"Metro" is another Cool Action Cop Thriller from the Awesome 90's & a time that was full of slick & Cool Action-packed Cop Thriller's with plenty of comedy mixed in & two bickering partners & here the legendary Eddie Murphy is excellent as Scott Roper a Negotiator for the san Francisco PD who gets in to very personal trouble with a bank robbing killer & puts his girlfriend in harms way.
Murphy is Cool here & does his fast talking & funny wise cracks with his bad ass attitude & gives more serious performance than what we we're used to at the time & he's really good but it's his sharp shooting, lanky new partner that steals the show played by the always entertaining Michael Rapaport, now there was a time during the 90's to early 2000's that Rapaport was quite a star & during his hey day of that time i was a huge fan of his as he seemed so Cool with tall & lanky look & old skool Thick New York accent & he seemed to pop up in all the good films at that time like True Romance, Beautiful Girls, Metro, CopLand, Kiss of Death, Deep Blue Sea, The 6th Day, Higher Learning, Next Friday, The Basketball Diaries & more, also he even starred the hit sitcom FRIENDS!!! Rapaport popped up in everything & was always a scene stealer & actually a really good fine actor, just watch his excellent performances in the Urban Drama, Higher Learning & the Cop Thriller, CopLand & the Gritty Crime Thriller, Kiss of Death.
Although Rapaport was a tall, skinny & almost nerdy looking he came accross a nice guy most of the time & a Cool dude especially in my favourites of his roles (Deep Blue Sea, The 6th Day & Metro) Rapaport was a dependable actor who was usually apart of an ensemble cast but every so often got a meatier role as the "Sidekick" partner or buddy of the main star such as with "The 6th Day" next to Schwarzenegger or in "Metro" next to Eddie Murphy but always made the movie that little bit better by having him star in it. Rapaport's best movie starring days may be behind him now but he holds a place in my Nostalgia filled heart for a few of his films that i really love (Metro, Deep Blue Sea, The 6th Day) & continue to enjoy his roles from that time period.
Back to METRO!!! this is a standard pure 90's Cop Thriller that has plenty of shootouts, Action, fights, explosions & humour & is genuinely just a fun late night Cop film with two good leads tracking down a Cop Killer & Robber. There's plenty of violence & plenty of mouthy dialogue & best of all it has a really great role for Michael Rapaport. A cracking Cop Thriller even if it's nothing Special, it's good for what it is.
Back to METRO!!! this is a standard pure 90's Cop Thriller that has plenty of shootouts, Action, fights, explosions & humour & is genuinely just a fun late night Cop film with two good leads tracking down a Cop Killer & Robber. There's plenty of violence & plenty of mouthy dialogue & best of all it has a really great role for Michael Rapaport. A cracking Cop Thriller even if it's nothing Special, it's good for what it is.