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Made in 1989, it was ahead of it's time though slightly cliché. Filmed with a mixture of varied cast, this was a very good reflection of a real life story, where Hollywood was not trying to create a sterile environment and the characters were normal every day people with real issues that were bouncing off of each other. Some of the story line was predictable with Don Johnson sticking to his Miami Vice sense of humour but with an on-going turbulent divorce and a career dependent on a successful case, the other actors did not make it easy for Jerry Beck when his alcoholism started effecting his professionalism. Throughout the film the villains are always one step ahead, with White supremacy and anti-social behavioural traits quite accurate to life situations and personal beliefs,including religious denominations of cult Christianity, creating a network of deceit. Set in a big city leading across small towns across USA, brings out the sinister nature of true organised crime and involves the police, FBI and local sheriff's departments working with Don Johnson's Homocide department in an inhibitory way, until a crack unit enforces his efforts. Conflicts throughout were personal and not exaggerated, and understandably psychological and contextualised accurately.
score 9/10
fyhubb-01476 18 March 2017
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