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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119094/
A cop dons the appearance of a criminal mastermind in order to foil his terrorist plot.
An excellent, though generally-forgettable, bubblegum movie.
Perhaps see also:
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Entertainment > Movies >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119094/
A cop dons the appearance of a criminal mastermind in order to foil his terrorist plot.
An excellent, though generally-forgettable, bubblegum movie.
Perhaps see also:
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790736/
A cop is saved from death but brought into a supernatural police department.
A fair movie. It has some fairly amusing moments but is overall an engaging bubblegum movie.
See also Men in Black - (1997 movie)
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4776564/
A new warfare technology is developed, but catches a former-military police officer in the crossfire of its activities.
It had hope, but it ended so badly.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1954347/
https://web.archive.org/web/20171220131235/http://www.showcase.ca:80/continuum
A cop from an authoritarian future is caught up in a daring time-travel jail-break, to become stranded in present-day Vancouver Canada.
Overall this is adequate, but with several plot points and character traits which are difficult to believe. The biggest problem I have is the various brushes against citizen-terrorism apologetics. My takeaway is that this show is "safe", with some edginess fabricated for the kids.
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Entertainment > Movies >
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3036654/
Something about a rape-murder and police that care a bunch about stuff and things.
This is just an extended tv episode, and a bad one at that.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2741602/
https://www.nbc.com/the-blacklist
A bad guy blackmails the good guys because he likes this one good girl.
My impression from the first few episodes was:
Seems "ok". Unless this has a more interesting story-arc, I won't consider this particularly good. The predictable and episodic nature of television bores the shit out of me. It makes a series only valuable only the course of multiple episodes and individual episodes become the shit I have to slog through.
My later impression, from the end of the second season:
Characters were slow and stiff until they were developed more fully. When they were, a broader story arc took hold, making this show quite a bit more interesting.
My final impression:
It gets repetitive and annoying.
Avoid cliffhangers: Watch more when it's part way into the next season.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4258440/
A detective is haunted with hallucinations that include his dead partner, who was killed under mysterious circumstances.
I think some would find this movie slow and boring, and I did at first, but it very quickly revealed a depth and character that I haven't seen in any television show before and I doubt I will again.
This isn't a classic cop-and-mystery show. All I can say is give this a good chance, at least until the end of the second episode.
TODO - Watch the special features, there's a lot.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120768/
A cop's early investigation into a police fund theft has him killed, leaving his framed hostage-negotiator partner to use the only tool he has available to find the real killer.
A really great movie with a unique topic. Recommended.