Was he a good training officer?
Ethan was way too naive even for a rookie cop
>>221629048This would never be made today for obvious reasons. Well, only if the casting were reversed.
>>221629048yes, ethan hawke's character learned a lot about the job from him
>>221629048From what I got from the small part that guy they robbed the money from he used to be a good cop. Just not anymore.
>>221629144Wasn't that kind of the point of his character? He's a naive boy scout who doesn't understand human nature. He thinks all people are basically good. He doesn't think evil people exist to do evil for no good reason.
Jake was an incel
>>221629817The point of the character is that HE was good while the status quo was predictably corrupt, that's why Denzel's plan didn't work and he got swiss cheesed at the end. Doesn't mean Ethan had to fall for all of Denzel's tricks. He'd wire money to a Nigerian prince's email
>>221629048Only when he evaded his taxes.
>>221630909I actually think he was starting to come over to his side after their talk in the car. Thats why he even made the trip with him to Smiley's place instead of just dipping then and there. But ironically, Alonzo putting the hit out on him snapped him back to his values and spelled Alonzo's own doom
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My favorite movie to this day.
>>221629817thats fucking stupid. Any cop with a few months on the job would know blacks are evil and dont give a shit about anyone and anything, and the job of a cop is to placate them so the city doesnt get sued for being racist, or burned to the ground for enforcing agency on blacks.
>>221631588meds
He turned Jake into a man, so yes.
Who was the drug dude they executed with the shotgun? And how were the Mexican card guys connected?
>>221629736Denzel spent the entire film until the very end mogging the shit out of him. Plus he might be corrupt but he's not 'stereotypically black' corrupt. It definitely played on the supercool alphanigger tropes they were trying to push
I woulda shut my mouth and kept that money. Keep rolling with Alonzo even though he's a scumbag.
>>221631787Roger was a former cop turned drug dealer.Mexicans were just cronies Alonzo used for dirty shit and paid them.
Jake was internal affairs. He played the dumb boy scout role to get closer.
