Seen at: Cinemark 16 in Ft. Collins 11:55 a.m. on Nov. 2
At times this felt like a decent movie with a few clever plot twists, but at other times it felt like an amped-up ripoff of Silence of the Lambs (including a scene where I guy in prison orders a full meal and then kills someone in the cell with him!).
My main impression, however, is that it is utter straightforward propaganda for the Police State. The moral seems to be that the law is for suckers, and if the police are going to get anything done, they need to do what needs to be done, and screw the law.
The most vivid scene in this regard is one in which the Mayor of Philadelphia is swearing in the protagonist (Jamie Foxx) as the new District Attorney. He has his hand on the Bible and is affirming that he will uphold the Constitution. In the very next scenes the Mayor declares martial law and a complete "lockdown" of the city, and the DA protagonist is busting into private property while saying "Screw his civil rights." That's Postmodernity in a nutshell to me, at least at is applies to the law.
Verdict: barf.
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