Rampart (2011)
Directed by Oren Moverman
The story follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.
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What critics compared Rampart to
Compare last year’s “Rampart” in which Woody Harrelson played an out-of-control, corrupt, dinosaur cop who really need to be retired.
Brian (Gyllenhaal) and Mike (Pena) are a far cry from the Machiavellian patrol office portrayed by Woody Harrelson in last years Rampart; they’re straight shooters who (for the most part) follow the rules and take their responsibilities seriously.
Woody Harrelson’s sociopathic officer in last year’s “Rampart’’ is just one of the recent countless examples.
Some movies about L.A. cops, like last year’s Rampart (also from an Ellroy story), float the notion that an officer needs to be crazy or corrupt to survive and thrive in a hellish job.
The stoic, impassive Katniss threads her way through the Capitol with the dubious help of a chaperone named Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks), whose kooky, fin de siecle style includes white-powdered wigs, candy-colored costumes and rosebud lips, and a mentor named Haymitch Abernathy, played by Woody Harrelson in a soddenly bravura turn that somehow combines his two most recent roles, the corrupt cop in “Rampart” and a world-weary political consultant in “Game Change.”
Even the great Woody Harrelson ("Rampart") is left to play the alcoholic Haymitch Abernathy, District 12's only former winner and mentor to its current tributes, by having hair hang in his eyes.