The Glass Shield
In a world filled with violence… his only weapon is the truth!
In this powerful action thriller, an ambitious rookie cop and his station's only female deputy (Lori Petty - A League of Their Own) uncover widespread corruption and conspiracy when they realize that an innocent man (Ice Cube - Three Kings) has been jailed for a shocking murder! Suddenly, these two outsiders are forced to make an impossible choice: fit into an unjust system by breaking the law they're sworn to uphold… or break the unwritten code of silence that could be their only protection! From acclaimed director Charles Burnett (To Sleep with Anger), The Glass Shield combines non-stop suspense with an explosive story - to keep you riveted to the edge of your seat!
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The Glass Shield - Coco
Who knew that Paul Haggis’ miserable Crash was a sequel? From the director of one of the most important American independent films of all time (Killer of Sheep) comes this pile of absolute garbage, about as pleasant to watch as yr 4-year-old daughter’s skin coming off in yr hands as you attempt to save her from a house fire. It has two interesting points: prejudices are not mutually exclusive, and once corruption becomes the “new normal”, prejudice stops having anything to do with it, as corruption is like a tiny snow ball cascading down hill until it turns into a frozen dynamo what could take out an Austrian village (giant snowballs of death don’t kill based on prejudice even if that’s what caused them in the first!). The acting in this film is all done by moustaches, set pieces feel like islands people have been marooned together on, the dialogue seems to come from a high school social studies project, and Ice Cube would absolutely never get cold-cocked with a murder one beef if he were wearing that orange sweater (is it a blooming cardigan?). So even if the movie is not all sour gas sententiousness, with a few wise points made (well, two), that doesn’t mean it ceases to feel like a particularly shallow showing from the Max Fischer Players (see Rushmore). And clever titles are only clever if they mean something! Ghastly!
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The Glass Shield - Coco
Who knew that Paul Haggis’ miserable Crash was a sequel? From the director of one of the most important American independent films of all time (Killer of Sheep) comes this pile of absolute garbage, about as pleasant to watch as yr 4-year-old daughter’s skin ...