Very good Cop Flick

serf9

Metro isn't really a movie that would make you feel you got your money's worth if you saw it at the cinema, because it doesn't have enough explosions but I just saw it on TV and the well-developed plot made it very satisfying.

The street car scene is quite riveting although a bit unconvincing, with Murphy jumping back and forth from a moving car to the street car -- the criminal points a gun at him once he's made it to the street car but doesn't shoot him (even though he's just killed some other people in the car). The street car minus the driver has built up so much speed that the brakes won't work so Murphy jumps acroos to land in his cop car to steer it in front of the moving street car to stop it that way -- showing how both cops are willing to risk their own lives using the car as a brake. Of course the street car comes to a halt JUST before the street car comes to the end of its line, where it would have taken out a crowd of people who just scream, refusing to move -- so yeah unconvincing but fun.

I believe this is one of Eddie Murphy's strongest performances ever but unfortunately he's in a movie that albeit very good, screams made-for-TV.

score 8/10

serf9 5 March 2004

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