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Movie
description |
-Matt
Dillon
-Sandra
Bullock
-Don
Cheadle
A
stellar
cast
collides
haphazardly
in
this
insightfully
written
roundelay
of
racism,
rage,
and
redemption
which
takes
place
over
the
course
of
one
day
in
LA
and
involves
a
circus
of
cops,
robbers,
and
civilians.
A
detective
(Don
Cheadle)
with
a
heroin
addict
mother
and
criminal
brother
investigates
the
shooting
of a
black
cop
by a
white
one.
Two
hoodlums
(Larenz
Tate
and
Ludacris)
jack
the
car
of
the
District
Attorney
(Brendon
Fraser)
and
his
angry,
racist
wife
(Sandra
Bullock).
Terrence
Howard
and
Thandie
Newton
play
an
upper-class
African
American
couple
harassed
by a
racist
cop
(Matt
Dillon).
And
the
chaos
continues,
with
other
roles
played
by
Tony
Danza,
Michael
Pena,
and
Jennifer
Esposito.
A
propulsive
Mark
Isham
score
keeps
the
disparate
narrative
threads
electrified
from
the
get-go;
when
they
finally
connect,
the
results
are
explosive
and
beautiful.
Everything
is
tied
together
with
tight
editing
and
artistic
shots
of
car
headlights
cutting
through
dense
morning
smog.
Writer-director
Paul
Haggis'
(writer
of
MILLION
DOLLAR
BABY)
Los
Angeles
is a
world
of
alienated
people
struggling
to
connect
across
vast
barriers
of
language,
class,
and
culture;
that
they
manage
to
do
so
is
testament
to
their
depth
as
characters
more
than
some
trite
message
of
brotherly
love.
There
are
no
easy
answers,
but
this
film
is
tough,
intelligent,
and
gutsy
enough
to
find
some
anyway;
and
for
that
it's
a
winner.
Portions
of
this
page
Copyright
1948-2006
Muze
Inc.
and
Muze
Europe
Ltd.
All
rights
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