the poorest NYC neighborhoods, it has an authentic feel. However, it is very episodic, characters come and go in a flash with little backstory, then disappear for the rest of the film. In this respect it resembles a TV show rather than cinema.
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