An arrogant bright black Northern homicide detective travelling via a small Mississippi town becomes involved in a murder investigation after a local industrialist is found dead. Engaged in a clash of wills with the local racist cop the two eventually develop a mutual respect. Won Best Picture at 1967 Academy Awards.
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THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
Certification18 Our Rating
The famous drugs thriller as Gene Hackman plays the cop determined to fix the Marseille based heroin runners once and for all. An action-packed movie full of murders, car chases and everything else a good thriller should have - making it one of the classics and a yardstick for others since. Won Best Picture at 1971 Academy Awards.
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THE GODFATHER (1971)
Certification18 Our Rating
A gangster movie that spawned a million with Coppola on top directorial form and Brando and Pacino at their very best. Brilliantly believable and detailed stories unfold complete in every scene as the movie waltzes to its violent moral climax of living and dying by the sword.
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TRAINING DAY (2001)
Certification18 Our Rating
Jake Hoyt is a rookie LA cop, Alonzo Harris is the streetwise detective who's going to show him how it's done; but Jake's initiation is a trial by fire and as the day progresses from one hair raising scenario to the next he becomes increasingly concerned that his mentor is a badge abusing psychopath. Training Day is a taught urban thriller, but while it's unquestionably entertaining it is no cop classic, too slick, too shallow and lacking any real emotional power....I wouldn't normally moan, but
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