Ray Winston in all its glory! A film about the everyday life of the English special forces of the police. Such an analogue of our not even riot police, but the famous in the 90s RUBOP. With their brains, their network of informants, and their tough investigative techniques. 'The Flying Squad' (in English slang 'Sweeney') is a real unit with a hundred-year history, a whole series was shot about it. Generally, for dedicated Brits 'Sweeney' - legend. His scandalous and daring special operations were savored in smokers and taverns. After all, almost every capture of the bandits guys from ' Sweeney' turned into a famous scene from Mannovskaya ' Combat'. After these shootings, the city stood on its ears for a long time, internal inspections were carried out in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, counting damage to buildings, lawsuits from beaten and wounded detainees, etc. Sweeney still exists today, but certainly not the same.
In general, the group under the command of Jack Regan in the 2012 film looks more like the British & #39; ultras' in hoodies, with baseball bats and crumpled cars than the police. Only then I learned that the director stuffed his hand on films about football fans.
In this movie, there is a separate chic special operation, when the hero of Ray Winston and his brigade, pursuing bank robbers, destroys Trafalgar Square to dust, then arranges a massacre in some central library and adjacent park. Winston here is a British Al Pacino or Depardieu times ' Embankment Orfevre'. Cool adrenaline cop in pygeon cream shoes and a long leather jacket ' hello to Cherkison'. Without talking gives in the jaw at least a bandit, even a skinny head ' Department of own security', smokes, swears, and wears touching glasses. Between the shootouts twists an affair with a subordinate, the wife of the same head of the SBU. She reciprocates, in the toilet, in the hotel room, in the car, everywhere. What a hurricane movie! Carves sparks and leaves a feeling as if he visited the ACDC concert in the dance room.
Apparently, all efforts went to create an uncouth atmosphere, because the script is frankly lame. Starting with the prison, in which Winston was ambushed without trial for just a couple of days and ending with the final delusional trick about the yacht. Holy shit. Still, the movie is more like a dream about the real fate of a man. Dream work, exploits, beloved companion, triumph of justice!
Personally, I was missing only one scene in the end: Winston’s hero Jack Regan surrenders a token, a weapon and takes out of his pocket an earring that his beloved gave him. Right in front of the office pod from the SBU! I think the director planned it, but in the heat just forgot to take off.