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Rampart
Directed by
Oren Moverman
Produced by Ben Foster, Lawrence Inglee, Ken Kao, and Clark Peterson
Screenplay by James Ellroy and Oren Moverman Story by James Ellroy
Produced by Ben Foster, Lawrence Inglee, Ken Kao, and Clark Peterson
Screenplay by James Ellroy and Oren Moverman Story by James Ellroy
With:
Woody Harrelson, Ned Beatty, Ben Foster, Anne Heche, Ice Cube, Cynthia Nixon, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright, Don Creech, and Steve Buscemi
Cinematography:
Bobby Bukowski
Editing: Jay Rabinowitz
Music: Dickon Hinchliffe
Editing: Jay Rabinowitz
Music: Dickon Hinchliffe
Runtime:
108 min
Release Date: 24 February 2012
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 24 February 2012
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
This portrait of a corrupt police officer begs comparison to the original 1992 Bad Lieutenant by Able Ferrara--a similarly relentless showcase for an actor who isn’t quite the master thespian many consider him. The film moves from one dark, depressing, violent set of circumstances to another as we watch this character become more and more self-destructive. What does it have to say about the police? About society? Not too much. Where as Moverman’s previous film, the terrific 2009 Iraq War drama The Messenger presented an original take on the effects of war from a totally fresh perspective, this film is a one-note character study that is riddled with cop-gone-bad clichés instead of incite.