The actors do a good job, and the setting is visually pleasing, but those are the only positives.
I worked in the job and agency this film pretends to portray and they got just about everything wrong, including the silly size of the name tags! The producer either did little to no research, or ignored it. This is a HIGHLY unrealistic portrait of this type of work. Just to name a few problems... The uniform, the duty gear, the lack of body armor, the conversations, the lifestyle, the viewpoints, the cultural conflicts, the downtime, the politics, the diversity in staff, the charming and G rated politically correct language, and more. Real Law Enforcement Officers have to have a dark sense of humor to keep their mental health intact, and frequently cope by making light of the difficult situations they are forced to come front all day. Where is that in this fantasy film?
This script is clearly the product of someone who guessed what doing this job must be like, then made a silly movie to force a perception of reality on unsuspecting viewers.
People who work in that field are MUCH less diverse than the workforce portrayed. The problems they encounter are basically all the same problems encountered in any other police job (domestic violence, poverty, drug use, DUI, theft, and tons of basic traffic violations, to name a few). Basic field level officers do not have interactions or influence over topics encountered in this movie. That is silly and make believe. In reality, these officers would spend almost the entire shift doing things like writing tickets for littering and entering closed areas, and the rest of the time doing associated paperwork and mandatory trainings.
All you need to know to avoid this movie is what people who wrote positive reviews have said (pay attention to their grammer and writing quality). If that sounds like a good time, good luck.
I worked in the job and agency this film pretends to portray and they got just about everything wrong, including the silly size of the name tags! The producer either did little to no research, or ignored it. This is a HIGHLY unrealistic portrait of this type of work. Just to name a few problems... The uniform, the duty gear, the lack of body armor, the conversations, the lifestyle, the viewpoints, the cultural conflicts, the downtime, the politics, the diversity in staff, the charming and G rated politically correct language, and more. Real Law Enforcement Officers have to have a dark sense of humor to keep their mental health intact, and frequently cope by making light of the difficult situations they are forced to come front all day. Where is that in this fantasy film?
This script is clearly the product of someone who guessed what doing this job must be like, then made a silly movie to force a perception of reality on unsuspecting viewers.
People who work in that field are MUCH less diverse than the workforce portrayed. The problems they encounter are basically all the same problems encountered in any other police job (domestic violence, poverty, drug use, DUI, theft, and tons of basic traffic violations, to name a few). Basic field level officers do not have interactions or influence over topics encountered in this movie. That is silly and make believe. In reality, these officers would spend almost the entire shift doing things like writing tickets for littering and entering closed areas, and the rest of the time doing associated paperwork and mandatory trainings.
All you need to know to avoid this movie is what people who wrote positive reviews have said (pay attention to their grammer and writing quality). If that sounds like a good time, good luck.
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