A good movie

I wasn't sure what to expect from this flick as it was barely seen when it was released and I have never been really impressed by Antoine Fuqua's work, even 'Training Day' was rather overrated in my opinion. Eventually, I thought it was pretty good, probably Fuqua's best movie, even if this project was probably too ambitious for him. Indeed, it deals with 3 story-lines about 3 different cops working in New York and even if all the stories were interesting, they all could have been more developed, especially Richard Gere's story-line. Indeed, basically, he did nothing heroic or outstanding during his 22 years career as a cop but, suddenly, when he just retires, he becomes some kind of cow-boy. Rather far-fetched if you ask me . Still, I thought it was well made and there was a pretty cool cast (Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lili Taylor, Ellen Barkin). It was also nice to see Wesley Snipes to show up in a decent movie instead of all the straight-to-DVD garbage he has made recently. I also loved the very first scene with Ethan Hawke and Vincent D'Onofrio. Indeed, even if I suspected that one of them would die, I thought it would be the other way around and I always find it ballsy and just plain awesome to have a big name actor killed in the very first minutes. To conclude, even though it is actually nothing really amazing, it remains a decent and well made cop drama and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10