Rampart

Let me start by saying I am a huge Woody Harrelson fan and I was looking forward to seeing this movie due to all the positive buzz.

Well even fans of Woody will find this movie to be one of his misses.

The movie is set in 1999 Los Angeles. Woody plays veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the dirty renegade cops. He works to take care of his family and struggles for his own survival. In the movie he is known as Date Rape Dave which relates back to a case he handled.

Director Oren Moverman shoots the movie in a dark, yellowish filter in which he is trying to make the film fit the urban grit of the locations. Filming it this way (which has been done countless times before) only wants to make you go to sleep. Actor Ben Foster shows up again (he has been in many action movies of late: Contraband, The Mechanic, etc.) and tries to act again but Ben needs to go back to acting school. Every time I see him appear in a movie I know that the movie is going to suck.

Several good "Brand" name actors make cameo appearances throughout the movie and since the editing and pacing is off you end up trying to entertain yourself by figuring out what was the last movie these cameo actors were in.

Verdict:

This movie will DEFINITELY put you to sleep.