A troubled and racist African-American L.A.P.D. Officer will stop at nothing to force out a friendly interracial couple who just moved in next door to him.A troubled and racist African-American L.A.P.D. Officer will stop at nothing to force out a friendly interracial couple who just moved in next door to him.A troubled and racist African-American L.A.P.D. Officer will stop at nothing to force out a friendly interracial couple who just moved in next door to him.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Dartenea Bryant
- Woman
- (as Dartanea Dee Bryant)
Elizabeth Tulloch
- Nadine
- (as Bitsie Tulloch)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe plot for this movie is loosely based on real-life events that happened in Altadena, California, involving an interracial couple and an African-American Los Angeles Police Officer.
- GoofsAbel Turner has a goatee in every shot, including on duty. LAPD grooming standards prohibit beards and goatees while on duty.
- Quotes
Chris Mattson: Y'know what, Abel? Fuck you.
Abel Turner: [laughs] Is that a 'We Are the World' 'fuck you'?
Chris Mattson: No. It's a special one. Just for you.
- SoundtracksShoot Me Down
Written by Peter Carr, Kevin Chase, Shahzad Mahmood, Christian Peck
Performed by Boy Kill Boy
Courtesy of Mercury Records Limited
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Pretty original movie that has racism in it
This movie has the elements of racism and thriller in it, and it's pretty decent overall. It's about this interracial couple that moves into the neighborhood, right next to a crazy and racist black police officer named Abel Turner(Samuel L. Jackson) and let me tell you Jackson played a good villain in this cause he was pretty intimidating throughout the movie especially when his level of bullying start to elevate. The thing is Abel has a thing against white people, especially when they are in a relationship with a black girl although it doesn't really explain the reason behind it all that well. I liked how this movie was more original compared to other movies that deals with racism where it's just plain black and white. Although it ain't a great movie of these types of genre, it's alright and could have been better if the ending wasn't so generic.
7.3/10
7.3/10
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- KineticSeoul
- Apr 21, 2010
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Gözcü
- Filming locations
- Hawthorne, California, USA(exteriors: library)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $39,263,506
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $15,004,672
- Sep 21, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $44,655,002
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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