Black Cop

Ever wondered what it would look/feel like if a black cop treated citizens the same way white cops do? Finally, you found a movie that shows you exactly that. Strap in and buckle up !

Cory Bowles's Black Cop is anchored by a fine performance by Ronnie Rowe Jr, as the title character, a cop tipped over the edge by the intrusiveness and shame of his being racially profiled by other cops , whilst off duty. Unfortunately instead of giving us a clean narrative to play out the story, Bowles frequently effectively stops the storytelling, to give us a look inside Black Cop's mind at various junctures, as he breaks the fourth wall and zones off on various rants. It's a really clumsy device which adversely affects what little there is of the story and mightily impacts on the pacing of the film.

We are also burdened with repetition in Black Cop. It is literally filled to the seams with close-ups. Whenever there are conversations, people's faces fill the screen. We are delivered many, many repeats of the same close-ups, the same angles of Black Cop's face on his never-ending car patrols, where he notably always is lacking a partner. I believe his character does state at some point, that it is his choice to do so. Ironically in the few action scenes we get, they are either shot from quite some distance away, or rendered pretty much ineffective by overuse of hand-held cameras.

I really would have liked to have ben invited to share more of Black Cop's story. But that seemed to be almost subordinate in a technically deficient film, where the director/writer couldn't even be bothered in naming any characters, as they played second fiddle to the primary instrument of the main character just ranting to the screen. Sadly, an awkward, poorly made film, where the lead's fine acting is just wasted.

The premise had promise. If a team were put to work on this, they would have seen & explored some of the flaws & approach to the story line & made corrections thus making this a movie to take note of. Over done in some filming/frames as well as too much narration distracts. Being a cop & then being black police officer is a subject of interest to us all. Show us how one is superior to the other in the form of an object lesson, but this movie missed that opportunity. However, this movie does take us into the all too personal world of the lead player which to me had us off story & focus. Some parts were hilarious which had me puzzled as to their purpose. We all have personal lives. Our professional lives should be separate unless they combine in a unique way such as YOU are called to what you are doing sort of annointed & then there is no division between personal/professional only being to what called you to be & come forth. There were times throughout this movie that caught me off guard because you cannot serve two masters something that is ignored here making it slightly questionable & confusing. Who are you, who are you not, is missing & in its place we get dysfunction. That makes no sense in life, movies, or relationships. I do recommend seeing the movie for it also lets us see a role reversal, something you won't forget making it worth your viewing time. HEY: show me your hands!

It started out pretty good, then went ALL over the place ( kind of like the "Black Cop" character) . Literally no flow whatsoever. I really like the main ACTOR too. What a shame. Honestly, I wouldn't want to subject anyone to it's painstaking frustration. Oh, and don't even get me started on the ending.

I made it halfway through this movie and that was all I could take. It got more ignorant as time passed.