where: EDWARDS FAIRFIELD STADIUM 16 & I-MAX in Fairfield, CA
when: Friday, March 5th, 2010
show: 10:15 p.m.
costs: $10.50 Ticket + $5.75 Kid's Pack = $16.25
auditorium: 5
seat: 4th row, 7th seat
synopsis: A burned-out loner cop, Eddie Dugan ( Richard Gere ), with an unremarkable track record is counting down the days to his retirement and playing it safe, not knowing that his last and final day on the force will inter-twine with the lives of two narcotics cops in a crime scene in the high-crime rate area of the city.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) Cemetery; 2.) Sparse bedroom; 3.) Confessional; 4.) Locker room; 5.) Desk, suit, tie; 6.) Seven days from today; 7.) Out of zone; 8.) Meter maid; 9.) Not enough; 10.) Night club; 11.) New house; 12.) Latina Hooker ( Shannon Kane ); 13.) Raid; 14.) Chase; 15.) Need for an high-profile arrest; 16.) "Dude"; 17.) Card game; 18.) Re-appeal; 19.) $100,000 reward; 20.) Fabricate the news; 21.) Second raid; 22.) Convenience store incident; 23.) Internal Affairs investigation; 24.) Taco sauce & gasoline; 25.) "Streets got an expiration date"; 26.) Record activated; 27.) Gambling club; 28.) Men's room; 29.) Retirement day; 30.) Drive-by shooting; 31.) "Monkey shit"; 32.) Back at the hooker's apartment; 33.) Van; 34.) Confrontation; 35.) Cross paths; 36.) Elevator; 37.) Kidnap victims; 38.) Chasing down the suspect; and 39.) The struggle.
audience reaction: The audience was obviously entertained by it.
recommendation: I liked it, too, especially the second encounter with the prostitute which had some laugh-out-loud shots!
spoiler alert! When the cop confronted the arguing couple, the angry man assaulted the rookie cop. Isn't this a basis for a citation and/or arrest whether or not it falls outside of a precinct's zone? How the hell did a white cop catch-up to a fleeing black suspect who had such a wide lead on him in the first place? Why would a prostitute have lots of images of Jesus Christ, The Virgin Mary, and the Saints hanging all over her apartment which just serve to do nothing but distract and/or delay the "activity"? I mean, the sooner you can get a client off, the more money you can make. And isn't that the point? Why didn't Eddie call for back-up? Why did the cop shoot first without ordering the "suspect" to "drop his weapon"? One of the squibs used to simulate bullet wounds blew in the wrong direction: The dorsal and ventral SFXs looked the same ( the dorsal should have carried a lesser charge ).
fyi: I remember back at Ateneo De Davao in Matina, Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines, in both the Elementary and High School Departments, when we would have periodic confessionals with the priest. I would always want to be as far back in the line as possible so that some of my classmates and I could find the time to come up with the assorted sins that we would need to confess to the priest for God's forgiveness. We always decided on the same run-of-the-mill sins to confess. Even in High School when the campus was no longer Co-Ed but the high school hired a hot and sexy teacher, anyway, who would always parade around in a short miniskirt, and who would always be followed by a throng of lustful students especially whenever she needed to walk up and down the stairs, Yes! even then, we would always manage to decide on the same sins to confess to the priest--and nobody would ever confess to lusting after the teacher! ( Well, at least, not to the priest, himself, anyway .... It just goes to show the value of a "confession". )
I had this co-worker once, years ago, who I had a crush on. She was from New York. She looked like the Hollywood actress, Olivia d'Abo. She told me that she moved into an apartment somewhere in East Oakland, CA, whose previous tenant was a prostitute. She said that the walls of the apartment was plastered with pictures and posters of naked women! No wonder she didn't let me help her move-in. Darn it!
word of advice: Play it safe.
Experience counts for something; so, listen to the advice of an elder.
tidbits: After work and before going to Fairfield, I went to the 99 Cent Only Store on Springs Road here in Vallejo, CA to buy more boxer shorts. They are made of 100% polyester and are mis-labeled as "XXL" when they are actually just an "M" in size. I don't care what the label says 'cause they fit me just fine--and I can always remove the labels anytime that I want to.
And the place also has red "leg warmers" of the kind used by ice hockey players. At first, I thought that they were just scarves with holes to stick your hands in. I didn't know that there was even such a thing as hockey player's leg warmers! So, I bought a pair. It will come in handy when I go to snow country. I think that I'll swing by that store again tonight after work so I can buy some more "leg warmers."
Then, I bought $4.00 worth of gas at the Chevron gas station across the street.
After that, it was off to Fairfield for the 9:40 p.m. I-Max 3-D ALICE IN WONDERLAND show. The only problem was that there was a long line formed for the four other later shows since the 9:40 show was already sold out! I drove over 17 miles and was not about to turn around "empty-handed". I decided to see BROOKLYN'S FINEST at 10:15 p.m., instead, since I was going to see it sooner or later, anyway.
Not only do the bad guys in this movie launder money, they iron them, too! What a nice touch. I was quite impressed.
Not only do the bad guys in this movie launder money, they iron them, too! What a nice touch. I was quite impressed.
After watching this movie, I changed my mind about celebrating my future California lottery win in Brooklyn, New York, at Empire King Buffet because it might just turn out to be my last supper! Ha, ha, ha.
