Tuesday, 3 March 2020

Cop Land 1997 by AverageMansReviews

Cop Land 1997 by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: this film is mixed

Fundamental elements: there are voice-over elements, words on screen, background music, cultural elements, mental imagery, no subtitles when another language is being used, slow-motion effects, time jumps and place jumps.

Movement; it is a very slow burner, but it does pick up its feet around the final section or somewhere around here I wasn't paying attention, but it does find a get up and go attitude roughly around the section I have already mentioned.

Storyline/Back stories/Origin storyline: the storyline is something safe and reliable, the back stories come to us the viewers via voice-over from a character/performer or news reports be it radio or TV and in the dialogue exchanges. The origin storyline gets covered in mental imagery and dialogue exchange, just to finish things off in this paragraph there is a storyteller element in this project as well.

Action sequences/Blooper/Comedy level: there are weapons being used, combat, chasing, an underwater rescue sequence. Moving on to the blooper; on reflection at no point was this incident covered [I can't say too much about this incident because that would be giving too much of the film away.] But I am specifically talking about how was it done? All I am going to say is there is no sound of a splash or anything like this or just to cover my back I am going to say unless I have missed something here but I don't think so.

Comedy level; this character/performer accidentally leaves her Daughter's stuffed soft toy [in the shape of a turtle] on the roof of her vehicle so our lead character/performer and the viewers can see it standing on the roof as she is driving away [our lead character/performer will pick it up later and yes this stuffed turtle was unharmed and in one piece after this surfing experience but he did wipe-out.] What's good enough for Scott Howard/J. Fox from the film title Teen Wolf 1985, is good enough for this soft toy turtle, but Scott Howard doesn't wipe-out that is all I am saying.

Character developments/Performances: the character developments and the performances are likewise something safe and reliable including the chemistry/friction as well, but it has to be said I was thinking there was going to be more of a character development as it relates to our lead character/performer later on in this project, don't get me wrong there is character developments, but the way this film is I was just thinking there should have been more than what there is. You see as it relates to our lead character/performer he gets treated like a doormat for the majority of this project, so when this massive release of pressure comes out, it doesn't come out as raw as it should have, I mean it does come out it feels mostly ordinary besides when our lead role/performer lets out this massive yell and other little bits and pieces in this moment at some point and sometime later says "I can't hear you Ray" with this face of granite. But having said that right at the end of the film it has been designed to illustrate with our lead character/performer standing looking out at this river and City landscape with the look of peace on his face as to indicate he is ready to put his origin storyline behind him, another Sheriff comes to get him in a separate Sheriff vehicle because an instant has arose, our lead character/performer takes another look at this landscape and the other Sheriff ask's are you okay? Our lead character/performer says Yes as they go off in separate Sheriff vehicles so there is this character development as well

This film receives: 5/10, after everything is said and done this mark is a reflection of this film


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